The document discusses the improvements the author made from a preliminary college magazine cover task to their final magazine product. For the preliminary task, the author had little knowledge of the software, did no planning or research, and the images turned out unprofessional. Since then, the author has learned how to plan magazine content by researching audiences and layouts. They have also improved Photoshop skills and learned best practices for professional photography, such as using studio lighting and settings. As a result, the images for the final magazine were of much higher quality.

1. My preliminary task was to create a front cover and contents page for the
college magazine. As you can see it is very simple and basic in contrast
to my final magazine given that I hadn't done any product research and had
very little knowledge on the Software/ Hardware I was using.

2. When looking back at
my preliminary task I can see all the
different things I have learnt since then.
I have learnt how to
prepare for creating a magazine and all
of the different aspects you have to
take into account. I researched my target
audience and adapt my planning by
using Mise-en-scene. I planned what
models I was going to use, where to
take the images and what they would
wear. Even though I didn’t follow the
exact images I planned to take they
were very similar, I had various ideas
when it came to taking the images that
I could use to improve the
photos . Meanwhile in my preliminary
task I did not plan anything before
taking the images therefore they turned
out unprofessional and the images for
my music magazine turned out much
better.
When doing my preliminary task I had
no knowledge whatsoever on
Photoshop. I have since
improved and discovered many things
about Photoshop such as how to
operate the tool bar correctly and to
use rulers to make sure the text and
images are placed neatly on the page.

3. I have improved my images a lot since my first task to my final product. In
my preliminary task I hadn't really used a professional camera before and
didn’t know what setting to take it in or what lighting to use or where to
take it. Meanwhile in my music magazine I learnt which setting to use
and used studio lights to ensure the images were bright and good quality.
Once I started to get more confident with the camera and knew what I was
doing the images started to come out much better. I took most of my
photos in a studio as it is much more professional. The models changed
outfits various times to ensure I had options when choosing which images I
would use in my magazine.