alyssa's photojournalism blog

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

-Save As - Rename your image. Make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest (maximum) image quality..

-Save - you do not have to reman the image at this point. Save often and regularly.

-Nestle - tools are stacked on each other. To access those told you have to left click and hold.

**USE COMMAND KEYS!!!!!

Command + = zoom in
Command - = zoom out
Command o = open
Command c = copy
Command v = paste
Command z = undo
Command, Option, z = step backward
Command s = save
Command p = print
Command l = levels

-To turn an image go to

> image > Image Rotation

CW and CCW

CW= clockwise

CCW = counter clockwise

-Adjusting Levels

> Image > adjustments > levels

Channel Blue

Channel Green

Channel Red

-Adjusting Contrast - Channel RGB- moved just the brown hersheys kiss (just a little lighter)

-To Crop - Select the cropping tool and then click and drag the area you want to crop. Before you crop, you have to enter your resolution you want your image to be saved to.
-Resolution Guidelines:
-Yearbook = 300
-Newspaper = 150
-Web = 72

-To make an image Black & White
You go to Image > Mode > Grayscale

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

My Favorite Cover

#10 National Geographic (June 1985)

Photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Soviet helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan. The photo became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985. Since then, this raw, untouched image has been used on rugs and tattoos, making it one of the most widely reproduced photos in the world.

- See more at: http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contests/asmes-top-40-magazine-covers-last-40-years#sthash.r7ySa9oA.dpuf

Critique

In this photo, the thing that is being communicated is the anger and hurt of the girl because the Soviet Helicopters destroyed her village. This is being communicated through the girl's facial expression. The main focus is on her face so we can see the pain in her eyes.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Magazine Essential Parts

Masthead: Where the name of the magazine goes; the title

Selling Line: Description of title's main marketing point.

Date Line: Month and year of publication

Main Image: To catch your attention

Cover Lines: information that goes on the front cover

Model Credit: To give the model credit because it's her in the picture.

Bar Code: Standard bar code used by retailers

Main Cover Line: the main thing they want you to know.

Left Third: vital for sales in shops where the magazine is not shown full-frontage.