Taylor's Media Studies Blog

  What was the impact from the lessons on depth of field on the preparation for my magazine? The lesson my teacher gave on the topics of depth of field and photography techniques helped me in many ways to get ready for the photos needed in my magazine. First, we learned what depth of field meant, depth of field is the distance between the nearest and furthest objects that allows for the image to be focused on camera. Also, when taking photos depth plays an important role in pictures by making two-dimensional subjects into three- dimensional causing for the photo to be more attractive towards the viewer. Then next in the lesson of depth of field the class was taught that the larger the number (such as f/8) is on the camera to focus it will bring all the foreground and background objects in focus. When going to lower numbers (such as f/1.4) this brings focus on the foreground objects blurring the background out. This helped me with my magazine since...

 Why is composition important when dealing with pictures?  Composition is important when dealing with pictures since it gives notice and emphasis to the main subject of a photo. It helps guide the viewer in where to look directing the persons eye to what you want them to look at and focus on while observing the photo.  Why us cropping important with pictures?   Cropping is important with pictures since it cancels out any unnecessary background objects that take away from the main subject. Cropping is needed since it can help draw more attention to the main subject just by cutting out parts of the picture that has no contribution to the storytelling of the photo.  Why is storage important when dealing with pictures?  Storage is important when taking pictures because when a photographer is taking shots of a live event or even just a moment, they are trying to capture what's going on which would take multiple shots to get the right one. So having enough storag...

Role of a Photograph in a Publication  Photos play a big role in publications because it is the first thing that the reader sees when opening a spread. Since photos play such a big role it's important that they are taken well with great quality while also being interesting to draw in the viewers' attention. If a reader opens the publication and sees photos that are greatly captured and have great moments of action being displayed this will result in the reader going onto the caption, heading and then copy. A photograph in a publication should tell a story by the actions being done in the picture or what the photographer is attempting to capture. If the pictures are bad with blurry quality and uninteresting subjects the reader won't find any interest and most likely wouldn't continue with reading the publication. My teacher gave us an assignment in class to make a PowerPoint about photography and one of the main points included in the textbook lesson was the purpose of a...

 How did creating a practice spread benefit me?  In my class we’ve learned all the tools in studio works so far and rules of it so my teacher gave us an assignment where we would make a practice spread. While making this practice spread, we had the ability to play around with rearranging the layout of the spread and inputting the pictures into the place holders making sure that they fit and how to adjust them. It also allowed me to understand how I can group certain pictures into secondary coverage to make the spread look more appealing to the viewer. Making the spread showed me how the headline should make a verbal/visual connection with the dominant photo in the spread.  An example of the practice spread: