1. Viet Pham
Christ the King: Aquinas
13L4022
Question 6:
What have you learnt about
technologies from the process
of constructing your
magazine?

2. Photography:
 During the photo shoot I used a camera which I
was not familiar with which was the Nikon d3200.
It was my friends’ so I had to ask for instructions
from them on how to use it and over time it was
not too hard to operate and I captured the images I
wanted and then uploaded the images onto the
computer in which they were edited.
 For my front cover, I decided that I wanted my
model to be in a room with a clear background so it
would bring out her features even clearer. With the
content page images, I decided to have a green
bush background to engage the reader as it’s not
something you usually see in a picture.
Lighting
 In terms of lighting I only used natural light as I
deemed that the light was clear and bright enough to
bring out my models’ attributes and so I felt it was
unnecessary to use flash from the camera that I was
using.
 Although, I did try some images with flash on with the
help of my friend who owned the camera but I felt as
if it was unneeded and so decided not to use it.
Useful programmes:
 I used some programmes which was useful in terms of uploading and writing the information of the text:
1. Microsoft PowerPoint: This programme was generally used to write my text and was used as the basis for where I
wrote my answers to the seven questions.
2. Slideshare: This was a programme in which I used to upload the questions that I had done. This too was a
programme I was unfamiliar with and so was able to use through learning of others.

3. Photoshop
 Photoshop CS6 was what I used to construct and order what was going to go where and how it should look.
 This was actually the first time I had used Photoshop and so I was very inexperienced on how to use it and it was
through the help of my friends and colleagues that I developed skills on how to adequately use it to meet my ends.
 There were several main pieces of equipment that I used on Photoshop which were
1. Rectangular marquee tool – This allowed me to create rectangle around my text on the contents page and the
purpose of that was to highlight what was inside of the rectangle.
2. Magnetic lasso tool and polygon lasso tool – This was used to cut out the model from an image I had taken. For
example I used it on the model on the double page spread.
3. Colour bucket tool – This was used to colour the background of a certain area that I wanted to also help give
prominence to what was on the background.
4. Image adjustments – This was used to change the size of the image to fit in with the rest of the page.
How useful was the technology that I used?
 It was very useful as I was able to convey what I wanted into this music magazine such as the colours, the models and
the font.
 In particular, the two most important pieces of technology that I used was Photoshop and the camera which were key
in developing my music magazine and although I did not know how to use either at first, I was able to gradually
develop my skills on these pieces of technology to meet my own needs.