Magazine's front cover

This is my first attempt that i had done of a magazine front cover, i did this so later on when i have done my final product i can see how much i have improved and help to show what skills i had originally and what i have improved on.
The photo that i have took is placed centrally with the text either side of my model, my text is scattered throughout the cover so that it doesn't look too dull and looks quite packed which would give off the effect that it has a lot of content. I have used a variety of colours to attract the viewer so that it would be catch the eye of someone walking past it, the eye line of my model is centred on the middle line, this shows that the subject is friendly and creates an inviting feel to it.
If i was to change anything of this i would change the location of the button that i used as i think that it is in the way of the centre of my photo and i ruining the aesthetic appeal of it.

initial skills audit

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Jack Cartwright                        Tutor group:              Date: 19/09/13

Photographic Skills

Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Manual Focus features Creative writing classes	x		I dont have any evidence of thi yet but i do know how to manually focus a camera
Shutter Speed		X
Aperture control		X
A tripod		x
External flash		X
Self timer facility		X
Light meter		X
Composition grids		X

Photoshop Skills

Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Text control		x
Filters		x
Brushes		x
Layers		x
Opacity control		x
Shape creation		x
Brightness and contrast control		x
Dodge/Burn		x
Clone stamp tool		x
Colour curves adjustment		x
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		x
Cropping tool		x
Retouch tool		x

In Design Skills

Which of the following features of In Design have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Margin and column guide creation		x
Inserting text in ID		x
Inserting images in ID		x
Resizing images in ID		x
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		x
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		x
Text flow creation		x
Text effects – drop shadow		x
Drop cap insert		x
Using transparent imagery in ID		x
Shape creation In design		x
Text wrapping		x
Exporting to PDF from In-design		x