This diploma thesis presents the process of creating the content and design for a photographic guide for school-children from 6th to 9th grade, who enjoy photography, art and crafts. It is about creating a modern photographic guide, which contains »do-it-yourself« ideas for replicas of photographic equipment.
The diploma thesis is divided into a theoretical and an experimental part. In the first theoretical part, we researched in which way this kind of content is presented nowadays and why it is presented in such a way. Furthermore, we explored the current market of printed guides, intended for kids as well as for adults. In the end, we presented the main guidelines for writing and designing the manuals. In the second theoretical part, the technical structure and materials for the chosen photographic equipment were examined: the background with frame, the monopod, the tripod, the LED panel, the LED ring light, the soft box, the beauty dish, the reflector, the photographic table and the light tent.
The process of creating the final product is divided into two parts. In the first part, the process of constructing the equipment that is followed by technical comparison between replica and original equipment is presented. This leads to the end, where the test results are shown. Besides technical tests, we made visual analysis of the comparison between photography, taken by using the replica and the original. Moreover, the LED panel, the light tent and the photographic table were also tested with the lux meter to measure the lightness and brightness. In the second part, the process of writing and designing the manual is presented. The completed instructions were tested on one respondent, who is in the 9th grade of elementary school and is an amateur photographer. He was given a challenge to build up photographic equipment, while we were taking observations, measuring the time and the level of difficulty. Based on the results, the contents and the design were adjusted and reconstructed.
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