Aperture Images

The size of the aperture is determined using the F stop settings. The smaller number of the aperture setting, the bigger the hole and the bigger the number of the aperture setting, the smaller the hole.The image above i took at F 3.5, this made the clock in focus but not Faye and the background. This image had a thin depth of field.

My second image i took was at F11, this made the clock and Faye in focus but not the background behind her. This image had a medium depth of field.

My third image was took at F22, this meant that the clock, Faye and the background were in focus. This image has a maximum depth of field.
All 3 of these images were took at ISO setting 100 as the images were taken in a light place.

Front Cover and DPS Photoshoot Images

Firstly in my photo-shoot I took my photos of my main model with a white background. I ended up changing this as it contrasted with the clothing she had on and also I had a change of idea for my front cover. 
One of the strengths of my first few images were that they were in focus and were the correct lighting that I wanted, broad lighting.
One of the weaknesses of my first few images were that some of the images were underexposed and over exposed.


I then decided that I would use a pink background as pink is stereotypically a girls colour and my magazine is aimed at teenage girls. I also decided I would have my model in a black dress and red lips as I was trying to portray that she feels like she has to dress in a certain way although she isn't comfortable dressing that way, hence the mask on my front cover.
One of the strengths of my second images were that they were all the right brightness and none of images were underexposed or overexposed.
One of the weaknesses of my second images were that some of my images that I toke were rushed and were slightly blurred.

First Progress Review

This is my first attempt at my front cover before my image was inserted. 

When creating my front cover, I downloaded fonts from www.dafonts.com which helped me decide on fonts I would be having on my front cover and inside on my DPS. On the masthead I used a size 160 bold serif font to make my masthead stand out from any of the other magazines. Serif fonts are easy to read and create a modern and youthful feel to them which will appeal to a younger generation. However, a problem with my fonts on my front cover is that there was too many of them so i had to delete a couple to make my magazine look less disorganised.

When I wrote 'Image', I used the effect stroke and drop shadow to create the effect of the word 'image' coming out of the page to help the reader recognise that this is what my story is about on my DPS inside and to also grab the readers attention when they first see the front cover. I then wrote all of my sell lines, experimenting with bold writing and font size. Most of my fonts that i used to create my sell lines 'Thonburi' and 'Arial'.

As my magazine Glamour that i was looking at had 'Britain's No1 Women's Magazine' i thought this was a good idea to portray on my magazine as well. I firstly created a rectangle with the rectangle tool to  make the rectangle fit the size of my magazine at the top from left to right. I then inserted the text to fit on top of the rectangle. Similarly for my button, i drew a circle with the ellipse tool and then inserted my text 'Only £2'.

Firstly for my DPS, I inserted a rectangle using the rectangular frame tool to the file, place, my text into the rectangular boxes. As my article was long, i had to then draw another rectangular box to then carry on my article into that box on the right above. I did this by clicking the red little box at the corner of the rectangular box that tells me my article is too long for just one box so therefore after i clicked on the red box, i then clicked again in the 2nd rectangular box to create text flow. I then made my sub headers of the different paragraphs bold to make sure they stand out and to create more of a separation of the text.
Secondly, I created my header on my first page, 'Perfect size or digital manipulation?' which I made bold and carried the colour scheme from my front over onto my DPS so therefore i made my header dark pink and my sub-headers. I made all of my text on my article 'Arial' and made my main header on the first page 'Bebas Neau', both of this fonts are Sans Serif which is an informal font which is what i aimed my DPS to be to reach out to my target audience of teenage girls.

My First Indesign Page

My First Indesign Page

Since this is my first indesign, there was a lot to learn about. One of the techniques we learnt about was how to use the black arrow and the white arrow. The black arrow was used to change the size of the box and to rotate the box whereas the white arrow was used to move the image inside the box.
     Another technique that i learnt was how to draw a rectangle text tool and then insert the text into the rectangular boxes. The red box that is at the end of the text after it is inserted enables the text to flow when clicked on the text already there and clicked on another box that has been drawn as it carries on the text that will not fit in just one box.
     A third technique that i learnt was how to create a drop cap. This is the process of making the first letter of the paragraph larger than the rest of the text. I did this by writing the text that I wanted to use in my indesign and highlighting the word that i wanted to make a a drop cap on. I then clicked on the paragraph formatting controls tab and then knocked the drop cap size up so that the first letter of the word i had written became bigger.
    Another technique i used was text flow. I used Text Flow to continue my text into text boxes that i had placed next to the first text box. I did this by drawing a rectangle box with the rectangle tool and firstly drawing the box where i wanted it to go on my indesign page. I then went to file and place and found the document that i was inserting into my indesign and clicked OK. This then inserted my text into the box, however because my rectangular box was too small for the text it needed to be made to go into another box, I did this by repeating the process of drawing another 6 rectangular boxes as my text was long. I knew my text was too big for my box because a red box at the bottom of the rectangle appeared. I then dragged the red box onto my other rectangular boxes which created the text to flow from one to another.

Spot Healing

I firstly opened my image on photoshop of Zoe's original image with her spots. I then made sure that i duplicated the layer of the image so if i made a mistake, i could undo it. I then clicked on the healing brush tool. I then held down alt on my keyboard and clicked on a part of Zoe's face that wasn't spotty. I did this so when i clicked over the spots, they would be covered with a part of Zoe's face that was not spotty. As a result of this, Zoe's face was not spotty anymore.

This is the result of my photoshop work.

Shutter Speeds

Shutter speeds capture the image when the camera is at a certain timing. 1/60th and 1/100th of a second were used for all of my photos. Shutter speeds capture the image while the content of the photo is moving. I would use a slower shutter speed to create a motion blurred photo whereas i would use a faster shutter speed to create a still image.

My photo above that I took was set to 1/100th of a second and this then portrayed a look of a more still image. My main problem with this image was that the leaves off the branches of the trees interfered with the movement of the leaves that Jodi threw in the air. I then solved this problem by moving the background of the image to a more branch-less tree, the image below was my second try at the movement of leaves and proved to be a better image to use.

The photo above that i took was set to 1/60th of a second which then portrayed a look of a more motion blurred image around Jake's hands and the leaves that are in the air around him. However, my target of taking this type of image next time would be to do the movement of leaves away from any trees that could possibly interfere with the quality of the image.

The photo to the left above that i took was set to 1/100th of a second which was my worst attempt with Jake and Beth compared to the image to the right above that I took at 1/60th of a second which made my image a greater quality image and a better motion blurred image as Jess and Karis's hands, hair, legs and feet are motioned blurred compared to my first attempt with Jake and Beth.

The photo above I toke at 1/60th of a second and was my first and best try at the movement of running. The quality of this image is great as my focus on the camera was set to take a great quality image. However my problem with this image was the fact that the image was underexposed, i would solve this problem next time as i would change the time of day i took the image at.

Light Drawings

I did this image with a skipping rope wrapped around my body and then ran around Beth. I made the white light at the top by having a torch displayed on my face while running around Beth.

This photo was created by a skipping rope being circled in the air.

 This photo was created by having 2 skipping ropes wrapped round us and then we used quick movements to create this effect.

This photo was created by drawing a heart shape in a dark room with a torch.