Q6: what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Since making my media product i have learnt more comprehensively how to work photo shop to a no longer basic standard but to a professional and technical standard in order to make my media product more enticing and rewarding for my target audience. I had to first use a useful and efficent device in order to produce a well made main imagae, so i uesd the 505 400D camera. I managed to use two different locations for myphotos to be taken, the first location was my college and the second location was my local church community centre. When taking my photos inside my college it was really easy becasue i was provided with a Geminal Espit Gm500 flash with a 60cm soft box, which is a flash device that detects the time you take a photo, with a radio trigger and captures to make a more effective photo, to rid wrinkles and enhance beauty. The camera was not too hard to use because I already had a basic knowledge of the device during my preliminary task I had already learnt how to use it.

I also learnt how to control my focus to make sure that the focus is on the models eye so that the whole picture will look clear and professional, at first it was hard for me to get the hang of this concept but after taking a few photographs and managing my time, I was able to produce excellent photos in college. My next location was a lot more difficult than my first location because I had not soft box or reflector to even out the lighting of my photographs. The setting of my location was very lively and fit for purpose, however the lighting was really dull and it was really hard for me to manage in such a low key room, eventually I was able to even out the variables and get to a section of the room where I could get enough light for my pictures to be taken and photo I wanted lighter I could just manipulate and edit them with photo shop.

   BELOW IS A DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW IT WORKED OUT FOR ME IN COLLEGE WITH THE SOFT BOX, REFLECTOR AND TRANSMITTER.

After wisely photographing my models in both locations I transferred it on to my home drive using a memory stick, this was used to transfer the photos put on the card reader.  This card reader reads all the information on it and transfers it directly from the camera to the home drive. After doing this I had to select the photos I wanted, this was slightly difficult as I couldn't get my head round what photos I wanted on my magazine but I eventually came up with some conclusions. After selecting my photos, in order to make them come out exactly how I want it and in order for it to blend in with what I want, I edited it on photo shop by selecting “image” and then than “adjustments” and, finally, “colour balance”. I learnt how to manipulate the images through photo shop tutorials and personal experimentation. Below is an example of how I manipulated my images, you can see how I did it and the finished product of it.

AFTER DURING 

  

Being given access to blogger gave me a better understanding of why it is so important. Before doing this task I had no idea of how to work blogger and I had no idea of how to set up, after the task I was able to add other bloggers and share ideas and also having other bloggers as partners and seeing their work makes me want to push myself to do better and go over and beyond myself. Because the blogger service was so easy and straight forward, it made it so easy for me to get the hang of it, because before this task I had never come across making a blog, also I learnt that you can share your views and inspirations and things you just want to share for the fun of it.

I also learnt how to edit my fonts, the reason why I wanted my fonts edited was because I felt it was going to make my magazine less dynamic, seeming as throughout of my magazine I use the same fonts as my main page, s what I did was added strokes to make it look the same but also have its own significant feature about it.