contents page photo edit

Here we have two versions of the same photo. Obviously one is the non edited cut and then the edited cut. I had to edit the photo as it will be being used on my contents page so I decided it needed work and the first version would not be suitable. The main improvement that has been made is the change to the background. What I have done here is remove the shadow and paper on the floor by putting a new layer over the top of my photo and cutting out the model from within it. This means I can use the image straight up as the image with it also being the background and it working in both respects.

chosen contents photo

I have decided that this will be the photo I will use for my contents page. This photo is from a high angle shot and it is based on a piece of research I found in Mojo magazine and the image it is based on is in one of my previous posts. The image was probably one of the best quality photos that was taken in the shoot. I wanted the model slightly to the right of the image so I can have the subheadings etc down the left hand side. There will be some editing needed to improve the image but I shall do the in time.

FC update 2

This is now my front cover and there have been some slight changes since the last update of this page. Firstly, I have incorporated the colour orange as a main colour onto this page as it has quite a nice effect and works well with the background and other main colours.

 

My model has been given a name as an artist. Also there are a few names of artists down the left hand side. I will be looking to include more in the upcoming future.

 

Also there is sticker sort of effect on the right hand side which has information about some albums inside the magazine. These are the only updates so far but there will be more to come soon.

DPS photo layering

So here we have two versions of the same image which were both shown on the previous post.  As you can probably tell one has a background, and the other does not. This is because the image with now background shall be put on top of the image with a background so that it does have a background, and will look like it is the background of the original image. So as you can see the two images are side by side and nothing has happened yet so this is the process of the layering. As you can see the image with the background has text on top of it, I will have to measure the copy so it is the exact same height and width, as other wise you could clearly see there are two different images. 

So here I have started to move the second photo (with no background) on top of the original (the one with a background). The two images are not yet in line so you can still see that there are two images instead of looking like just the one. However you can see that the original image is behind the text and the second image is in front which will eventually put the text in the middle of both.

After that, the images should be on top of eachother but if not then use the arrows keys to adjust the positioning or even adjust the size of the non background image.

Although this may take a while to do I think the outcome looks very good and is realistic from what I have found back from my research and it work nicely with the image.

front cover update 2

Since my rough cut I started from scratch with the best ideas I had previously and my new ideas that I had. So here is my updated front cover. As you can see it is quite basic as it only consists of my main image and the name of the magazine itself.

There are actually two lots of the same image on this page but one has a background and one doesn't but I will talk more about that in my front cover image layering post. I am a lot happier with my new name and it's look in comparison to the old one which looked a lot like the NME logo. I obviously have a lot to include like more stories and little added touches on each but this is only the first update. There will be plenty more to come for this page.

Set up for contents page high angle shot

Contents page photoshoot