week # 10 final

This is the final of my zine. I created one big and and 5 small zines. the cover is more then just two faces put together. when you open the zine it reads “we are all connected through more then just DNA” Then its a picture of me and my dad, and i chose a tree because nature is one of the things that makes me and my dad really close. we camp a lot together, and love hiking. the next picture is of me and my mom and i chose scissors because she does my hair a lot, and that gives us time to talk. the 3rd photograph is of me and my sister. i chose colorful pokadots because we like those colors, and pokadots. The 4th picture is me and my boyfriend, and something we do a whole lot together is go to the movies. this book was to show how close in DNA you are to someone, even the people you aren’t related too, and i wanted to tie something personal into the photograph. 

producer week #9

the cover

Producer week#8

me and my boyfriend.

my father and me. 

me and my sister.

My moms photo isn’t up because the what I wanted on her bottom did not look right. I wanted hair at the bottom but it wasn’t visually what I wanted. It will be done for the final zine. I just need to plan for a different option.

Producer week #7

my sister and me. 

i redid this one because our faces dont line up correctly.

my mom and me.

my dad and me.

producer week #6

I have taken the photographs but was unable to print photographs this week but i will be able to have them printed and put together next week. what i did work on is the size of the 1st zine, how i will bind the zine, the shape of it, and the DNA strand i put on the cover of the zine.

This isn’t the final copy of the cover their will be stripes of my families faces behind the DNA strand. 

The zine is about 8 by 7 inches. the 1st photo shows how the stitching holding the zine together will look on the out side. the second photo shows what it will look like on the inside.

Judge week #5

The questions i asked were,

1. what do you understand from the zine

2.what could be improved?

3 What would you do it you were doing this zine?

designer week #4

The colors I plan on using will be color photographs for the portraits, but the cover the photographs will be in black and white. To keep the flow of the zine from breaking up ill use black and white for backgrounds, and maybe a splash of color. The color will only matter in a few of them if i photo copy them the color wont matter because they would be in black and white. I don’t know for sure if this is what ill stick with. I’ll have to decide when I actually start putting them together.  

I will make it a lil slopy but a little neat. well see when i actually start creating it. 

Im going to try and use a matte paper for the portraits. I’m going to experiment with bristol bored and see how that can be printed on.

Designer week # 3

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grandpadadtony

these are the example of the people i want to past my photo too. I don’t have any photographs of my grandmothers on here so those are 2 other people ill be using, and i might use some of my friends also.

The message of my zine will be were all connected through DNA and other things we enjoy doing together. I have decided not to make it a serious piece because i try not to take life to seriously and all the people i am including in the zine i have all laughed with many times with. when i start to construct my zine i will decide if i want there to be any words in my zine.

Explorer week 2

http://thefacefactory.com/
this site i found very interesting. It looks like she takes pictures of people together and then switches there faces. Some seem to look normal till you click on them and see how they really look. A lot of them deal with switching genders. 

http://www.faceresearch.org/demos/transform
This site had a study on faces, like what we are attracted to and why. Also the link i have up you can morph peoples faces together to see what they would look like. 

http://www.faceresearch.org/demos/baby
What a baby would look like putting two photos together. 

Some portrait photography tips. 

1. The back ground shouldn’t have a lot of things going on in it. Keep it simple. Use natural light when you can, and if using your own lighting dont make it to complicated. 

2. Have everything set up from location, lighting, camera settings, and where you want you model to be. Take test shots to make sure the lighting is right.

3. Back lighting the subject when your out doors can add depth to the photograph, making the photo more interesting. 

4. Shooting just below the eye level can make a person look a little bit better. 

5. choose a large aperture because it will decrease your depth of field and give you a blurry background. You want the blurry background to make sure your subject is the thing you focus on. 

6. Have your subject focus on something other then directly into the camera lens. 

http://digital-photography-school.com/4-quick-tips-for-portraits
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait

explorer week 1

 simple piece of computer paper. You fold the paper to make a book. pick your subject and a title and make a master copy. Make multiple copies of the zine.

1 You should start by folding your rough copy. To make a 12-page (10 pages plus a front and back cover), 8.5′ x 5.5′ zine. Start out by taking three pieces of regular sized computer paper, fold them in half horizontally, and hold them sideways like a book.

2 Next you need to pick your subject(s). It doesn’t need to be all on one topic. You can have a different topic on every page if you want. Some popular topics are: stories, polls, video game tips, talking about a band you like, comics, artwork, recipes, fashion tips, local news, and politics.

3 Pick a title. A good title is short, to the point, and easy to remember.

4 Start looking at the layout. You can do the write ups by hand or on the computer, as long as it all fits on your page size.

5 Make your master copy. This will be what you use to make copies from. Everything should be firmly fastened down and the way you want your it to look like.

6 Start making copies. The easiest and cheapest way to print up a zine is usually a photocopy machine, so get prepared to become very familiar with how they work. You’ll be making ‘two-sided copies;’ i.e., you’re copying both sides of a master sheet onto both sides of a blank sheet.

7 Start handing your wonderful creation out!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Zine

some ways i could construct my zine i found in the book How to Make Books By Esther K Smith.