Christine

This spread was created for the Grass Volleyball deadline, which was the first spread we did as a class. One of my favorite parts of the spread is the bright shapes in the background which really allow the pictures to pop out at the reader I also liked how the pictures show not only the actually volleyball playing but coaching and the teamwork and friendship bonds formed over the day- which is mainly the point of the tournament. Although of course your team hopes to win, most players are playing to donate to the community and just have a fun day, which is what I hoped to portray through the photos. Since this was my first spread I was able to learn most things about making an InDesign spread including how to insert photos and arrange text/picture boxes along the column gridlines. I think that although I like the shapes I used as a background, I took a risk using them because its pretty unique in that most spreads have a theme related or plain background. I think I could do a lot to improve this spread including adding in a bit of originality and taking more risks- because this was my first spread I pretty much stuck to the basics.

The MUN was due for D1. Probably my favorite aspect of the spread was how I took more of a risk creating the thread compared to my first spread. I like how I tilted a lot of the pictures, as it creates a more unique look to the spread. I also really like how I took a picture of the MUN General Assembly and put it inside of the United Nation’s symbol- which was the main thing I learned in this spread (how to insert the photo, and then insert the whole thing onto the spread). The biggest risks I took were the slanted photos. I think now, looking back at the spread, I could improve the photos by bringing them into Photoshop and brightening them even more. I know for some of the smaller photos I did, but now looking back some of the photos look quite dark.

The colorphone was one of the two spreads I had due for D3. My favorite aspect of this spread is how I tinted a quarter of the photos to the sections in the yearbook. Although I didn’t exactly have the purple photos be all about academics I still like how all the photos reflect what was in the yearbook, and since the colorphone is the last page in the yearbook, it’s a good ‘summary’ of the yearbook. The thing that I had the most difficulty achieving was also the thing I learned the most about during this spread. I found it difficult to achieve the tinting of the photos because first I had to open the photos in Photoshop and de-saturate all of them and then was able to tint the colors, after much thought and work. I took a risk in the coloring of the photos because every page was mostly filled with colored photos, and possibly a black and white photo here and there. I think that one thing I could improve on is contrasting the color and black in the photos to make them pop out a it more.



This Student Life Candid page was my second InDesign spread for D3. I think this was my favorite spread, and I really think that my pictures were really well taken and very colorful, and kind of symbolized how fun and ‘colorful’ our lives at CAC are. I learned how to make the pictures boxes into rounded rectangles, and took a risk with that in all of the photos, although it did a good job of unifying the spread (as did the green bar at the top). I think the one thing that would really improve the spread was a quote, but I was in a rush for time with 2 spreads and traveling for sports, so I was unable to look hard for one. Most of the ones I found online were quite cheesy and I think if I were to have more time, I would of gotten a quote or two from our student body.