Draft question 6

The camera: I had to take pictures in the studio room with a backdrop and also professional light boxes, in order to make my pictures look professional. I also used a DSLR camera which was a Nikon camera. Before my shoot I had a studio induction where I learned how to use the cameras but also how to position my model and how far from the backdrop she should be in order to avoid shadows in my pictures. In addition I learned about the features of the three light boxes and how to adjust the brightness of them in order to get the best lighting and image possible.

Photoshop: This was the first time I was using photoshop. I used this in order to create my front cover. I learned how I can edit the photos, and things like adjusting contrast and brightness but also how to add effects to the image. It was easy to work with photoshop in order to create a professional front cover. The practice lesson helped me a lot, and I found out how to move images, crop them, add text and edit it and lastly how to change the size of things.

InDesign: I used indesign in order to create my double page spread and my contents page. I used this to also create my college magazine and therefore, had some more experience and already knew how it works and how to adjust the text and images (and crop them) which was an advantage as I worked faster and the end result was a lot better. The software has a lot of different editing facilities and therefore, it was quite difficult to work with at the beginning but I learned a lot through making my college magazine. I learned how to change the size of the picture and how to position it. I also had the ability to change the font and colour in order to make my contents page and double page spread look as professional as possible.

Illustrator: I used illustrator to create my mast head. Illustrator allows you to create a very unique mast head and really personalise it as you can change the font however you want to. I had a tutorial on how to use the software as it can get quite difficult to use due to all of the features it has. I learned how to change the colour of the font and how to use outlines to manipulate each part of the letter individually in order to create the mast head the way you want to. I also learned how to zoom in and out of the page.

Blogger: This is the first time I am using blogger. It was very easy to learn how to use it as it does not have any difficult features. Using blogger made it really easy for me to upload my work and also do work from home, straight from my phone or computer. It has features which not only let you upload things but it also allows you to embed stuff such as videos or presentations. This is useful because for my media work I have been working with many different technologies not only text. It is fun using it because it has the facility where you can customize your page and make it really personal. This made it more familiar.