Evaluation Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Camera used: Fuji FinePix S2980 Bridge 14MP


Software used:

Serif PhotoPlus

www.taaz.com

www.befunky.com

Editing the photos

This shows the before and after shots of my cover image. As you can see I had to change the background to make it look solid and bold and to give it that professional look. As many magazines airbrush their models to give them that 'perfect' and 'desirable' look, I too slimmed down my model in the arm area and defined her body shape by giving her a tummy tuck to make her bust look bigger. I cleaned up her hair by removing the wispy bits around the edges and defining her colour.

I did the same for this photo as I cleaned the wispy bits around her hair. I defined her makeup on Taaz.com by putting some colour in her cheeks and giving her bright red lips, I think this worked well because of the contrast against the 'dull' grey jacket. I added the pinky peach background to almost associate with the red lips as they are from the same colour palette. Overall I gave the photo a blooming bright look that makes it look more glamorous.

This image represented the more dark side to my magazine therefore she is wearing a mostly black dress yet the floral colours remind you of the glamorous side. I took this outside against the bricks as a way to show the edgy 'rough' look and I got the black door in to show mystery and darkness. Again I re-touched up the makeup to define her face and consider it equal to her floral dress by using pink lipstick. I cropped the image as the door was taking up too much space and I wanted the photo to focus on her. I edited it to look more brighter and intense but to keep the edge I gave the corners a black misty effect.

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I had slight difficulties with lighting but I used befunky to overcome this and give it that lit effect. It was hard to find the perfect white background even when I used sheets therefore I used Serif PhotoPlus to eliminate the background altogether and replacing it with a colour of my choice. I  found that the camera did not pick up to greatly on the facial makeup so I used Taaz.com to define this or even change it. I also used Serif PhotoPlus to airbrush things such as spots, blemishes and dark circles.