This is a photograph that i had taken in my spare time and i had tried to experiement with aperture and i think it went very well, i have gained skill since using perture at college and it has helped me to produce better photographs which look quite professional in my opinion.

 

My final magazine front cover

 

 

 

 My final magazine article

AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production

 

Name: Abbi Kelly                          Tutor group: 1.42                Date: 15.4.13

 

Photographic Skills

Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:

 

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Manual Focus features	x		To a strong level I use manual focus features, I had taken photography in secondary school and have started taking it at A level in college, I take a lot of photographs in my spare time on my own Camera and also take them using my phone.
Shutter Speed	x		To a strong level I am confident in using shutter speeds and are now confident on what they are and do, I first started using shutter speeds in my photography class in college and further experimented with it in my media lesson, I now go out in my spare time and use this technique in my photography.
Aperture control	x		To a medium level I use aperture, aperture is something I feel strong with using but not completely strong with at the same time. I first came across aperture in my photography in college and got the hang of what to do and experimented quite a lot with it. I further experimented with aperture in my media lesson and then felt even more confident with it.
ISO Control	x		To a medium level I have completed using ISO controls on a camera, I learnt about ISO settings in my photography lessons in college, I also use the ISO settings at home on my own camera when going to take photographs to make sure the photography will take and show how I want it to.
A tripod	x		To a strong level I use tripods most of the time when taking photographs on my own camera, in my spare time; I first learnt how to use a tripod in my photography lessons in college and then further learnt and experimented with them in media. I then taught myself how to use it also by getting my own for my camera and experimented with it in my own time. I now feel very confident with using tripods.
External flash	x		To a medium level I am confident with using external flash; I have only used it once in a photo shoot for my magazine for media, but got the hang of it quite well and quickly.
Self timer facility		x
Light meter		x
Composition grids	x		To a strong level I have used composition grids. I completed

 

Photoshop Skills

Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:

 

 

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Text control	x		To a strong level I know how to use text control and have used it in the process of making my article, I first learnt how to use text control in school, in my create and media diploma, I have use text control to place my text where I want it and edit it in the ways I want it to using Photoshop and InDesign.
Filters	x		To a strong level I have used filters on Photoshop, I first learnt how to use them in school on my photography course and feel very confident in using them.
Brushes	x		To a strong level I have used brushes in Photoshop when creating break out boxes, and editing the way a photograph looks and lots of other things, I first learnt how to use these tools in my photography course that I took in school.
Layers	x		To a strong level I know how to use layers in Photoshop and how to adjust them and put them where I want. I learnt how to do this in school.
Opacity control	x		To a strong level I know how to use the opacity control well, I learnt this in school. The opacity control helps a lot in controlling how visible you want something to be and it’s great for making things look just how you want them to.
Shape creation	x		To a strong level I have used shape creation I first used this in school.
Brightness and contrast control	x		To a strong level I have used brightness and contrast control in Photoshop I first learnt how to use this in school and it’s great for editing photographs.
Gradients	x		To a medium level I have used gradients I first used these in school, in my photography course.
Load selection features		x
Feathering	x		To a strong level I have used feathering in Photoshop I first used feathering in school and found it very easy and simple to use.
Colour curves adjustment	x		To a strong level I have used colour curves adjustment I first used this in school, it’s good for making an image darker in certain colours and making it look just how you want it to.
Resolution setting control	x		To a medium level I have used this setting; I first used this in college in my photography lesson.
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	x		To a strong level I have used these tools, I first started to use them in school and have become very confident in using them. They are the best thing to use to outline something on a photograph and concentrate on specific things and are great in cutting something out to move it somewhere else.
Cropping tool	x		To a strong level I have used to cropping tool, I first used this in school.
Clone tool	x		To a strong level I have used the clone tone, it’s great for covering things up and taking part of a photograph and putting it somewhere else in your own way. I  first used this in my photography lessons in school
Retouch tool	x		To a strong level I have used the retouch tool, which is good for making your photographs look professional. I first started using this in school.
Other skills

 

In Design Skills

Which of the following features of In Design have you used before:

 

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Have you ever used In design ever before?	x		I first started using InDesign in college for my media project to design a magazine article; I would say I’m at a medium level with it.
Margin and column guide creation	x		I started using this to make my article border and to make sure everything was in proportion I’ve never used this before until I used it in college for media I am now at a medium level with it.
Inserting an image ID	x		To a medium level I know how to insert an image using InDesign, I first learnt how to do this in my media lesson, in college.
Resizing images in ID	x		To a medium level I know how to resize images in InDesign. I learnt how to do this in my media lesson for college.
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation	x		Using InDesign I would say im at a strong level when it comes to text manipulation, resizing and rotation, I learnt how to do this in college.
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		x
Text flow creation	x		To a medium level. I learnt how to do this in college.
Using transparent imagery in ID	x		Using transparent imagery in InDesign was first taught to me in college in my media lesson, I’ve never done this before, I would say im at a medium level with it.
Shape/line creation In design	x		To a strong level I know how to use shape/line creation in InDesign, it’s really simple to do. I first learnt how to do this in college when designing my article.
Exporting to PDF from In-design	x		To a medium level I know how to Export to PDF from InDesign. I learnt how to do this for my media project at college.
Text Wrap		x
Other Skills