zoe before and after (healing brush)

this was the photo of Zoe before i used to healing brush tool. 

This was the photo of Zoe after i had used the healing brush tool.  to do this i added the image to photo shop, then added a new layer before i edited the image.
1. i clicked on the healing brush tool
2. sample: all layers
3. zoom in the section of the image that you want to edit
4. click the clone stamp tool
5. alter the size depending on how big the default  is that you are wanting to change
6. you have to remain on the stamp tool to alter the size.
7. choose an area of the face near the spot but not on the spot.
8. click on the skin- the colour of the brush should change.
9. cover the spot with the tool.
10. repeat this process until you are happy with the outcome. 

shutter speed

This is one of my shutter speed photos. The shutter speed setting on a camera allows you to catch a fast moving object e.g. a car moving at  a high speed, it also allows you to capture a fast moving object over a period of time. The image above is an example of this. Sophie is moving a torch in the shape of a love heart, I set the shutter speed at 6 seconds to take this photo, if I was going to improve on this I would set the shutter speed at 4 seconds to prevent the over lap of the light, it would make the image look neater and more professional. The background image was slightly blurred on all of the photos I took, I tired to change the focus but using the focus ring but it made the main image blurred to. Next time I take photos like these I will try and find a darker back ground so you can not see the background at all, therefore it will not matter if the back ground image is blurry. If I was going to improve on this image further I would zoom in on the light which was going to create the image. This would make the main image centre of attention (which was my original aim).

Your shutter speed entry

• Discuss what shutter speeds do

• Discuss why you would use a fast or slow shutter speed

• Import  examples of your picture: discuss what shutter speed setting you set your camera too

• Discuss the quality of the image and the problems that the image has (see below)

• Discuss how would you would solve those problems

• Discuss what your targets are for taking pictures the next time

Possible problems

Underexposed

Not enough light is getting into the camera because it is too dark

Solutions and targets

• Retake the image at a slower shutter speed

• Retake the image at a different time of day or in better lighting conditions

• Increase the ISO speed of your camera

Poor framing 

Hands cut off , heads missing, subjects too far away

Solutions and targets

• Review images as and when you take them

• Take your time when shooting

• If your subject is moving take lots of shots

• Use the continuous shoot mode

• Get closer to your subject

• Use a tripod

This is one of my composition photos. i used manual focus, i used the focus and zoom ring when taking this photo. I found it easy to use after i had taken a few practise shots. I decided to zoom in on this photo so that the picture included the scenery that i wanted.  Most of the images that i took were in focus, an odd few were not in focus because i forgot to adjust the focus ring.  if i was going to improve on my images i would try and take more from a range of distances. This is a long shot, when taking rule of thirds into consideration Sophie is made to look weak and venerable because she is in the middle-bottom section of the thirds. Sophie is being framed by the coffee car, which is being framed by the trees.

front cover and evaluation

 

 

This is my magazine cover. I went with a white and orange theme for my text and splashes; I did this because I think that this stands out against my darker background. The theme for this magazine was ‘music’ I don’t think my magazine fits this theme well, if I was to look at my magazine without reading the text I would say it looked more like a fashion magazine because of the nature of the photo and the colours used. 

When creating my magazine I made a lot of alterations to the main image using photo shop, I added colour to the makeup and brightened the skin to give it a crisper fresh look. I think this makes the main image pop; it gives it more affect and a better finish.

I chose to use a mixture of serif and sans serif text to appeal to different audiences. The masthead is in sans serif and the sub heads are in serif, I think this makes my cover look different to opposing magazines. 

If I was going to complete this task again I would try and make my magazine look more music orientated. This would fit the brief and the target audience. If I did re do my magazine cover I would try and use a brighter main image with black and red serif text in block capitals to give it more affect. I would also add more to the cover to make it look busy and more interesting, I think this would interest the target audience because they would think that they were getting more for there money.
If I was going to completely re-do my cover I would go for a completely different style, I would try to follow the brief more closely instead of adding to many of my own ideas without thinking about the out come, because as it stand the magazine cover shown above does not hit the target audience.