Evaluation 6 draft

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

For my photos I used a Canon EOS 450D, which is my own camera. I used it because I already have experience with the camera and know how to operate the camera effectively. The camera was also easy to access because it was my own and I didn't have to come and collect it from the media room, decreasing the time we took taking the photos. I decided not to use a tripod because I felt composition and framing of my images were good enough without them and the angles I wished to use wouldn't be achievable with a tripod. I experimented with the use of lighting in my photos and decided for my cover I wanted the background to be bright and sunny while an element of shadow covers the featured artist on the cover in order to add an element of mystery and intrigue to the cover. I made use of natural lighting in all my final photos in order to add warmth to the images, making them more appealing to look at. The process of taking photos help me to improve my own knowledge of photography and gave me a chance to play around with natural light and models.

I used Photoshop without the making of my magazine. This taught me a lot because I had no prior experience with Photoshop, making the experience both challenging and a learning curve. I learnt most of the basics of Photoshop as well as how to change lighting and the colour of the light. I tested out several different colours of lighting on my images used on my magazine cover and double page and settled on red because it added to the Soviet theme I was trying to build around this issue of my magazine because of the featured artist, Soviet era Cosmonaut. I also used the blending tool an the clone tool to remove any unwanted parts from the cover image. I used photoshop to remove stray hair from the image as it was very winy the day I shot the cover image. Without Photoshop I would not of been able to achieve the professional look of my magazine and follow the same conventions of already existing successful magazines of a similar genre. I used blogger to keep track of my work and progress. I used power point to create research and planing as well as evaluations, I then took screenshots of these slides and then uploaded them to blogger as images. I made use of google to find images and help me collect research, allowing me to learn more about different magazines and graphic design styles. I found this extremely helpful as, like with Photoshop. I had a limited knowledge of magazines and graphic design and all the research I did helped me to build up an image and idea as to what I wanted my magazine to cover and deliver to my target social groups. I used power point and Microsoft word during my evaluations to clearly present my work. I then used Scribed to upload my finished evaluations onto my blog to present them in a clear and concise way. I also used Prezi to present evaluation 5 and upload it to my blog, this was very useful as it allowed me to present evaluation 5 in a creative way. I also used Piktochart to present evaluation 6 in a unique an creative way to make my blog seem less mundane. These programs and websites were easy to use and helped me present large amounts of information in a clear and concise way.