Poses

This photo pose is a frame shot. They usually use this shit so it can tell you more about the picture and can sometimes tell a story. The fact that he is sat at the top of the stairs and he is in the top third of the picture also gives him power and he is sat in a manly way.

This is an off centre shot. You usually use this shot to make someone look powerful and distant. By making the model look away it gives a sense of calm. This also works with the rule of thirds as he is in the first third, vertically and his face is in the tiop third of the picture giving him power. I think that this picture would have looked professional if i had him in focus and the background blurred.

This photo gives a sense of rebelion because he is looking straight at the camera with the camera tilting up which can make him look powerful and also quite intimidating. He looks masculine because he has his hands in his pockets with his legs slightly apart. To improve this picture i would have got the whole of him in the shot.

Light and darkness as well as motion can effect the type of picture you get, you can use reflectors to change the effect you get with lighting. The rule of thirds needs to be thought about when taking the picture as it can effect what message you are trying to get across.

Shutter speed

Shutter speed affects how fast a picture is taken. It determines the exposure time and is proportional to the exposure time, or duration of light reaching the film or image sensor.  You use faster and slower shutter speeds to determine what the picture turns out like. The smaller the number on the shutter speed the less blurred the picture comes out. For example; the speed that a car moves you would need a shutter speed of 1/2000 whereas because a person walks slower you would only need a shutter speed of 1/250.

The shutter speed on this picture is 1/1500. I think on this picture that outcome was good because everything is in focus and the section I wanted to draw attention to is in the middle. I think if i were to try this picture again I would do it on a lower shutter speed to see what it turned out like.

This image was taken on shutter speed 1/2000. This is the correct shutter speed for the car but i should have taken time to adjust the focal ring of my camera as the picture is out of focus and if i were to retake this picture I would have done that and also tried it on a bit of a higher shutter speed to see if i had a more focussed picture.

Introductory Paragraphs - Magazine Articles

The introduction to a magazine article is vital. The introduction to a magazine gives the first impression of what the rest of the piece is going to be like so this needs to be interesting and well written for the reader to want to read on. Creating a good introduction can make the whole text and give people a feel of what type of intro it is going to be and there are 7 types of intro’s you can use.

Identity theft

Shock Horror Intro

Imagine if you were killed because of identity theft. Imagine if you were just innocently getting your weekly grocery shopping online to not even eat any of the products because you’re dead. You have been shopping online for years without even thinking about identity theft, but now receiving emails from retailers you never signed up for. You don’t care though because it’s just junk mail that everyone receives but is it? You could end up dead like old George did because you don’t know the signs of identity theft. George got his home broken into and ended up dying from a stab wound.

Quote Intro

‘A thief could retrieve these applications, fill them out, and get a new credit card in your name.’ Do not give all your details away to sites without knowing the site is secure because all your identity could be stolen if a site is not genuine. So many people make the mistake of doing this and giving their details away to anyone but you could end up one of them unfortunate people that don’t have their identity to themselves anymore.

The quote intro is very good for making it seem like it has other opinions as well as the journalist’s opinion.

Question Intro

Are you the type to sit at home and buy your clothes and give all your details to every website?  Do you want to be the next victim of identity theft?

Many people believe that all sites are safe but it’s not the case. Identity thefts can get your details so easily and quickly if you are not careful. And you don’t want to be their next victim do you?

Vampire Tutorial

To make this woman a vampire i started off by zooming in on her teeth to make it easier to work with them. I then clicked on the Magnetic Lasso Tool and drew around the teeth. I then changed the feather to 1 Pixel and right clicked and clicked on Layer Via copy. After that i went to the top of the page and clicked edit then transform and then warp. I could then pull the tooth around to make it longer to make it look like a vampire tooth. I then did exactly the same to the other tooth.

To change the face colour i clicked the sponge tool and changed the mode to desaturate and then the flow to 75%. I then coloured in the face and the more you went over the same section the more of a blue colour you ended up with. To colour in the lips i clicked on the burn tool and the range to shadows and the exposure to 10%. I also put this shadow on the eyes to make them darker. To make the eyes black I clicked the brush tool and got a normal brush, i changed the colour to black and put that on the eyes to give it more effect.

Healing brush tool - Spots

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 I started to photoshop this image first by creating a new layer on my page and then clicking all layers at the top of the page. I then clicked on the healing brush tool and when i had that i clicked the alt button and right clicked on a piece of skin that was clear which got a section of skin that i could then put over the spots and blemishes. I then kept pressing alt and right clicking when the skin tone changed.

Healing brush tool - Wrinkles

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 I started to photoshop this image first by creating a new layer on my page and then clicking all layers at the top of the page. I then clicked on the healing brush tool and when i had that i clicked the alt button and right clicked on a piece of skin that was clear which got a section of skin that i could then put over the wrinkles. I then kept pressing alt and right clicking when the skin tone changed.

CD Cover

To start, i made a background 12x12cm and made the resolution 300. I then searched for brushes that i liked the look of and saved them into my paints on photoshop to use. I changed the background colour to black because i think it looks more effective when it has colour on and then tried out the paints in different coloursto see which ones looked appealing. I then added them to the CD cover in a way that looked most effective and used colours that work well together. I then searched for new fonts that looked like they related to the title and saved them in my documents to use. I then added them to my CD Cover and changed the size, colours and effects to make it stand out. After that i moved the texts around until they were in a possition they were going to get noticed and looked appealing. During this i learned how to find and download texts and paints and add them to photoshop. I also learnt how to change the dimentions and colour of texts and paints.

Induction Evaluation Project

`During this i have learnt a lot of new skills. Using the camera I have learnt how to use the manual focus feature and zoom correctly and also used the external flash to make the lighting in my pictures correct. When it came to creating my magazine cover in photoshop, I learnt how to get the resolution of my picture correct and then paste it onto the background at the correct size and then add margins to the sides to create my guidelines. Also i learnt about adding text on photoshop. How to get specific colours, how to get the right type of text by choosing the font, how to add text correctly, how to edit text and also how to get it positioned correctly. I learnt how to position pictures and text correct in a way that would best attract peoples attention.

I think i have used these skills effectively by trying lots of different techniques and ways of doing things also by looking at different magazines and taking idea's off of them. The work i am blogging demonstrates my skills progression because the points that i said i couldn't do on my skills audit, I have presented in my magazine front cover. Like my work on photoshop and the way i used the camera to take my pictures.

There are quite a few weaknesses in my work, The fact my picture isn't in the right in the centre makes it look less affective and in some places the colours i have used for my text doesn't stand out as much as it should. I could have made it look a bit busier by adding more text or making it stand out more. I could fix these problems by enlarging my picture and putting it in the centre, add shadow to the text so it stands out and adding more quotes and points on my front cover.

If I were to do this project again, I would take a more interesting and better picture for the background and make sure it was in the centre, Make the text look more appealing by changing the font to a simpler one and spend more time exploring different ways of doing things. To make it look more professional i would have to look through lots of different magazines in the style of mine and see what the main features on them are and add them to my work.

My target audience for this project was 'Trendies' in the age range 16-19 and i stuck to this throughout the project looking at what Trendies like and what appeals to them and tried to stick to this. I think the elements that engage my audience would be the type of writting mainly because it is very neat, proper writting which is what they like. Also the colours used for my writting as the colours are nice pastel neutral colours and if you look at the magazines that Trendies would like to read they use these simple colours.

The fact i haven't written about anything designer would make it less appealing to Trendies as that would be a good element to go on my magazine front cover because the main feature you relate to Trendies is the fact they like everything designer. I have also talked about music which isn't a good element as Trendies aren't to bothered about music.

I think my project is tailored to meet the demands as the subjects i have written about appeal to both the 16-19 age range and to Trendies. Also the picture of me, as i am 16 they can relate to it and it shows that it is for younger people. I could make it more interesting for my target audience by adding pictures of related celebrities and showing offers and new additions in top designer brands.

I think it demonstrates my undertanding because of my use of Alliteration on 'Two Door Takeover' also the repeated phrases 'They wear it, They show it, they work it!', Quote headline 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels' and my question headline 'Best natural tan?'. Also i have understood what things Trendies in the age range 16-19 like to see.

Induction Project

Skills Audit