After selecting the groups, we had a couple days to think about our phrase and we came up with "TRY SOMETHING NEW". 

TRY: We got three separate letters from Michael's to spell out TRY. We used a fish tank and ink to take the photo. In the process of it, we decided to make the letters float because of a black plastic rim around the tank that would show in the photo. So by using a clear fish net and some tape, we made the letters float. We used blue and yellow ink for TRY and ended up adding purple ink at the end.

SOMETHING: The second letter was easier to do because all we had to do was carve in the letters in the banana. To write the letters, we used pencils with a blue background.

NEW: For the third letter, we borrowed books from the library and stacked 2-3 books per letter and then made the letters. we used different colored books for different letters. N was in orange, E was in purple, and W was in green. The N was easy to do but the E was harder since we had to do put objects between the E's to make the 3 horizontal lines float. The W was a challenge too because we had to tape the end of the W to make it slanted.

For all of the photos, I choose a scene/background, properly light the scenes, and adjusted light and camera settings to reach a desired effect and level of light. I kept in mind that the different shadows and tried to light them from multiple angles. Then, I took a couple photos and adjusted a few more things and then took some more.

I chose the most centered and clear photos from each of the three photo shoots. I then cropped them and adjusted the exposure (including shadows and highlights and colors) to get the photos looking good and vivid. I then had to remove the strings and tape used to set up some of our letters using photoshop. It was a long process,  but this extra work made the final product look much cleaner.