Using A Digital Camera

Firstly we got put into groups, where we went off into the grounds of our school and took pictures of eachother in order to use them in our posters.
Matt and Vicky told us about the functions on the camera, here are a few:

• On/Review button


• Focus Lens


• M=Manual


• The control wheel - A= Aperture (the cameras eye, the pinhole lets in light).


• Turning the wheel will change the shutter speed i.e. if you were taking a picture of the moon at night, you would need to let lots of light in (Aperture) but would also have to take the picture with a fast shutter speed, to avoid blurring the image.

After learning about the camera functions and how to use it, our class went out and took pictures inorder to create a poster using photoshop. This was the first time I had ever used photoshop, therefore i discovered how to play around with each layer i.e. brightening it, fading it out etc. In my case inserting the picture of Giovanni making him transparents however more bright so that he doesnt completely blend in with the background. I inserted the background in from google, however i made the contrast between the trees and church differ, inorder to make it spooky and to make the church look misty and scary. The text i inserted was the most difficult thing to get right in my opinion, as i needed the text to fit it perfectly. I still don't think its perfect, but it will do for my first try!