Induction Evaluation

Induction Evaluation

When taking the photos I used manual focus. I learned that the rings on the camera affected not only the zoom but the focus on the image that is shown. I learnt that changing the focus could affect the image created dramatically as a bad decision on focus creates a bad image with no clear directive to what is the focus. It can be used to your advantage more importantly as the zoom can allow you to have focus but from different distances, which would be important for medium distant shots or close ups. The T stance is also quite a useful stance. It became quite apparent that using the t stance created manoeuvrability for the photographer, as I was able to take shots from different angles. Portrait mode allowed me to take photos of mid distant shots of the person I was photographing. Landscape I learnt was more useful for when I was taking pictures of flat landscapes or shots from a larger distant, normally if the persons face isn’t needed.  I did try taking a photo landscape but this sort of stretched the focus (person) that I was aiming at which didn’t look brilliant as an end product. All my images were in focus. To prove this I would probably show all my images or at least on my blog some of my images to prove this. Lighting was interesting because when I was taking the photos there was a lot of front light because there was nothing blocking the suns light and some of the images had the person looking directly, which I then maneuverer to adjust my position to get the side light on the left hand side as instructed. I leant that this can enhance the image or make the face to bright in some cases.

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My composure was fairly good I did take some images were the person moved slightly which showed up as a bit of a blur on the final image, I learnt that to take better pictures both the photographer and the person being photographed have to be still to get the best image. I didn’t use the rule of thirds but some of my images did have a rule of thirds. The eye line was ok for the shots I was taking but I did learn that the rule of thirds is an aspect that helps with the shots that I was taking. Looking at the background of my images I feel in most cases it does matter but at first I didn’t really take into account the light but then I started moving my subject around and communicating with him more as I took more shots and I asked him to move when he needed to, to get the left hand side light or to lean on objects or to sit. I think it was a valuable lesson that I have to talk to the subject if I am to get the best photos I can because they can create actions or show facial expressions.

Photoshop was an interesting learning curve. I already knew some tools such as changing text size and colour but the other tools such as FX was a brilliant experience, as I learnt how I can change text and shapes and images by adding effects from FX to enhance them further. Other tools I used were the elliptical tool by pressing shift+dragging. Others were fairly easy to control and use such as command +t to keep the original image and get rid of the ants. I found the changing image size tool difficult because there were a couple of intricate steps to get the image correct without stretching. I felt the text was well controlled I kept it in all in the same font and enhanced sizes of words to grab readers initial attention were necessary. I didn’t get to cut out images or download fonts but I did add effects like drop shadow and bevel and emboss. I did this by clicking on the layer I wanted to change and clicking on FX and then the options came up and I adjusted each layer. Finally the colours I used were black, red, yellow and white. This was because firstly these colours came from my initial research on NME and Kerrang. I find that these colours are also very energetic which match my target audience which is vital for magazines.

If I were to improve the front cover in any way I would probably refine the banners and mix the colours up a bit more maybe overlap some ell lines onto the image as well which would look slightly better and give the magazine and edge, different text sizes on huge headlines could create more emphasis and the use of celebrity endorsement would create more. I felt my strengths were that it was very relatable for the target audience with the subject being a teenager. The colours were bright and energetic and enthusiastic about the subject I was showing. The headings with affects added looked really good and the photo I took was the best one I took which for a beginner was pretty good.