HWTMA Work Experience July 2011 Day Four

As the bus arrived early and it was raining so I walked fast I arrived at the office very early at 8:35am, Amanda was the only one in and she told me to arrive a bit later tomorrow as nobody would be in that early. I got to work on Wednesday's blog post then I organized the grid and brought it up to date. When Gareth arrived he'd brought in some more artefacts for me to photograph and use for the Jenga game. After he'd explained what they all were he told me to photograph them later when the light was better (it was cloudy because it was raining).

So, Gareth had something else for me to be getting on with, he showed me how to use some editing software called Corel DRAW X3 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. My task was to make sure I could use it and edit some of the photos I took yesterday so they were clearer/brighter/more focused etc. I found the programme very easy to use and it was fun editing the pictures. I edited quite a few photographs and on the screen made them the size they would be on the Jenga blocks so I could see if they were recognizable as the objects that they were.

I had another coffee today and there were several phone calls. By lunch time it had stopped raining so I decided to go to the park again. Then when I got back I set up the camera, tripod and backing cloth before taking the new photographs. The artefacts were: an onion jar, late Iron Age/early Roman black burnish ware pottery, two Bronze Age flint tools and another piece of pottery. I also re photographed the Tudor brick again to see if I could get an image where it looked more like a brick.

After taking the photos I uploaded them onto the computer, edited a few of them, packed the equipment away then left. I'll be back tomorrow!