Induction assesment

Induction Evaluation

When I took my photos I used the manual focus rings on the camera to change the focus on the camera to suit the shot, I learned that you had to twist the rings on the front to change the focus because I always thought that the camera automatically focused on the subject but obviously not, and when it focuses on the main subject which is usually the model it changes the focus of the background so as the front part of the shot becomes in focus the background becomes less in focus.

I used the T stance when taking my photos to keep the camera steady and try and keep the perfect shot, I learned that that using portrait mode is best when you are taking a picture of somebody because it does not contain any unnecessary background and it is easier to get the whole subject into a portrait shot, and you use landscape mode when you are taking photo of scenery or something along thoughs lines to capture the whole scene.

I accidentally took my photos in landscape mode when they should have been in portrait mode, this caused problems such as not being able the fit the whole image on my front cover, or it resulting in being stretched on my front cover which did not make look any good, so I had to go out and take my photos again and take them in portrait mode.

Most of my pictures were in focus but there was a few that were not in focus and if I was to improve that I would use the focus ring on the camera more precisely and try and get it to focus as best as it can be.

Back lighting is when you take a picture of a subject with the source of light behind them this creates a dark figure which adds an aspect of mystery to the image, front lighting is when you take a photo of someone with the source of light in front of them this makes best for profile pictures because you  can usually see every detail of the subject, and finally side lighting is when you take a picture of a subject with the source of light to the side of them which usually results in half of the picture being dark and half of it being light this adds texture to the subject and it also adds a dramatic aspect.

Most of my photos were well composed but maybe some of them may have had the subject too low down and their eye level may have been low down which resulted in the subject looking weak and vulnerable, I don’t think any of them were too high but if they were it could have resulted in the subject looking strong and superior.

I did think about the background of the photos I usually like taking photos with the background being a consistent surface like a wall because I think if you take a photo with half of the background being a wall and the other half being a wall it may look tacky, and I also made sure there was nothing behind the subject like pedestrians that would draw the attention away from the main subject.

My subject usually did what I told them to do so it was not really a pain to control them but there was a problem with them talking during me taking the photos which resulted in them having weird facial expressions.
Photoshop

Some of the tools used on Photoshop are text tool which allowed me to add text to the image which allowed to add my masthead and the spot remover tool which allowed me to get rid of some of the impurities on my subject.

I wanted to get rid of the background on my photo so it was just a white background which I thought would look good but I couldn’t because the only way I could think of to do it was by using the lasso tool but it was really hard to do because I had to trace perfectly around my subject to do it so I decided not to use the tool in the end.

My text was easily controlled I used the font that I downloaded from dafont.com and applied it to the font, surprisingly the only difficult part was finding the right size for the text so it did not look to big or too small on the front cover.

I added some effects to the text on my page such as drop shadow to make the text stand out, and I cant remember the name of the effect but it added a border around the writing to make it stand out I did this by selecting the fx button in the bottom right of Photoshop and adjusting the sliders to what suited it best.

I downloaded a font of dafont.com, I chose this font because it suited the name of the magazine the best which is Swaggy Music I downloaded them by clicking on them on the website and then clicking download when they downloaded I moved them into a created folder called fonts in my documents I then copy and pasted it into the fonts folder located in the windows folder in My Computer.

The main colour I used was red, this is because red is a colour that could resemble swag also it catches peoples eyes and attracts them to the magazine this is because it is a bright colour.

If I was going to change something about my front cover I would probably be the picture this is because I would like to get a picture that resembles swag a bit more maybe I could get the model to do a pose or something like that.

I think the strengths of my front cover was the text because it is very eye catching and it attracts people to it this mainly because of the colour I used in the text which were red, black and white which stand out against the background.