This document discusses various equipment used for photography and magazine production including their costs and uses. It describes a camera that costs £250-£350 and is lightweight and easy to use for magazine photos. Indoor studio lenses cost £60-£100 and help focus images. Lights costing £120 illuminate indoor shoots and can adjust brightness. White and black screens, costing £10-£30, provide professional backgrounds and make editing easier. A £7-£12 flash connects the camera to the lights. InDesign software lays out pages professionally. Photoshop edits photos and removes backgrounds.

2.  Cost: range from about £250 - £350.
 This is the camera that I used to capture my photos
for my magazine. It is fairly light weight making it
easier to hold and take images with. It is not too big
(128.8x97.3x62mm) which again, made it easy to hold.
 Inevitably the camera is the most important piece of
equipment that I will use for taking my pictures. It is
an SLR camera that produces quite high quality
images.
 It will take the pictures and then store
the images on a memory card, which
I am then able to transfer onto a drive
and access them through the computer.

3.  Cost: range from £60 - £100.
 This is the lens that attaches to the camera, it is
specifically used for indoor, studio shoots, hence
why I plan on using it for my shoot were taken
indoors.
 The lens is also quite light weight making it easy
to hold, and move about with.
 It is great for focusing images
and producing high quality and
professional looking photographs.

4.  Cost: around £120.
 These are the lights that will illuminate and help
create a better quality photo, for my shoot.
 These are used for indoor photo-shoots and the
voltage of the lights can be adjusted and the
lights can be tilted up or down to change the
lighting and make certain parts brighter than
others.
 The lights are very easy to operate
and change depending on what
you want your photo to look
like.

5.  Cost: £10 - £30 (depending on size).
 This is such a useful piece of equipment for
taking indoor, studio photos. It means that
every photo will have a white background.
 It makes the photos look very bright,
professional and clean.
 It is also very useful as it makes
removing the background easy
if you want to once the photos
are taken.

6.  Cost: £10 - £30 (depending on size).
 Similarly to a white screen, this is useful for
taking indoor photos and it means that every
image will have a black background.
 It means the photo will look, dark, moody
and mysterious and provide a nice
variety/contrast from the white
background photos.
 Low lighting is usually used
with a black screen.

7.  Cost: £7 - £12.
 This is the device that connects the camera to
the lights so that every time you take a
picture, the lights flash.
 It is very important to use when taking high
quality photos as it means the
flash lights the images correctly.

8.  The software is a professional page layout application
that gives you pixel control over design and
typography.
 I have been using it to create my magazine and it is
such a useful software to use. It provides you with
many tools that help you edit and construct your
magazine. It helps me to create pages and place
images and text on the page in a neat and
professional way.
 It is easy to use once you understand
the software and all the tools and how
they work. It has been the most important
and most used piece of equipment in
creating my magazine.

9.  This software is used to edit images once they are
taken. It can manipulate photos to look however you
want them to look.
 I will use it to edit and touch up my images e.g make
them brighter, more contrasted, remove the
background etc.
 If I need to fix anything to my model, maybe giving a
more ‘air brushed’ effect I can use tools such as the
patchwork or magic wand tool.These
are just some of the many tools that
Photoshop offers.
 Similarly to InDesign, it is easy to use
once you understand the software
and all the tools and just generally
how to operate it.