As this is her business she is obviously involved very heavily in
the creative side of things in terms of the actual style of the website and has
agreed to feed back on a regular basis about how she thinks the website should
look. This will be discussed between the two of us since I also would like some
creative input. Technically I will also be collaborating with her father who is
providing the domain and server space so I will have to communicate with him
mainly via emails.
A major change is that my collaborator also would like me to
design some graphics for the website in the form of cupcakes to be used as
buttons etc. I aim to have the basic coding done before Christmas break and
also to have a selection of graphics for my collaborator to feed back on. I
would like to use one of these for a place holder so that I can actually get
something in the domain space as quickly as possible because time is money and
in the retail world it's smart to not waste either, even if the products are to
be custom order. Also my collaborator has mentioned that she wanted a blog that
tied into her site as she feels this would be a good idea both personally and
for her business. This I would need to set up for her, theme, link in and show
her how to operate and maintain.
It has been a both a challenge and enjoyable working with a friend,
as it makes it difficult to know where the boundaries are and how professional
to be. I do think that this will get easier overtime and as the project
develops. Also sometime contact issues can arise since organising around two
people is always harder than organising around one person, I think this is part
of the process though.
I have a very strong foundation now in terms of the artistic
direction of the website so I feel confident that me and my collaborator know
where we both stand but obviously we will need to constantly feedback to one
another as the project grows and develops. The theme of the site will be very
much 50's kitsch as well as obviously cakes. I am looking forward to creating
the graphics as well as the actual website but this will be an added challenge.
It will need to be fairly closely collaborated on but it also gives massive
artistic responsibility for the company so I am effectively helping in the
general branding of the business which is fairly huge!
I also think that is important that we focus on a few photo shoots
so that I have a nice selection of images to work with in terms of building a
gallery into the site. Also it would be nice to showcase the items in the
layout of the actual site itself. I have actually done food photography before
so I am actually fairly confident about this area of the work because food
photography is enjoyable and I have researched the psychology of how to market
the images well. I have just purchased a Canon PowerShot compact camera to
complete the photography required. As it shoots in film, my collaborator will
have the option to 'vlog' about the creative process of anything relevant to
her site.
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