When I tried exporting the file, the photo I took of Hannah became blurred and distorted. I didn’t really know how to edit this out and from feedback I got it would probably look better if I removed her completely from the image.

So this is my new piece, without Hannah. Due to the fact my original picture of her was pixelated I think the photo looks a lot better.
I wanted to give a kind of Higher Class meets Lower Class kind of vibe as the building itself is Castle Howard and belongs to the Carlisle branch of the Howard family and they are (somewhat) related to Richard the third. As they of a higher class than most people, I felt that it would be funny to include commercialisation into the grounds of the estate. As rumours go the family are losing money so I thought it would be appropriate to place a McDonald’s sign in front of the main entrance.
The McDonald’s sign is a photo I took whilst on holiday in Calis in Turkey down a long stretch of beach at night time. I took the photo because I thought the whole thing was bizarre; there were Turkish themed restaurants everywhere and at the end of a beach there was a McDonald’s stand that only sold McFlurries. Anyway, I used the image and placed it in on the lawn. I would have liked to place the sign so it was a little more angled, but that was the only photo I took of it and I don’t have the photoshop skills to edit it anymore. When I do develop more skills I would like to add a shadow at the bottom of the sign to create more depth to the photo.

Here is the photo in black and white, as you can tell the whole feel of the photo is completely different. Because the architecture is mainly gothic and the sky was getting progressively darker, it looks a lot more sinister than I want it to. Also because it’s black and white the red light from the sign and the light from the tower is dulled and that is what made the original so interesting. Therefore I feel like it would be better if the picture had the natural lighting from before.