Thursday 7 July 2011

Level 3 diploma in photography and photo imaging



Level 3 diploma in photography and photo imaging

Conclusion

I'm happy i finished off the remaining 4 units from Level 3 diploma in photography and photo imaging
Was nice to experiment with new ideas in my photography that i had not tyred before

Unit 205
Unit 310
Unit 212
Unit 306



                                                                                                                       

Home printing unit 310

I have decided to print 1 of my portrait photos at home
 to show the various methods of printing


My home printer EPSON STYLUS DX6050



First you can decide how you wanted your picture printed
from what size of paper to how many photos on one page


You can then decide what orttenration you want your picture
and in advance mode you can use black ink only


my pc and the printer it self shows how much ink you have left


                                          you have options for quality of paper draft just text
                                        , text and image , photo quality and best quality option

Printer problems


There is a option for a preview just before you print
This is a great tool just to make sure you have anything right


Troble shoooter for Various printer problems

Printing results and problems

I have not used my printer for few months so
My first prints had problems


Problem print > Only prints part of image
Also Image is not straight
Solution clean print heads make sure you in line your paper


Printing problem >horizontal banding
 Horizontal banding usually mean there is a blocked nozzle
Solution clean print heads




Problem print  > Prints black as red
Solution your black ink could be too low
so your printer is using red as it is the dominant colour



Final home print



Sunday 3 July 2011

Unit 310 Photo image output unit310


Photo image output

The Epson 3800 Stylus Pro printer.

                                                                                   Epson 3880


The Epson 3800 Stylus Pro printers features

printer needing new ink cartridge



Wehn ink is runnnig low it will show up on the printer and the screen


ink swap during printing

Changing the cartridges is quite easy



 

General Printer problems


Editing my final images for print




You pick what photos you want and drag them over
You can then make them any size you like
and add as many photo to a page as you like


I used the graphed lines to help me postion the photos


I placed 5 on 1 sheet of A2


Using the size of 16.5 x 23.4 pixels



Four of my product photos together


Printing



Printing options you can center the image
You can also scale to fit media so you don't miss any of your photo
Also you can pick how many copies you desire


Unit 310 Photo image output


Unit 310 to produce 10 thematic prints


For my products i wanted to use water as my theme
For my portraits my theme was females



I used  A2 Epson Luster paper on an Epson 3800 Stylus Pro printer.




Epson 3800 Stylus Pro printer


I put 4 photos on A2 printing paper



The quality of the pare was good showed
 up the various colours in my images



A selection of photos i took at college



Five protraits on A2 paper



Two photos of the same model on one A2 sheet
one model top and bottom portrait
and the the other model landscape




4 products on on sheet of A2


I put my dice and can on one sheet




I also had some test shots and prints shots printed at boots
using there Boots Digital Photo Kiosk



I printed the largest 10 x 15 inc
A 24 hour printing  for £3 each


I have also had a photo from my level 3 diploma
displayed in college exhibition
The water droplet

working to a photo brief unit 212 / 310 photo imaging output

Unit 212

Working on a photo image brief

To produce a calender of 12 images

I used bob books for this because of the quality of the final calender
 large sizes of calender you can order




You can have many different layouts to suit your design


There is editing software bobs photo editer
free to so you can edit and improve your images



There are many differnt looks you can go for






You can change many details of your calender from background
colour to size of days


You can organize what photo gos in what month




My choice was to have the calender transparent and have the photo
as the background and but another photo over the top




Price £29.99 plus £ 3 Postage = £32.99

My calender

















Conclusion

I'm pleased with the calender
I like various colours and shapes of my photos