For my photography assignment we had to choose one of ten titles these were. Love, life, power, freedom, urban culture. the effects of weather, celebrating diversity, making a living, the build up and saying goodbye. Once we have chosen from the list we we have to take 10 practice photos to see what will need improving for when it comes to getting my final pictures, from experimenting before hand with the rule of thirds, aperture, and ISO these will effect my images so I have to contemplate these factors while prepping and taking my final picture. As I've chosen weather. The location will be Southsea as it's easy enough for me to go to via the bus. And there are many good times for me to go their, I don't have a set place at Southsea as then it gives me a wider range of places to choose from. I have chosen weather as there is no limits when it comes to weather as any form of weather is fine, although if it's raining and I can get the right shot it will potentially be the better choice of weather. I wont need any models in my pictures as I don't want that to take the make my photo look more professional due to the setting and it's all dependent on if it's sunny, cloudy or raining. This could be problematic so before I go out and take my photos I will need to check the weather forecast to see what day is best, then I can book out the camera equipment from college on the day I have chosen.
The equipment I will use will be from the college it will be a Canon camera, which allows me to take the best possible picture required for this assignment. To avoid camera shake I will take a tripod which would be useful if I need to get a shot that includes me to get a lot of the location in or if I need to set a timer on the camera this will then avoid any possible camera shake.
The first thing I will do once I've collected the camera is to make sure there is enough battery life as I don't want to get to my location to find out the battery is flat, I'll also check to see if the memory card is in the camera as well. These are standard processes to make sure the equipment I have is correct and good to use. Once I've done these I will set the camera to manual that will allow me to control the zoom, and focus mainly when taking my picture. It allows more freedom for myself taking the picture as otherwise if it's on automatic the camera will chose the settings that they think is more suitable to my lighting or zoom.
The camera angles will vary from a wide selection, middle shot, long shot, extreme long shot and close up. I will take a mixture of all camera angles to give me a verity of different pictures and I can then chose the best one from them, however I think a long shot will be most likely the best as I've researched other weather based images and the best seem to have the weather as the main focus if that's rain or clouds then a little be of scenery which can make the image you've taken stand out more to the eye.
To control hard and soft light I will have to adapt to the lighting and the sizing of an object that could possibly be in the way of my shot, however with weather I may get away with it as there shouldn't be anything to cause a reflection or shadows.
Monday, 18 April 2016
methods report
There are two types of research I could possible use to gather valuable information for my music magazine. Primary research is the first of the two types, to gather information from primary research you have to go out and get the information. This can include questionnaires, surveys and focus groups, the positive to all these methods are that it is recent where with secondary it isn't always new information. However with that in mind there are also disadvantages to primary research, it is very time consuming and if you needed to get feedback quickly these methods would not be suitable. There is also a high chance the feedback you get back will be in accurate as it can be other biased or people are just giving an answer as they have to. So when it comes to primary research you must take precautions when gathering information.
Secondary research is free to access as the information has already been gathered, the methods include, books, internet and newspapers. These are more reliable methods than primary research however you can find the exact same flaws in these as you can primary. However these methods are easier to access and they are free, as you can access these on the internet. where if you wanted to create a survey you might have to sign up and pay monthly to create one.
Primary and secondary work well together and if you use the right balance they can give you valuable information that you need, so for my methods I will use a variety this will give me a balance between quantitative and qualitative data.
I have used both primary and secondary research for my music magazine, as you can see here I have created a survey which is a form of primary research that I have used to gather information out from my target audience, this gives me a mixture of both recent and old information related to my music magazine. Therefore I can conclude what the most popular choices after I've gathered enough information from primary and secondary research.
Secondary research is free to access as the information has already been gathered, the methods include, books, internet and newspapers. These are more reliable methods than primary research however you can find the exact same flaws in these as you can primary. However these methods are easier to access and they are free, as you can access these on the internet. where if you wanted to create a survey you might have to sign up and pay monthly to create one.
Primary and secondary work well together and if you use the right balance they can give you valuable information that you need, so for my methods I will use a variety this will give me a balance between quantitative and qualitative data.
I have used both primary and secondary research for my music magazine, as you can see here I have created a survey which is a form of primary research that I have used to gather information out from my target audience, this gives me a mixture of both recent and old information related to my music magazine. Therefore I can conclude what the most popular choices after I've gathered enough information from primary and secondary research.
Barb
Friday, 15 April 2016
Media Conglomerate - Time Warner / Key Terms
Media conglomerate – Time Warner from JackHollers
Time Warner Inc. |. 2016. Time Warner Inc. |. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.timewarner.com/. [Accessed 16 April 2016].
Corporate Leadership | Time Warner Cable . 2016. Corporate Leadership | Time Warner Cable . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/our-company/leadership/overview.html. [Accessed 16 April 2016].
Home Box Office | Time Warner Inc.. 2016. Home Box Office | Time Warner Inc.. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.timewarner.com/company/operating-divisions/home-box-office. [Accessed 16 April 2016].
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Portfolio
Weebly- http://www.weebly.com/uk/
Squarespace- https://www.squarespace.com/
Contently- https://contently.com/
3. What attracted me to these companies?
The reason why I chose Weebly, Squarespace and Design instruct was because they look simple but professional, they all have a lot of detail on their sites which is easy to understand. The main reason why I chose these sites was because they are used by many people and they all have great feedback about them.
4. The unique selling point for Squarespace would be it's huge range of verity of templates available, the main selling point for Weebly would be the simplicity of how easy the site is to understand, they have much detail and have video's and screen grabs of how to do certain tutorials. For Contently the unique selling point would be
The different pricing plans
Uploading multimedia content
Examples of portfolios
Ranking of the site
Squarespace- https://www.squarespace.com/
Contently- https://contently.com/
3. What attracted me to these companies?
The reason why I chose Weebly, Squarespace and Design instruct was because they look simple but professional, they all have a lot of detail on their sites which is easy to understand. The main reason why I chose these sites was because they are used by many people and they all have great feedback about them.
4. The unique selling point for Squarespace would be it's huge range of verity of templates available, the main selling point for Weebly would be the simplicity of how easy the site is to understand, they have much detail and have video's and screen grabs of how to do certain tutorials. For Contently the unique selling point would be
The different pricing plans
Uploading multimedia content
Examples of portfolios
Ranking of the site
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
ISO
ISO setting is its sensitivity, the higher the ISO is the more sensitive it is, the lower the ISO is the less sensitive it will be. So if you wanted a brighter picture you will want to make the ISO higher.
On our cannon camera the lowest ISO is 100 and the highest is 6400.
Where to find the ISO setting on the cannon, you change it to TV, then click the top arrow on the camera it says ISO and then you will be given the option from Auto, 100-6400 and select which one you need.
If you want a darker picture change the ISO to a low number for example 100 that will make the picture near enough black, and will be hard to see.
If you chose a high ISO, that will let more noise come through which can cause your photo you are taking to be more blurry so you need to find the right balance for the ISO.
Where to find the ISO setting on the cannon, you change it to TV, then click the top arrow on the camera it says ISO and then you will be given the option from Auto, 100-6400 and select which one you need.
If you want a darker picture change the ISO to a low number for example 100 that will make the picture near enough black, and will be hard to see.
If you chose a high ISO, that will let more noise come through which can cause your photo you are taking to be more blurry so you need to find the right balance for the ISO.
This was our first picture using a high ISO (3200) this shows what happens when it's fairly dark it makes most the image hard to see.
This was our second image we took, outside of the South building, the ISO setting we used for this picture was 400, on this day where it wasn't sunny just dull and cloudy, the ISO setting we used was good enough to capture the best possible picture.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Law
Defamation- is when a false claim has been made to someone, if this affects someones reputation or a companys, firms and other establishments this allows them to sue them.
slander definition-slander means the defamation of spoken words like rumours and public accusations as these are less serious and they're harder to prove in court
Libel means the defamation of written words such as articles these are more serious due to having a copy in front of you for evidence.
Fair comment is the opinion on a subject that has no malicious meaning behind the comment.
Public comment is in the interest of the public which can affect a whole load of people and their rights, health and finances are the main areas that can be affected.
Recent UK defamation
The most well known case I could find was Keith Smith v Williams, it was the first case that was started with a poster in a chat room, and she got herself in more trouble when she posted further demands in a yahoo discussion group with over 100 people seeing this at that time she was fined 10,000 pounds
Other defences- Website owners are also protected, where people post on their this could be by them or someone else.
contempt of court
The crime committed
Arrest or warrant for arrest
Charge
Trial
Jury
verdict
Sentence or aquital
If I were to report this claim from a person who lives in Dark Woods, I would be risk breaking Youth identity law as the claim involves someone under the set age, I could overcome this by not mentioning the youths name in my report.
slander definition-slander means the defamation of spoken words like rumours and public accusations as these are less serious and they're harder to prove in court
Libel means the defamation of written words such as articles these are more serious due to having a copy in front of you for evidence.
Fair comment is the opinion on a subject that has no malicious meaning behind the comment.
Public comment is in the interest of the public which can affect a whole load of people and their rights, health and finances are the main areas that can be affected.
Recent UK defamation
The most well known case I could find was Keith Smith v Williams, it was the first case that was started with a poster in a chat room, and she got herself in more trouble when she posted further demands in a yahoo discussion group with over 100 people seeing this at that time she was fined 10,000 pounds
Other defences- Website owners are also protected, where people post on their this could be by them or someone else.
contempt of court
The crime committed
Arrest or warrant for arrest
Charge
Trial
Jury
verdict
Sentence or aquital
If I were to report this claim from a person who lives in Dark Woods, I would be risk breaking Youth identity law as the claim involves someone under the set age, I could overcome this by not mentioning the youths name in my report.
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Final design bookmark
Cmyk is a colour system that contains four colours which are, Cyan, magenta, yellow and black. In the print industry these four colours are used as the primary colours.
RGB is red, green and blue is a system for mixing colours, this model can be used in computer monitors, television sets and theatres. Red, green and blue dots are used for creating the image, when it's red and green overlap, you'll see yellow, this system is only to devices using light for example tv sets or a computer monitor.
In my opinion the photoshop file should be 300dpi when it comes to printing as it gives the maximum quality to the picture to be shown. Dpi means dots per inch this means if the dot count is higher, then the quality will be higher which allows for it to be sharper and less blurry.
My design
For my bookmark I designed it on The Bourne Supremacy, I have used a hand drawn image that are all related to the book, for example I've used him looking down the sight of a sniper, but instead of having the sniper you have the sight on his right eye. I've only used standard colours that are expected from a Bourne book. On my bookmark I've used abstract colours as they are used for real equipment and many other designs and it's very abstract. I've tried to make it look and feel like a Bourne bookmark and I've just taken key parts from the book and re created them as a picture onto my bookmark. It has taken me a long time to create the best possible bookmark I can however if I were to do it again I would make the layout of my bookmark different, as the way Iv'e laid my picture out isn't much different to other bookmarks. I may also of added more writing. Although what I do like about my bookmark is that it looks good and different to other bookmarks, and that his right eye (left as looking at it from the screen) is the scope of a sniper. The layout is good but does have some floors to it but as a whole there are more positives than negatives, the negatives would be that I had taken a long time to upload my final piece onto illustrator which gave me less time to make it look better, slicker and more professional however for future designs I know what I can do to make my design better, there is only a few small issues that I've learnt from. As a whole I am pleased with my final design and would only change a few minor details, I've also gained valuable experience using illustrator.
RGB is red, green and blue is a system for mixing colours, this model can be used in computer monitors, television sets and theatres. Red, green and blue dots are used for creating the image, when it's red and green overlap, you'll see yellow, this system is only to devices using light for example tv sets or a computer monitor.
In my opinion the photoshop file should be 300dpi when it comes to printing as it gives the maximum quality to the picture to be shown. Dpi means dots per inch this means if the dot count is higher, then the quality will be higher which allows for it to be sharper and less blurry.
My design
For my bookmark I designed it on The Bourne Supremacy, I have used a hand drawn image that are all related to the book, for example I've used him looking down the sight of a sniper, but instead of having the sniper you have the sight on his right eye. I've only used standard colours that are expected from a Bourne book. On my bookmark I've used abstract colours as they are used for real equipment and many other designs and it's very abstract. I've tried to make it look and feel like a Bourne bookmark and I've just taken key parts from the book and re created them as a picture onto my bookmark. It has taken me a long time to create the best possible bookmark I can however if I were to do it again I would make the layout of my bookmark different, as the way Iv'e laid my picture out isn't much different to other bookmarks. I may also of added more writing. Although what I do like about my bookmark is that it looks good and different to other bookmarks, and that his right eye (left as looking at it from the screen) is the scope of a sniper. The layout is good but does have some floors to it but as a whole there are more positives than negatives, the negatives would be that I had taken a long time to upload my final piece onto illustrator which gave me less time to make it look better, slicker and more professional however for future designs I know what I can do to make my design better, there is only a few small issues that I've learnt from. As a whole I am pleased with my final design and would only change a few minor details, I've also gained valuable experience using illustrator.
This is my final design. I used the pen tool to get the shapes which form different parts of the face, I thought this would be the most unique way I could create my bookmark. I've used a few colours which makes it stand out more. Instead of having The Bourne Supremacy at the top I decided to put it to the right of the picture mainly for affect, I am happy with how my bookmark has come out as I didn't have that high of expectations as Iv'e not designed a bookmark before. However if I were to change something it would be making the tittle in a different font style which would make it look more unique and would add to the wackiness of my bookmark. I got some inspiration from researching Kate Moross as she uses a variety of art for her work, however what I took inspiration from was her use of shapes and when she used them, for example she uses them to fill space and to make her work more unique to herself. I took this and added it to my work which I think has worked very well as it has made my work unique and my own.
This will be the back of my bookmark, it is a brief overview of what happens in the book.
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