Camera Investigation

We have 4 different styles of camera in school.

Panasonic Lumix LX7
Pansonic Lumix GH3 and GH4
Panasonic G3
Canon 550D and 600D
mobile phone

Over the next few weeks, you will need to undertake the following tasks and answer the following questions.

TASKS
1: Change the camera from JPEG to RAW mode and back again.
2: Take a portrait in medium close up using natural light.
3: Take a Long Shot portrait using studio lighting.
4: Find three images online that you really like and try to take a photograph that is similar to each one. NB: You can use photoshop afterwards.
5: Make a short video in which you ask one of your portrait models three questions.

QUESTIONS

1: Which camera has the smallest focal length (i.e. allows the closest shot)? Canon 600D
2: Which camera allows the best shallow depth of field? IYO Canon 600D
3: Which camera has the easiest user interface. Lumix LX7
4: Rank the cameras in order of how useful you think they will be to take stills for:
a) A website: Panasonic Lumix LX7, Pansonic Lumix GH3, Panasonic Lumix GH4, Canon 550D, Canon 600D, Mobile Phone.
b) A magazine: Panasonic Lumix LX7, Canon 600D, Pansonic Lumix GH3, Panasonic Lumix GH4, Canon 550D, Mobile Phone.
5: Rank the cameras in order of how useful you felt they were for taking short videos. Canon 550D, Mobile Phone.

Medium close up shot using natural lighting

Long shot using studio lighting

A short video asking three questions

   

Layout and Deign task

Brief:
Create mockups for the front cover and contents pages of two issues of the same fashion magazine aimed at a sophisticated target audience of ages 16-25. 

The ethnicity and gender of your target audience is open to your own choice. However, you need to be cognisant about the availability of potential models should you choose to go from 'found image' mock up to original production.

Tasks:
i) Find an existing magazine that fulfills the brief and carefully consider the generic features and house style.

ii) Find images that will allow you to construct the cover and contents pages using either Adobe Photoshop 3 or Adobe Illustrator, or a combination of the two.

iii) Carefully consider the representation you wish to coniv) Combine anchoring text and image in a dynamic way to fulfil the brief.

My second magazine cover

My magazine cover