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Induction evaluations

The strengths and weaknesses of my product and the skills I have gained

The skills I have gained are how to focus the camera correctly, I have also improved on my angle and lighting skills. The Weakness of my product is that I need to learn how to use PhotoShop more advanced so I can edit my work efficiently, my title isn't really an eye catching title because I was unsure on how to edit my title properly, but after I have being shown it again I can do it properly. The strengths of my work is that the camera angle of the photo in the back ground is a good angle and the sun rays is giving the photo extra effect.

I also learnt how to focus the camera up and not take blurry photos, the first time I went out with the camera to take photos when I uploaded them onto the computer they were blurry and out of focus. I looked at the camera and how to focus it up and went back out and took more photos and they were clear and detailed. I can now take photos correctly and they can be detailed and focused correctly. Another skill I learned was how to add circles on to my magazine and fill it with a colour and add text onto it to give it more affect and make it more noticeable.

Also another weakness of my product is that the magazine doesn't look appealing, If it were in a shop it would not catch my attention to pick up and read, that is some thing I will need to improve for next time. I would also say I need to work on my Photoshop techniques and learn more about it and how to use it. Another skill I gained was how to add a two tone affect to me header, which made it stand and and look different. I also learnt how to add things onto my text for example a bar code. I also learnt how to add: Contour, texture, Stroke, Inner Shadow and Inner Glow. 

Photography  

When I used to camera it was on auto focus, and I learnt how to zoom in when taking photo and how to adjust the focus ring on the camera so the photo was not blurry. At first I couldn't do this and the photos came out blurry but once I had practised with the camera when I went back out and taken more photos they were in focus as i adjusted the focus ring on the front of the camera.I learnt that portrait mode is where you turn the camera side ways so you can get the full length of the person in the photo, Land scape angle is when the camera is the normal angle and it gets from chest up on a person. I taken a few of my photos in landscape mode instead of portrait mode and this caused a few problems because I was getting the full body in instead on the the chest up.

This photo is an example of one of my photos that where not in focus. The photo was not in focus because I hadn't adjusted the focus lens correctly. 

My first set of photos where not in focus,but once I had refocused the camera and went out and taken more photos they where improved and in focus. I learnt about the lighting angles and which lighting makes the photo looks more affective, I thought about the back grounds of my photos, I chose the background to be next to a tree and the trunk of the tree gave effect to the photo and make the person I was taking a photo of stand out more and made the details stand out. The lack of skills had an affect on my photography skills because they weren't as clear and weren't in the rule of 3 or in the T-stance.


Photoshop

When I used photoshop the tools I used where: Fill, Add text, Circle, Selector, I changed the colour of my text and I adjusted the size of it and the font and added effects to it. I found the editing the text bit difficult and the copying the photo to another page but I learnt how to do it in the end. I found adding text and changing the font and size of the text easy. I would say my text was well controlled all the sub heading where the same font and size, and the Header was a bigger size and different font. I added a two tone effect of blue at the top of the 'Form' to the header to make it have more affect and stand out. I used white font for the text as the sub headings and I picked the the title to be blue because it brings out the blue in the T-shit the model for my magazine was wearing. The white also links in with the models T-shirt and jacket, colour coordinated. I would improve the text font and the angle of the picture I taken for my back ground, and the detail I wrote on it. And I would spend more detail on the little things to give it that little bit more of an affect. My strengths of my magazine I would say where my coordination skills and my photo lighting. 

Photo example

This is a good example of my photography skills. I went out and took more photos as the other ones i had takes were blurry and out of focus. This photo is a good example of my improvement in my camera skills, the angle is better and the lighting is better because the sun raze is an effect onto the photo.

Photo example

This photo is also a bad example of a photo because the photo is out of focus so this makes the photo blurry/clear and doesn't show the detail. I need to improve on my camera skills and making sure that the camera is in focus so my photos don't come out blurry again or out of focus. I could also improve on my camera angle skills and making sure that the lighting is right.

Photo example

This was a photo that was taken for the front cover of my Magazine cover for media. This photo could not be used because the camera was out of focus, so the photo came out blurry and it didn't show all of the detail. Next time I go out to take photos I will have to make sure and check my camera's are in focus and are clear.

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Lilly Yuill                            Tutor group: 1.40                Date: 17 September 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		/
Shutter Speed		/
Aperture control		/
A tripod	/
External flash		/
Self timer facility		/
Light meter		/
Composition grids		/

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		/
Filters		/
Brushes		/
Layers		/
Opacity control		/
Shape creation		/
Brightness and contrast control		/
Dodge/Burn		/
Clone stamp tool		/
Colour curves adjustment		/
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		/
Cropping tool		/
Retouch tool	/

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		/
Inserting text in ID		/
Inserting images in ID		/
Resizing images in ID		/
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		/
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		/
Text flow creation		/
Text effects – drop shadow		/
Drop cap insert		/
Using transparent imagery in ID		/
Shape creation In design		/
Text wrapping		/
Exporting to PDF from In-design		/