My thoughts on digital imaging.

We have now started to look at Adobe InDesign in preparation for self producing as part of our final module for the year. InDesign, like Photoshop allows a lot of freedom and creativity when creating our own work whilst maintaining an industry standard. Also, there is a lot of information on google and youtube to digest as I get further involved with the project. We first attempted a greeting card type layout following a set of instructions to create the blank document (see below). Although the set up we used was the dimensions of A5 there were certain thing to change to unsure we correctly designed and printed the card. Firstly, we changed added three columns with a 3mm gutter to give ourselves a structured template to work with. This means our work should look neat and professional if we stick to our predetermined work area. Changing the margins to 20mm on all sides keeps this columned area well within the centre of the page we are working on. Setting the bleed to a s...

When opening Photoshop I came across these alerts which pointed to the fact that the program was changing and potentially wouldn't work on my machine. This got me thinking about digital imaging and the software we use. In a digital age where everything is constantly shifting due to technological advancements it is important that we learn the ideas on concepts behind what we do and not necessarily the particular software we are using. In the short time since I have started this course it has been brought to my attention that more and more industry professionals are beginning to use CaptureOne. It got me wondering if I should make the switch to keep up to date even though I have been progressing my work a lot using Adobe software. I don't think I will make the change just yet as I can't see Photoshop ceasing to work with Apple products as this would cause a huge uproar. With the thousands of professional and amateur photographers that have thrown lots of money and time at...

I was asked by a family friend if I could photograph a map for him with very little details on what the job would entail. When I arrived I found the map was made from a banner like material but pre-nylon. The map had also been folded several times and in the creased areas some of the map had worn and also there were area where the colour had changed due to mould starting to form. After realising that this wouldn't be a straight forward job ie simply taking a photograph of it I suggested that, depending on how important the job was that they maybe enquire about specialist scanning of the object. This would potentially be far more accurate. I think as part of professional practise it is sometimes more professional to know when to let the job go. This could take up quite a lot of time and I wouldn't necessarily do the job justice. My friend wasn't willing to go to those lengths with the map and another friend of theirs had said they would retouch to photo once I had tak...