Question 6: What have you learnt about new technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Photography – While doing my coursework I learnt much more about camera work and taking photos as I had never taken photos from a camera before and I build up my photography skills the more I took them. I learnt what lightings would be best and what angles people work best at. When taking the photos I also had to keep in mind how to make it look professional. I also learnt how to actually function the camera and gained knowledge of how it works and what to press for which setting. For example I learnt how to use the timer which allows you to let the person who is normally behind the camera being in the photo so I could also be a part of it.

Photoshop – I have not had much experience in photo however I have briefly used it when I was younger however this time using Photoshop was much more advanced and it taught me very useful things that helped me in my coursework. It got much better at editing the photos and using/ experimenting the different tools. This made the outcome of my photographs much better and I could apply them to my magazine appropriately so it looked much more professional. I mostly learnt how to use the lasso tool much more accurately and to remove the background of my photos so they would fit and look better in my magazine. Alternatively I also experimented with the contrast settings and colour settings and ended up making my front cover monochrome and I found it gave it a much better outcome than when not effected

I took away red eye with the red eye remover and removed background as it did not look appropriate for article page.