22/10/2013

Photography Tutorial Session:

Today, Tuesday the 22nd of October 2013, we had a photography session, teaching us how to use the equipment and Woking Colleges facilities, as well as how to explore our own skills as photographers and key aspects to consider and tips to keep in mind when taking our final photos for our music magazines.
Firstly, before all, in order to go about completing a photography session to gain our desired images utilising Woking College's facilities we are expected to book the photography studio by going to the Art Block and finding a teacher or technician to formally request a slot and period of time in which to use the facilities, from there we must approach our Media tutors and make them aware of any time we have booked into the photography studio.
The Photography studio etiquette must be revised before entering the room, this primarily includes having no food or drink in the studio to prevent costly damage, one must also refrain from sticking things onto the walls of the studio.
Some key tips and advice I acquired from this tutorial was very valuable to me, I gained an insight and brief knowledge of photography and how to really take photos and what to have in mind when doing so. One key tip was to not have the image going directly through the magazine as this wouldn't look attractive as on a double page spread, the page would be split in half and any image that is presented directly in the middle could be and would be distorted by the splitting of the page, as well as it looking irrelevant and unattractive, aesthetically.
Some primary things that we should always do when taking photographs, particularly of the models for our music magazine is to experiment with the depth of field and look at what different depths of field look like and what the depths of fields connote and represent and see if the connotations and representations of the depth of field we explore and choose reflect our music magazine genre and target audience, to see if it is parallel and relevant to it. This also applies to the mise en scene of our images, the attention to detail is absolutely vital and the background must be as relevant and appropriate and connote and represent the intended ideologies and stereotypes that the main focal images would do. For our main images the lighting, pose, models, clothing, gestures, body positions and quality of the images and camera is key.

What I achieved:

I uploaded my Music Magazine Name research and looked into survey monkey ready for completion next lesson.

What Have I achieved?

I accumulated my survey monkey research results and compiled the data ready for uploading next lesson. I experimented with different fonts and got a class result and general consesus and from there decided what I would call it and what font.

What I achived today?

I completed various tasks that I failed to complete in the past and polished designs and photos ready to put on my blog nest session.

What I achieved today:

I completed my draft of the Preliminary task of my PULSE Woking College Magazine and finished my Cover Page and Contents Page, I examined them and compared them to the written/drawn interpretation draft of what I hoped it would look like and feel happy with what I have produced. I have become more confident using photoshop in this task.

What have I achieved?

I experimented with photoshop and created my front cover successfully.

What have I learnt today?

In todays lesson I viewed photoshop and with photos from my preliminary task, I experimented and edited and cropped the photos with other photos from the internet to created different effects. I feel more comfortable using photoshop and will not hesitate in future, this lesson has given me the confidence to use photoshop in the future, this will assist me in future tasks and coursework.

What Have I Achieved?
I uploaded my go animate case study and converted my word files into pdf files, I endeavor to complete my survey monkey survey by the deadline.

What I learnt today? Today I began my go animate and uploaded my photos for my preliminary task. I am behind due to technical problems but anticipate to solve these difficulties and problems during the weekend period and be up to date by Monday. The deadline day.