Comments on: A few responses to new David Cameron poster http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/2010/01/06/a-few-responses-to-new-david-cameron-poster/ Commentary on political advertising; from Amnesty to Zanu-PF Tue, 29 May 2012 11:45:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Is the political billboard dead? « Benedict Pringle http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/2010/01/06/a-few-responses-to-new-david-cameron-poster/#comment-497 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:02:18 +0000 http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/?p=1162#comment-497 [...] airbrush-gate, Tory Tombstone and #IveNeverVotedTory it’s understandable that the directors of communications [...]

]]> By: angelnstar http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/2010/01/06/a-few-responses-to-new-david-cameron-poster/#comment-452 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:21:30 +0000 http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/?p=1162#comment-452 http://cyberboris.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/jokes-of-the-week/

Some jokes about that poster!

]]> By: angelnstar http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/2010/01/06/a-few-responses-to-new-david-cameron-poster/#comment-450 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:44:30 +0000 http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/?p=1162#comment-450 David Cameron has a great, healthy, glowing complexion, he doesn’t need to be air brushed. More importantly, it is what is between his ears that matters, (as Boris Johnson said apropos of another matter).

]]> By: Faking it: The good, the bad, and the ugly. « Graham.Creative. http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/2010/01/06/a-few-responses-to-new-david-cameron-poster/#comment-445 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:25:23 +0000 http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/?p=1162#comment-445 [...] The Bad: A prospective beacon of honesty, trustworthiness and transparency can be seen on a new billboard campaign with some pretty obvious retouching. Yes, it’s the next Prime Minister David Cameron. Now for someone who should uphold the aforementioned traits, his team have done a bad job with David seemingly unhappy to appear as himself. A little powder to take the shine away could have done it. My finer half is a Photographer, and of course most portrait images go through some retouching process – removing the blemishes with which the naked eye ignores, yet which a digital lens and lighting exaggerate, and in many ads featuring models, airbrushing. But removing the natural crows feet, softening cheek bones and Gaussian blurring the forehead on a politician is too far for many people. With some strong responses. [...]

]]> By: Party Political Posters « Keep Calm and Carry On and other Second World War Posters http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/2010/01/06/a-few-responses-to-new-david-cameron-poster/#comment-442 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:17:15 +0000 http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/?p=1162#comment-442 [...] Thanks to Matt Buck I came across Benedict Pringle’s site on political advertising, which obviously is about to take off in the year of a General Election! There’s some great take-offs of the Conservative poster above (we all know I love a good subverted poster): ‘Even we can’t go on like this‘ and ‘A few responses‘. [...]

]]> By: Even we can’t go on like this « Benedict Pringle http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/2010/01/06/a-few-responses-to-new-david-cameron-poster/#comment-435 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:11:38 +0000 http://politicaladvertising.co.uk/?p=1162#comment-435 [...] Online Election Campaigns ← A few responses to new David Cameron poster [...]

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