Foundation Portfolio in Media Kayleigh Stevens - Keatley 6449

For this process I used Owen, and decided to take a mid shot photo of him on a white back drop, making it easier to edit and clean the edges of the photograph. These were the photos taken.   For the first photo I asked Owen to stand facing my left and to look central with a expressionless pose. When looking at all the photos afterwards I noticed that his face is facing the side too much, making it difficult to edit and also making his body language seem to closed in. For the second photo I asked Owen to keep the same position however this time I wanted him to smile in that direction, adding some warmth to the photo. However we faced the same problem as the body language was uninviting and I would have liked him to have faced the camera more. For the third photo we decided to change positions so he was facing my right. This was a better body outline wise however we still had the same problem as before regarding the body positioning. Finally we decided on this photograph

For my preliminary task I decided to take a mid shot photo of Owen against a white backdrop.   This photo didn't quite fit the A4 requirements so I had to use the clone tool to create more background on the right hand side. Also by using the Liquify tool I was able to bring forward Owen's hairline and also make his jawline more prominent. With the use of the clone tool I evened out Owens complexion and also did a few subtle adjustments such as making his bottom lip more prominent and filling in his hairline. As you can see, for this cover I added the title vertically using both green and grey, keeping with the primary school colours. I also added it to the right because Owen (pictured) is looking in this direction, giving the illusion that he is looking at the title. As for text I added a few clippings of text again keeping with the colour scheme, and I also added a CCGS logo to tie in the fact it is a school magazine.   This is the contents page for my

 Codes and Conventions of a music magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3susFM_M08 Codes and Conventions of a Film Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18bEU7PX1q0     Codes and Conventions of Print Media:   Title piece should have one significant tag-line/slogan  Simple colour scheme Should include logo of brand/company   http://www.slideshare.net/AlexMcKiernan/codes-and-conventions-of-print-advert      

Camera Research (How to guide) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnigC_QDVds This video helped me to learn of the different modes (such as the auto focus mode) and also showed me the different aspect ratio's available. In summary the video just gave me a quick overview of the camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjkyaEyrqps The second video showed me how to set the camera up for taking photos (putting it on the 'P' setting at first to set up and then move to 'C1', and then setting the ratio to 4:3) The video also showed me how to adjust the shutter speed and how to control the flash. Photoshop Tutorials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8-9xi7WkHY Doing our first Photoshop task the person I Photographed asked me to define their Jawline, so using a YouTube tutorial I was able to use the Liquify tool to define their jaw.    Before Liquify   After Liquify   

I started with this image. The eyebrows were unkempt and the skin patchy, with dark bags under the eyes. After altering the image on Photoshop I was left with this:  As you can see I used the clone tool to even out her complexion and conceal her freckles/moles. I also concealed her dark circles using this tool and filled in her eyebrows to give them more shape and definition. With this tool I also made her hairline fuller and widened her eyes. Using the magic wand tool I removed the background and with the smudge tool I made her lips slightly more shapely and even, I also lowered the arch on the right brow and made her eyes slightly wider. For next time I believe I need to figure out different methods of evening skin tone and drawing focus to different points on the face.

  First use of photoshop. Looking back at this work I can see that the images placed on top of the background don't blend into the rest of the picture, however as it was my first try at photoshop I believe I used this to learn more about the programme and produce better examples (as shown on my blog).