POST PRODUCTION:
This is the gradual post production of editing the composition photo I took of Beth and Martha. I used several tools in Photoshop including dodge and burn, sharp and sharp mask, cross process, contrast and brightness to create the final picture which had a bleached, vintage finish to it.

This is the photo before editing. As you can see it looks very dull and nothing is specifically highlighted with colour, and I wanted to specifically brighten up the green of he trees, the red in the brick wall and the white in the clothes and hair.

I put the auto tone on the picture and it fixes the bad weather which made the picture look slightly misty, but the auto one cleared that up.

Next I used the brightness and contrast tones on the photo which lightened the whiter areas of my photos. It was now starting to get the bleached affect I was aiming for. It made the dull areas like the colour of the grass and the clothes and faces of my models look brighter.

I then used some cross processing on the photo, bringing out the red tones in the bricks a little in the face and the leaves on the floor in the background. I brought out the green in the leaves, making them much brighter and they looked cleaner, especially in the top right hand corner behind my models head. This is my final image. I succeeded in created a bleached and washed out effected image, at the same time making sure that there were still some shadows on the models faces so it didn't seem overexposed. Compared to the original image, the photos is clear and crisper, and there are more prominent eye catching details, such as the vintage look in the red bricks or the washed out look that is in the models jeans and hair.

IN DESIGN:

This is my first In Design product. I used all black and white photos of bands to create a simple colour flow, and to boost the professional look of the symmetrical lines used by the ruler tool. I also used the ruler to place the paragraphs into three structured columns. I placed a drop cap at the beginning of the article as it shows the reader where the start of the story is and thins out the look of the amount of text. I made the header a bright orange and red colour to arrest the readers flick ability. It is the biggest font to stand out to show what the article is about. I put in two speech bubbles which are also in a slightly bigger font to give the most interesting information of the article ad highlighting them as important. These speech bubbles also break up the text a little bit, as well. I believe in Unit 3, I can put more detail and colour into my magazine article, and I will be able to get comfortable and use more tools on In Design.

SHUTTER SPEEDS

Shutter speed can be manually changed on a camera. If the shutter speed is fast it can help to make a crisp and clear still image, freezing the action completely. Similarly If the shutter speed is slow, it can create motion blur emphasizing the fact that they are moving. This would only be effective if the background was still and it was just the moving image that was blurred.
I practiced using different shutter speeds on Belinda.

In this photo, Belinda threw leaves in the air; most of the leaves are still but a few are blurred at the edges. Belinda's hands are blurred as they were moving at a fast when the shot was taken. I think is was taken at about 1/100 of a second.

I then got Belinda to run along a path and I took photos of her with a slow and fast shutter speed. This was a clearer photo so it was taken at a faster shutter speed of about 1/300 of a second.

This is with a ....shutter speed, giving the edges of her frame a blurred touch, making the photo look more alive; as if she is moving fast. his was taken a about 1/50 of a second

Here I had a slightly slower shut speed of 1/200 of a second than on the crisper, clearer one above because she wasn't moving as fast as she was running towards the camera., and this would be t case wit the picture below, as well.