the second task i was given was for the school brochure, we had to make a front and back cover which would interest people in to reading the brochure to find out more about the school. i went around the school and took various photo's, all together i took about 40. After taking them i put them on to my computer, chose the ones i liked and edited them on photoshop. Then when i ha edited a few i picked the top 4 i wanted and uploaded them on to my blog and explained what i did to edit the image and why i did it in that way, then i uploaded the original image and a print screen to show the before and after effect and to prove i actually edited it that way.
the third task i had was for a magazine of my choice so i chose to use the images i took while i was in paris last year. i uploaded them on to my computer and picked out the decent images i took, i then edited them and chose my best four, after that i uploaded them on my blogger with the original image and a print screen t show the before and after effect once again, i then did a brief explanation on what i did and why i did it like that.
2. With the school brochure i tried to make the lighting on the photo's bright and colorful so it gives you the idea that the school is a bright and welcoming place. in the nature and decay one i tried to make it very colorful so the flowers would stand out and would make the flowers stand out more which would catch peoples attention. The finally for the magazine the images were what i took when i was in paris, so i cropped most of them because most of them were of buildings and views from different buildings so i wanted to concentrate more on the buildings more than what is around them.
3. i enjoyed taking thew images the most because its something i enjoy doing, especially when i took the images of the different buildings in paris, it was a fun experience. i also enjoyed learning new photoshop skills, being able to edit the images in lots of different ways and mess around with the different effects however i wanted to. after i edited my images i annotated them by putting them on my blog and writing a brief explanation undernath the image explaining in what ways i edited it and why i edited it like that.
4. i least enjoyed doing the annotating the images, because i prefer doing practical like editing the photos or taking them instead of writing and explaining what i have done. compared to the practical things we do throughout this lesson i find writing very boring.
5.i chose my best image which was a image of the arc de triomphe and i compared it to a professional version which i found off an online brochure. i found that the images were very similar but the lighting on my edited image was a bit more brighter than the lighting on the image i got off the brochure. and was also taken from a different angle. i think my images works well as it is very similar to the professional version
6. my least favourite image was the image of the eiffel tower i edited, i found it wasn't a very clear image as it was a bit blurry so that is why i edited it the way i did, compared to the professional version i think my edit looks very dull and boring. Too improve it for next time i would make the contrast brighter so that it would stand out more and probably make it clearer.
7. I think a good way of helping me improve my skills at editing is by watching professional videos on youtube of how to edit the image, that way i would be able to do more things and improve on my photos which would get me better marks. Also by looking at different images which would give me ideas and what different ways i could edit my photo and might help me out with choosing what to do with a particular image.
8. By improving my skills at editing i asked my friends for help, to see if they had any different ideas or opinions on what i could do with my image/s. I also watched some videos which gave me a few tips on what i can do while editing the image. By using photoshop i think it has helped me and will make me feel more confident using it the next time round.
9. For my photo essay i used my chosen images and uploaded them on to power point and named each image i used, i then imported it in to a video and uploaded it on to my blog. For my school brochure photos i chose the images i edited and liked and them put them into photoshop to create the brochure, the reason why i used photoshop was because i am used to using it so i knew what i was doing. To present my nature and decay images i used flickr, i did this by uploading the images i wanted to use which put it into a powerpoint and then uploading it straight on to my blogger.
10. to get my feedback i used a website called 'freedback'. To do this you have to sign up for the websiste and design the questions you want, i created 8 questions and the feedback i was given will help me with future work.
