Sunday 27 February 2011

Unit 211 Presenting Images .

The way I have presented my images is through a Blogging system ,Its a way I personal wouldn't of chosen at first because I am not very computer minded ,having said that it has been a challenge , one I have overcome .
A good reason for using a blogger system is the fact you can access images quite easily and the costs are low ,no printing out and  no use of ink and photo paper which could be expensive . I will be printing and framing my most favorite images from this blog , I have a Hp printer which produces excellent quality pictures and I have a nice medium weight paper that I will print onto ,I have chosen a medium weight paper for quality as cheaper light weight paper tends not to produce a good quality image ,can tear more easily and could curl when printed on .

                                                                          These are my ten thematic images that I have produced for my 208 assignment task A -Nature and Landscape.



                                                                      
 These are my ten thematic images that I have produced for my 208 task B - People and Portraits assignment

Photoshop is a professional image editing software package that can be used by experts and novices alike,the Photoshop software package can be quite complicated and help can be found by an on-line tutorials found on the internet. Some of Photoshop software allows images to be modified , changing images from color to B&W , images can be cropped ,cloned this is an effect that can be used if there is a fault in an image , photos can be enlarged ,color added to certain areas and borders added for a finishing touch .
 This image has been put into photoshop to alter the file size ,then it could be altered ,either from b&w to color ,when happy with the image it is made into a pdf file ready for printing.

This image is having a boarder round for a finishing touch .

Finished and Framed ,this image will be made a pdf file ready for printing .



This image is being checked for any improvement  , in Photoshop you can make the image darker ,lighter ,add color (if you have taken the same image in color ).  
                                                                            


Most people prefer to have the photos in their hands ,this shows quality and detail in the images after they have been view they are usually stored in a photograph album / book,  mounted in frames or even added to canvas .
Asda seem to be one of the most reasonable photo printing services with a range of different products and prices . Asda's on-line printing services ranges from 5p per 6x4 print, 9x6 at 30p and if you order over a 100 of the (9x6) prints comes down to 25p each .There sizes are from a 6x4 up to a 30x20 print which will cost you £7.50 and Asda charges £1.50 to deliver them to you door or free collection . They offer other services and they including adding prints on -line and a 1hr collection, this adds 5p on to every print ,Canvas printing ranges from 10x10 at £32.00 to a 46x33  at £102 with £5 p+p . Asda also print on mugs, coasters, jute bags, place mats to name but a few and photo books prices start £25.00.The city of  Derby is the nearest place to where I live that offers the services above .

Photo Book.



As times are changing  and  technology is progressing you can down load images to your computer then burn to a re-writable  disc, this can be a cheaper way of storing your images they don't take up much room to store and many images can be stored on the disc depending on its size. The Boots company have machines in store that you can insert your cameras memory card  into and the machine will either produce photographs and or  will burn your images to a disc for around £2 .These machines take USB  ,SD, XD , blue tooth , flash and CD in store


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Re-writable discs.


Some people prefer to keep their images on memory cards displaying the images through a photo frame , the card just sides into the side of the frame then plug the unit into the electric .
Digital Photo Frame, this one is priced at £62.


In this day and age people do print their own photographs ,this is a method I choose then if it is a Favorite I tend to Frame it . Before printing images people do put the photos through Photoshop to alter and make perfect ,I have tried working in photoshop it is something I am not over familiar with but here is one of my images  thats been in Photoshop and a boarded added for finishing touches .

image  being put through Photoshop .


The  boarder added ,nearly finished and needs to be saved to a Pdf file.





Printed Photos


Printer and inks
Personally I like to print and frame a good picture so it can be viewed all the time .



 Ways of displaying can be very different ,like cups .pillows, plates and t/shirts.
Personalized t/shirts
    
personalized mugs make lovely gifts.                  



Other ways can to personalize your own calender ,with a picture for each month ,see how with link below .
Asda classic calenders 8.5x11 are priced at around £10 they can make perfect presents.


                                                                                    
        

1 comment:

  1. Hi
    relevant depth into 211 and shows you have considered a broad range of outputs and applications for your work.

    Steve

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