Features page images:
The most obvious use of technology throughout the creation of my music magazine is the use of a camera. We used a simple digital camera in order to take the images which was 6.5 megapixels samsung make. This camera can be used for taking pictures and videos.
We decided against using other, related equipment such as a tripod, mainly for the reason that we wanted to experiment with taking the images from different angles, for example, low angled shots, high angled shots, side on. Tripods are used in order to create a stiller image, and therefore had we chosen to use one we may have created images which were more professional looking. However, using a tripod may have inhibited our ability to experiment with various camera angles and shot lengths; for example - especially during the shoot for the images of our Front cover - we often took the image from a height or the photographer lay on the floor and took photos. This helped us to create some variation in our images. Had we tried to use a tripod, we could not necessarily have achieved these variations, and though this may have made our photos look more professional, they may not have been as visually interesting.
Contents page photo:
By using the software to edit my images, I have learned a lot from the programmes I have used to do so. I used Microsoft Publisher in order to create my magazine, and used programmes including Paint and Adobe photo shop in order to edit them. We decided that we wanted the images in our music magazine to show some of the brand identity of the magazine; we wanted to put each photo in black and white and highlight one item as purple in order to convey the house colours of the magazine. I used Photo shop in order to do this; I changed the colour of the photo to black and white and also saturated the colour so that i could keep the purple item , purple. I also altered the contrast so that the images were clearer and more professional looking. Creating another layer on the image and making a "background copy" enabled me to airbrush each photograph.I changed the transparency of this image, selected an item and then chose the colour of the image on this second layer. The most obvious example of this in my magazine is on the contents page, where I have edited the model's shoes to be of a clearer and more exaggerated purple colour.
Front cover image;
I have also used various programmes through the internet in order to move forward with the production of my music magazine. I regularly use the social networking site Facebook and blogger in order to interact with my friends, but until this project I had never used sites such as Slideshare and SurveyMonkey.
I have, by using these sites, expanded my knowledge of not only these individual sites but also of the vast opportunities available on the internet. The site which I have learned the most from is arguably SurveyMonkey. The ability to not only create and customise your own personal survey, but also to chose how to distribute and analyse it has been very useful to me personally, and I intend to use my account often!
We did not really experiment much with lighting equipment in our photos, as we thought carefully about the settings for the images and generally altered the contrast and brightness of the images after they were taken if necessary. However, in the photos for our contents page we thought more carefully about the lighting equipment that we used; we put two spotlights onto a black background and saw that this created an interesting shadow effect. When we took the flash off the camera we were using, this created the perfect lighting for our image, with the shadow from the light cast onto the white floor that the model lay on. This helped me to more carefully consider not only lighting, but the effects of the lighting on the backgrounds featured in photographs.
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