What have I learnt since the preliminary task? A lot.
I had not taken media before as a subject, and while a lot of it was still familiar from what I do in my spare time, it was still a new experience to have to keep a blog and manage it.
My skills have grown a lot since we did the preliminary task, and when I look back at my first magazine cover and then look at the end result of my music magazine, I think anyone can clearly see significant improvement and change of style. My first cover was okay, but it didn't have the same vibes as real magazine covers and looked like I had spent too much time adding stuff to it on Pixlr. The final cover I chose for my music magazine has a much more professional feel to it.
I have always loved photography and do a lot of it in my spare time as a hobby but I had never had to do anything like this before. This was the first time I could use my photography for more than just a past-time activity (where any pictures I take end up buried in a dusty old file in my computer never to be seen again.) I had rarely taken pictures of people before, which was a new experience and one I greatly enjoyed. I tried to develop my understanding of angles and lighting for this project, focusing a lot on how the positioning of the subject of a photo can change how it appears and the effect it has.
I think that all of my skills have developed significantly since I first started the topic in September, and I hope to develop them further next year.
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