Context images.

This week I have started taking a range of photos of products that I intend to place my designs onto including notebooks, photo albums and wrapped presents. I have found that taking good photos of wrapped presents has been hard so far as I couldn't get the right effect, but I intend to try again with different shaped gifts.

Creating context images for my designs helps me to decide which designs are working well, and whether the scale and composition of my design suits the product I intend it to be on. When I have placed an image into a product I usually go back to designing and rescaling the product to make the design look its best. I will use this technique to help me develop a strong collection