Shutter speed experiment

I selected a dark environment to take these pictures, the patterns were created with a torch light from a mobile phone and the shutter speed setting was 5.

Simple post production graphic work

Here is my original image before I edited it in photoshop

Using auto levels I altered the tone, colour and contrast

Within the adjustments I selected brightness and contrast levels. I moved the brightness level towards the middle and selected the contrast to be relatively high.

Within the filter column I selected sharpen then 'unsharpened mask'. I selected 2.2 for the pixels and the amount to 140%

Here is used the dodge tool to highlight certain elements of the picture







     

To finalise my image I used the burn tool to darken particular elements of my image                                              

Shutter speed experiment

I used the shutter speed of 1/500 for this picture of my model jumping.

To beable to produce a freeze frame picture of my model running I used shutter speed 1/500.










I discovered that shutter speed 0.5 and
was to low of a shutter speed as the image of my model running has turned out completley distorted and blurred .










To enable a bit of movement aswell as a clear outline of the models frame i used the shutter speed of 1/60









To produce a walking shot of my model I used shutter speed 1/250

Here is another examle of when i used the wrong shutter speed of 1, too much light was screened through the shutter resulting in the image becoming moslty white.

Composition Photography experiment

I used the line technique here by the shadow of the lamppost leading to the focal point, also front lighting was used here.

 Back lighting was used as a tachinque for this image creating a silohette of the main model. I took the image on a tilt up to add importance to the model a disadvantage to this shot is that the tilt up affect draws attention to the nose.

 A framing comition was used here to outline the model reuslting in the eye resting on the focal point.

 This is a close up shot where i used zoom on the camera. This shows definition of a person and exact details of the face.

 This is a mid length picture that i took showing the face and the shoulders.

Here is an example of a high eyeline and a low eyeline techinque. This creates a superior image to the high eye and a inferior and lower power to the lower eye line.

Induction Evaluation front cover-1

To collect my front cover image I used manual focus on the camera I used. I learnt whilst taking my images that the end ring of the camera enabled me to focus the shot and the bigger front ring enabled me to zoom. I learnt that the t stance was a position that I took the shot in based upon the positioning of my feet and arms, this resulted in me being able to focus my shot easier and get better close ups with my camera lens. My image was took in portrait mode as the shot was produced of a person, on the other hand if I was to be producing a shot of a specific scenery, landscape mode would have been more suitable as a certain object wasn’t the main subject matter of focus. I learnt about the 3 main uses of lighting such as: front, back and side. I wanted to base my image upon a facial expression and body language therefore I felt that back lighting was more appropriate to draw attention to the persons outline. At times when the lighting was from the front the model that I used became blinded by the sunlight resulting in a squinting facial expression. I didn’t consider using the rule of thirds within my photography although I did consider placing the model off the centre creating a direct effect. The eye line of the front cover model is high resulting in a superior and important role being represented. My aim was for the model to be presented as a famous celebrity, therefore the eye line level suits this. My background types differed from trees and a dark back wall. I decided to select the wall images for my front cover as I felt that it complimented the heading line which represented a dark and emotive storyline. I felt that if I used the background of the trees connotations of happiness would be inferred.  During the photography task I feel that I perhaps should have took a more serious approach, as some of the shots I took resulted in laughing and distorted images, although I am happy with my final picture.

When using Photoshop I used a range of different effects. I used the stoke tool on the tag lines to make them stand out in front of the dark background.  I used the lasso tool to add a circle tag to the cover to draw the reader’s attention to the winning offer. I placed the margins inside the magazine cover to silhouette the front cover model. I based the colour scheme on the main colours of burgundy, black and white. I felt these colours contrasted well together. Also my target audience for the magazine was based upon females within the age range of 18-26, therefore clashing bright colours I don’t believe will have been acceptable. With the use of burgundy; a shade of red, connotations of heat, love and passion will be created drawing the attention of a woman. The font I chose for the main title of the magazine I felt was simplistic and feminine by the curve of the lettering. I feel that there is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to my first front cover design. More effects could have been used such as the shadowing effect. I also could use more Photoshop tools to present the model better such as removing blemishes. In addition I could have placed the front cover model on the left hand side of the cover as a cover is seen by the audience from the left to the right hand side, therefore that would have been more effective. I felt I struggled with Photoshop as I wasn’t familiar with the set up as I had not used it previously. I got confused with the layers at times. I also didn’t have a wide knowledge of the effects to use therefore was unable to apply to my image.

Initial Skills Assessment

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name:       Lowri Blackwell                  Tutor group:     1.17  Date:18/9/2013

Photographic Skills

Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Manual Focus features Creative writing classes	x		I have vaguely used this on one occasion when zooming into an individual model shot.
Shutter Speed		x
Aperture control		x
A tripod		x
External flash		x
Self timer facility	x		Used when using my own camera at home
Light meter		x
Composition grids		x

Photoshop Skills

Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Text control		x
Filters		x
Brushes		x
Layers		x
Opacity control		x
Shape creation		x
Brightness and contrast control	x		When downloading pictures onto my own computer I changed the brightness, sanitation and contrasts of some pictures.
Dodge/Burn		x
Clone stamp tool		x
Colour curves adjustment		x
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		x
Cropping tool	x		I regularly use the cropping tool on a social networking site and my own phone to change the sizes of certain pictures. I also use it on my computer.
Retouch tool		x

In Design Skills

Which of the following features of In Design have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Margin and column guide creation		x
Inserting text in ID		x
Inserting images in ID		x
Resizing images in ID		x
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		x
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		x
Text flow creation		x
Text effects – drop shadow		x
Drop cap insert		x
Using transparent imagery in ID		x
Shape creation In design		x
Text wrapping		x
Exporting to PDF from In-design		x