CCR Draft #3

Throughout the entirety of creating my magazine, I had the opportunity to further develop my production skills in all aspects. Since I was constantly taking new pictures of my model for my magazine, I was able to learn more about the picture-taking process, and discovered what good lighting looked like. Moreover, I learned how to better use Lightroom to edit these pictures. Furthermore, I went form not knowing was InDesign even was, to fully relying on it. I gathered the standard knowledge of how to add text, pictures, create columns, and add colors in order to create my magazine. Thus, I furthered my production skills by learning to navigate the program and becoming efficient enough tot know how to create a magazine from scratch. I also developed production skills in the realm of advertising and distribution, by learning to target a specific audience, since that would increase my outreach. For example, I am targeting older teens to people in their twenties, and those are the typical users of social media. Therefore, my magazine will be promoted and advertised through several social media sites, thus targeting my chosen audience age range. Furthermore, I learned that in order to successfully produce a magazine, it needs to be distributed and you must utilize a distribution company. I chose a local company since that goes in-line with my choice of region that I would be selling to. Therefore, I now believe I am confident enough to know how to create a concept for a magazine, actually make the magazine using InDesign, target a specific audience, and get it distributed in my local area.