My two lessons which i had today were very successfull i managed to get all my pictures onto the one page that i wanted and got the main layout of the page sorted. Once i had done this i then added the text that i wanted into the spaces available and then edited it to make sure that the colours of text would stand out against the background and it would be easy to read for the reader. The text i added was the address of the school this was laid out along the bottom of the page under a picture of the new sixth form block. For the other piece of text i wanted to get a quote and i decided to get this from the schools website, the quote i got was words about our school from our head "a well ordered catholic school for boys and girls, we are commited to the highest levels of achievement for pupils of all abilities." in my next lesson i will have to edit the pictures to make them brighter and more appealing towards the viewer.

Ricky Lawrence.

Today was another lesson used on photoshop, in todays lesson i still wasnt very successful with getting my pictures anywhere onto other layers or pages. On the other hand i was quite successful as i managed to get a background sorted out for my work. I took my time on this as i was trying to match the colours to the school, i was looking for a dark burgundy colour and a light gold/yellow colour as these match the colours on the school badges and signs around school. I decided to to go with a style where the top of my page was dark burgundy and fading into the gold/yellow colour towards the bottom of the page.

Ricky Lawrence.

Today is our first lesson which we haved started to use photoshop, i really struggled with it and was clueless how to do anything. I was alright at using the 'magnetic lasso tool' i was using this to cut out around pictures so then you could then take the picture and put it into another picture or background, once i had done all the cutting out i then didnt know how to actually get it onto another layer, this was fustrating me as it seemed like i wasnt getting anywhere and making any progress. I was trying to get all my pictures cut and put all onto one layer so then i could start moving them around and getting the layout correct.

Ricky Lawrence.

I had two lessons today before and after lunch, both of these were used to go out around school and take all my photos so i had them all ready for the next lesson which we would then start on our prospectus's , i took all of my photos in these lessons, most of them being on either buildings within the school and some signs around the school so i could use the school name and logo, i used establishing shots, close up shots and wide shots. The weather wasnt particulary nice today so when i upload the pictures i need to make sure that i will edit them to make them brighter as it will look more appealing on the front page.

Ricky Lawrence.

This lesson was used productively to properly plan my work, i sketched exactly the lay out of my front page and i wrote what pictures i would use and what camera angles i would and how they would be edited. e.g. i decided that one of my pictures would be taken of the new sixth form block take from behind it standing on the football pitch on the back field, this would be an establishing shot taken from a slight angle so the whole building would fit in the picture easily, and would would then also fit easily onto the school prospectus.

Ricky Lawrence.

In this mornings lesson we were told that what we would have to do, would be to make a front page for a school prospectus, i decided i would do this on my school as this would be more practical as i could take all the pictures in the lesson time which we have allocated to do so. i sketched up a rough plan of just what pictures i would have and what information would be included on it.

Ricky Lawrence.

This is our second lesson of our double and we are now having a tutorial on how to use photoshop. This is the first time which i have used it so i am really confused and clueless about what is going on. I am struggling to follow with the instructions but am learning the basics so will progress with it in time. I have photoshopped just some basic photos e.g. just putting pictures of people into new backgrounds and playing around with them.

Ricky Lawrence.

Today in our first lesson of our double we were told about our premilary task, where we would have to design a front page of a magazine of some sort and that we would have to use all our own photos and ideas.

Ricky Lawrence.