I have decided against including information about the Safari School in my PDF as there is so much information about it that would need to be included I feel it would benefit more from having a full information leaflet dedicated to it rather than a small amount of information being in a generic Safari Park booklet.

My booklet does not feature every aspect of the Safari Park, I have decided to keep it pretty brief and the reason for this is because the park has two booklets that they can give to customers. One is an activity pack/map that features a maps of the walk around area and the safari drive, tells you where everything is, all of the show times and safari drive times and also has stickers of the animals to place on the map as you drive around and see them. These activity packs do not feature a lot of information and are very basic but you get one for free per car when you pay to enter the park. The other booklet is a full Guide book which are available to buy for £2 each and they have in them absolutely everything you could possibly wish to know about the safari park. What I wanted to do was make a booklet that falls in between the two existing park booklets that can be given out for free and isn't too brief and doesn't have too much information inside them to take in - they just include what you need to know and what customers always ask to know.

In my initial plan I was going to include an FAQ section in my booklet but after consideration I think it isn't necessary as a lot of the FAQ's I see and hear are mostly regarding prices, opening times, where things are etc and I have already covered this within the booklet already.

Page layouts

I will be designing my PDF in a landscape A4 layout because when viewing it on a computer screen the whole page fits nicely on screen without zooming out and everything being too small. If I did it portrait I would have to zoom right out to fit it all on the screen and the text would be too small and hard to read. 

These are all screenshots from the Knowsley Safari Park website:

The screenshot below shows an example of the animal profiles. They have pictures of the animals, who they are, how old they can get, how big they grow, who their friends and family are, where they are from and their favourite food. 

At Knowsley you can also buy something called an animal encounter. Doing one of these gives you the opportunity to get up close and personal with the animals of your choice and you get to help feed and care for them for a day and learn about them and see how they live.

This is a screenshot of their current opening times. Currently it is in the winter opening times which is 10:30am opening and the last safari drive being at 3:00 and the park closing at about 4:00, however in the summer season the opening times vary between 10:00-4:00. and 10:00-4:30 before going to 10:00-3:30 then 10:30-3:00.

The website has directions on how to find the park, I will include this information in my PDF on the back page.

This is a timetable of what's on at the park during the winter. There isn't a lot currently happening, however between February-October there is a lot more to do. Some of these things include Sea Lion shows, birds of prey displays, woodland walks and keeper talks. 

These are the current entrance prices for the winter season. Currently it is £10 per person or £40 for a family of 4, with under three's being free. Over the summer season these prices rise to £16 per adult, £12 per child/OAP and £53 for a family ticket. Under three's remain free all year round and the walk about price of £7.50 also stays the same.

This is a small screenshot of the map of the walk around area. Within this map there are attractions such as a small fairground, a restaurant/cafe, the sea lion cove, birds of prey and a train around the park. Other things on the map include the car park, entrance and front office, the information centre and the toilets. Underneath is a screenshot of the navigation menu of some of these attractions that gives more details about them. 

Photography Editing software

Corel Paint Shop Pro x6 by Adobe. (The original Adobe but more advanced for artists who like to paint)

Link to the website used - http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/


Review found on Digital Arts website as shown above.  This products advantages simply are that there are more paint tools available for an artist if they work with brushes more than histograms and exposures.  There are multiple settings and a larger number of brush tools and more mixing of pallets than what you would normally get with Photoshop.  The program gives you the option to sample colours and choose from a number of different brush tools and settings.


Here are images of what the software looks like and how it can be used when selecting your tools.

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This is another app on my iphone called Light Meter. It is a free app and it works just like a standard light meter. I use it for analogue photography, I just input my film's ISO, then point the phone camera at what I want to shoot and it tells me the correct shutter speed and aperture. I was a bit reluctant to use it at first because it was free and I didn't know how reliable it was, but I tried it with a roll of film and the film turned out fine. 

This is the photoshop express app on my iphone. It is a very basic mobile editing app by photoshop. It has filters, frames and basic effects and adjustments such as crop and red eye remover. The app that I use is the free version, there is another version that has more effects and filters available but you have to pay for it. Here are some screenshots that I took from my phone to show some of the features of the app:

When I have finished editing a picture it then gives me the option to share it through various forms of social media based on the apps I already have installed on my phone such as facebook, flickr, tumblr and email. Alternatively I can just save it to my camera roll to share at a later date.

Project Idea #2

Another idea I have for my project is to create an information leaflet for Knowsley Safari Park. To do this I will consider things like:

• Current animals
• Opening times
• Prices
• Activities available
• Maps
• Safety
• Facilities
• General information about the safari drive and walk around area

I will visit the park and take various photographs of both the animals and the park to illustrate my leaflet.