Aperture Practice

I practised and learnt about aperture control when taking photographs. I didn't manage to save or upload any images, but here is an example image of aperture control:

Aperture control is about changing the depth of field of the shot, it can be used to get effects like the ones shown in this example image.

Changing the aperture makes the background go out in and out of focus, but keeps the main image in the foreground in focus. This can be used to give an impression of distance, or to keep all attention on the model/main object being photographed.

To change the aperture and get different focus on the backgrounds, you have to change the F stops.

For a thin depth of field, you use a low F stop, for example, this image is taken with the setting F3.5

A thin depth of field is used to keep the focul range small, so the image is concentrated on the foreground object, with the background blurred.

A medium depth of field can be taken with a slightly higer setting, for example this was taken with F9.



The use of a medium depth of field gives a nice balanced shot between foreground, and background.

Aperture settings can also be altered to get a large depth of field, this image used F22.

Large depths of fields keep both the foreground and background in focus.

Practice Double Page Spread

To get used to InDesign, I created a mock double page spread layout.

This was the first time I had used InDesign, so I had to learn how to use it from scratch.

The first thing I learnt about was about creating text boxes and using the program's snapping features to allign all the boxes. I also used the place feature to place a word document into the magazine.

The main text has a drop cap, which is another feature I learnt about when creating this mock up, which helped give the page a professional feel.

I also learnt how to resize images in the program, which was a great advantage, as it helped me in being able to make my final product.

Overall, I feel this mock up was a great learning experience, as it gave me a great advantage in using the program InDesign, and helped me in creating the final double page layout in Unit 3.
I think if I did more practice, by creating more mock up pages, I would know almost all of the program's features, which would help make an even more professional looking layout.

Unit 3 Final Product

This is the final outcome of my Front Cover, and double page spread.

Print Skills Audit Progression