What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? (Jack Jones)

During the process of constructing my product i have used a variety of technologies. Firstly I used a cannon camera to take many photographs for my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I then learnt that when I imported the pictures into Adobe photoshop the quality of the pictures was poor espeically when i zoomed in on the images. I then decided to use a more qulaity professional camera so I then used a Nikon DSLR camera to make photos of my models. When I took the photographs I learnt how to use the lighting to get a good quality photograph without any shadows. I also learnt that with the flash of the camera it can cause red eye on my models, therefore I imported the images into Photoshop and used the red eye tool to edit the photograph. Although I taken many images to try and reduce shadows on the better quality pictures I wanted to use there was a small amount of shadow. So i had to use the Lassoo tool in Photoshop to erase the shadows effectivley. I also used the background eraser tool to change the background colour from the white wall to a blue background.
I took the images of my main model for my front cover and double page spread in the studio using professional lighting and a good quality camera. The studio consisted of fully adjustable lighting umberallas which give a good quality photograph but can also create unwanted shadows. The lighting works automatically with the flash of the camera.
I took the images from contents page in natural environments such as at gigs in small venues. This was harder to get a good quality image as bright lights were used in the arenas. I then learnt that this can add effect to the image as it gives the reader a sense of realism. On two of my images there was two many shadows so I edited the images in photoshop making them black and white. I also learnt taking photographs from different angles adds to the effect for example taking a high angle shot makes the band seem more powerful.
I also used the clone stamp tool in photoshop to remove spots on my main model. This tool copies the colour you desire, for example on the cheeck of the model and then you can cover any spots, freckles, blemishes with this paticular colour.
In photoshop I also learnt about the use of layers for example if I wanted text on a paticular shape I make the layer of the text above the layer of the shape so that the text fits on top of the shape instead and not underneath.




This is my main image for my front cover before I used many tools such as the lassoo tool, red eye tool and background eraser to make it worthy of a front cover and to make it look professional.