Technology I used to complete my product:

Technology used in the making of my product:

Nikon D3100

Photoshop

Quark Express

Computer

Windows Live Photo Gallery

Technology used to present my product and work:

Prezi

Slideshare

Blogspot

Voice Recorder

Windows Live Movie Maker

About a month before we started our production work I purchased a Nikon D3100 because I like photography. This meant that using a SLR camera was completely new to me but after reading the instructions I became more confident and took all the images I used on my production work with this camera. It is very easy to see why SLR cameras are a lot better than digital compact as the quality of a photograph is clearly a lot better. During the process of this production work I have learnt a lot about my skills as a photographer and understand much better about the quality of the photographs that are needed in magazines.

Photoshop is a software I have used for many years. Therefore I was quite confident on how to use it as well as using it to edit pictures, however I had forgotten how to use some of the tools but once I had used it a few times, my memory was refreshed. I used Photoshop to construct my magazine front cover, I found this fairly easy to achieve and I have updated my skills in Photoshop. I also used Photoshop to finally edit some pictures, I found a good tool to use is to edit the levels which can increase the quality of the image without it looking edited too much.

Quark express is a software I have never used before this production, I found it extremely hard sometimes to find the right tools I wanted but by the end of the production I felt like I was confident in using this software. This means I have gained skills in using Quark. I think my skills on Quark could still improve a lot but I am happy knowing simple skills can create a professional looking product using this software.

I used Windows Live Gallery once I had taken the pictures to quickly edit the images to make the lighting more prominent and therefore increasing the quality of the image, this is a simple software that anyone can use and comes on most computer therefore it is free and very user friendly.

Prezi is a really good and professional software for creating slideshows, it is a good form of media to use however it can be complicated if you don’t know how to use it. Luckily Prezihave set up a help video on YouTube which teaches beginners on how to use the software correctly.

Slideshare is a conversion site that converts power points and word documents into slideshows that you can quickly copy the link. Although this website is extremely easy to use I did have problems when converting but I quickly fixed it and it has worked fine since.

Blogger is a free blog site. I found this extremely easy to use and can easily create new posts on my computer as well as my mobile phone. I have loved using blogger, it shows how it is so simple and easy to create a simple blog.

Using a voice recorder for my interview and evaluation work was really simple. Just turn it on, press record and you can record any sounds you want, I found it simple to use this technology and can easily say I have some skills in using a voice recorder.

I used windows live movie maker to complete evaluation questions, put audio on my blog. I found it really simple as it’s user friendly, I then quickly uploaded it to YouTube by clicking the share button and I then could easily copy the embed code and put it on my blog.

One of the main things I learnt about during my production work was Desktop Publishing. The jobs I performed by completing my production work are; Graphic designer, Photographer, Layout sub, Proof Reader, Designer and Journalist.

Completing my production work has showed me that it takes fewer people to produce a professional quality magazine and on a budget! I have also learnt about my skills and learnt that producing a magazine was quite easy and something I could easily do in the future. I have also learnt about which skills I possess after completing all them jobs, I especially excelled at being a photographer but didn’t do greatly in proof reading my work.