Google Chrome Sketchpad - Amazing design capability

'Sketchpad', an app on Google Chrome allows for fantastic design opportunities. The user has hundreds of backgrounds and patterns to choose from, stamps of a huge variety, text options and exciting colour palettes. All you need to invest is a little time to master some of the techniques and then save your files (like the mocked up band advert above) to your computer.

Child Models....?

10 year old Thylane Blondeau, model daughter of a French Football player and TV presenter, recently appeared in the French edition of Vogue. This has caused outrage amongst parents and politicians. In February this year, David Cameron recenty called for tighter restrictions on the representation of children, calling it the 'inappropriate commercialisation of children'.
From a media point of view there are a few things to consider. Vogue is a mature and highly established publication. They would be fully aware of the potential implications of publishing this fashion shoot. What would they hope to gain from it? Do you agree with the concept that 'no publicity is bad publicity'? What are the potential implications of these and similar images of young children, in terms of their representation? Is this merely a moral panic? What responsibilities do advertisers and publications have to their audiences?

Read more on these stories here:
The Independent
 The Sun

Convergence - Disney, Leibovitz and Celebrity

Take a look at the completed series of portraits taken by Annie Leibovitz for Disney using famous artists and actors in the slideshow side bar. A fantastic example of different media coming together, conglomerate dominance and the significance of the advertiser.

BTEC Photography Exhibition 2011

BTEC Photography Assignment Information...

How to complete your Ideas Investigation Slideshow

Go to BTEC Creative Media Production page for detailed information

History of Photography