Planning - Equipment

Equipment I will use for the photo-shoots and for creating the magazine to eventually create an end product. 


Magazine
Photoshop - for editing captured photos (fixing colours and tones with levels/curves/brightness&contrast/colour balance) and putting together more complex elements of the magazine.


Indesign - for creating and editing a layout that follows industry magazine standards such as the sizes of columns, font sizes and such that people expect in a magazine. Indesign allows for consistency in my product and will help create a convincing magazine. 


iMac/PC - machines loaded with the appropriate software as outlined above. 


Photo-shoot
Canon EOS 500D - Camera body which can take high resolution pictures for big printouts on A4 magazine prints with minimal noise and loss of quality. 


50mm f/1.8 lens - Can be used for portraits. Is an effective choice for photographing just the one person as it allows for shallow depth of field (so as to bring attention to the subject) and framing the subject easily (50mm) is a recommended focal length to use for portraits. 


Tripod - For stability if needed in my photos. 


Miscellaneous 
USB cables/SD cards - For transfer of photos and storage of media such as photos.


Web Browser - can be used for research and gathering information for my magazine, searching for tutorials for using Photoshop and InDesign, etc, to further my knowledge to help make my magazine as effective as possible.