We originally met UK Actress & Voice over artist Ciara Janson (best know for her role as Nicole Owen in Hollyoaks) when she performed at Buxton Opera House, appearing in a Christmas pantomime. Her website at the time was nothing more than a contact page and we got her interested in upgrading by offering to organise a photoshoot by popular Buxton-based photographer Rosie Hardy at a luxury mansion located in the Peak District National Park.
We looked into sourcing clothing from all over the UK and 2 designers that we found ultimately provided the outfits for the shoot – Wild Dinosaur Fashion and Brett Russell. Jewellery was provided by Jantar of Buxton and we also acquired the services of stylist Leanne from Salon One.
The weather was kind to us and it turned out to be a great day. Rosie’s images required a little further editing to help them work for the website, as we spent plenty of time in the FreshSpark office brain storming and maturing our ideas for the user interface.
The real time stretching of the background image presented more problems than we had anticipated when using the website on an old low resolution monitor and more modern larger wide-screen monitors. We eventually found a compromise which we were happy with and went live. Unfortunately Ciara has only made basic contributions to the site in the 10 months since going live, obviously a bit disappointing that such a great site is not being used to its full potential.
Go and take a look at http://www.ciarajanson.com
