Q6

Throughout making my final product as well and using my own skills and putting it towards the task, I also developed and improved skills that helped me construct my magazine. The first new skill i learnt was how to use the camera canon E0S 400D to take all of my photos, I found that the second time i used this camera I found was more effective as I learned more about it for example how to hold the camera whether it was to take the picture in a landscape frame or a portrait frame considering whether it’s for the front page or the double page spread. Also another thing that I learnt was what functions to use on the camera during when the pictures were being taken for example if the picture was a close up I would have to change the settings to close up and if the picture is being taken from a distance you would have to also change the settings. Another new skill I learnt was also where the lighting should be depending on where the model is standing or positioned. All of my pictures I took were in a studio in the college, which I found a good use because of the right lighting and the background was one colour, which made it easier when it came to making my magazine and editing it. One problem about taking pictures is that I could not really hold the camera steady and some pictures would come out blurry that were the only problem during the task but I overcame it by using stand which I found more comfortable when taking the pictures because it was less of a struggle.


 

Another thing which I thought I learned a lot from is using Photoshop although I already had an idea of Photoshop but it was very limited and thought out the process I developed new skills and techniques when using Photoshop which not only helped me though out making my final outcome but would help me in the future. The Photoshop I had access to and mostly used was Photoshop C53 to produce my final outcome. Some of the new skills I learnt on Photoshop were how to edit the picture and use the ‘spot healing tool’ to erase all imperfections on my models face for example spots etc. this I found useful because instead of airbrushing the image and making it look to false it made the image a natural effect. Another was how to brighten my image and how to adjust the contrast and exposer to the image to make it look brighter and stand out more. In addition, another tool which I used throughout the making of my magazine was the ‘stoke tool’ which made a text stand out and appear bolder. It was something I never saw when using Photoshop, as it was quite hard to find, but now discovering it I was constantly using it especially on my front page for the master head and main cover line. I thought that the ‘stroke tool’ made the magazine more professional when in use.

What i also found i learned something new was when I didn’t want to use the fonts that were available to use on Photoshop so i didn’t exactly know how i could download new fonts on to photoshop. But i learned that from downloading any font from ‘dafont.com’ i could use a font which was more of something that i wanted this was new to me, and i found very helpful as my magazine wouldn’t look as it looks today.