I got a request from my “UX Design Director” that he wanted to create something for our “Industrial Design Director” who was leaving the company after 27 years. The request was “Lets ask the team to share anything they can think of – How great and memorable was working with John“. To inspire the team, we suggested them to wear or have something which “John” could resonate with and take a selfie, so that we could make a collage to present him as a Farewell Gift.
After that my path was easy ( I guess what could go wrong 🙂 ), all I have to do was take photos of each of my team member with the props they brought with them on green screen.
Also, couple of people in the team wouldn’t be available and I needed to give them the instructions about how to take their photos to be consistent with other pictures, I felt bad for “JIM Fullmer” (Fourth picture with white background) I had to specially asked him to bend on his knees, because of his awesome 6’5″ height (I wish, I would be that tall).
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I couldn’t go too small as some of the props were small like a “Tea Cup”, which wouldn’t be recognizable for “John”, neither I could go big because of the team size. Another problem I encountered was the diverse individual heights and laying them in way that all look good in proportion.
I made the photo black and white but kept the props to the original color to have more emphasis on the story each resonate with “John”.
