Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From the preliminary task to the finished product I feel as though I have improved my media skills in every section from the planning to the evaluation.
Here I am going to compare some of my preliminary task work with my finished product:

The Quality of photography:

The editing of the image:

How I planned my magazine:

Software I used to create the pages:

Differences between my prelim and finished product:

Overall I feel as though the preliminary task really helped me for the real thing as it helped me identify the things I need to improve on for example lighting in photography and I amended them in the real thing. The thing that I feel I have improved on the most since the preliminary project is the photography. As I realised the importance of having to get the right background, lighting and people in the shot and executed them in the finished product.