Front Cover Photo Edits

Original Photo

Edited Photo

As you can see from the original image, the edited copy now holds a different type of shot composition. Showing an example of a medium shot, I felt that this helped clearly show the protagonist is holding an instrument, emphasising the music element of the magazine. I did not have to use things such as the retouch tool here as the artists skin was already extremely clear when taking part in my photo shoot. I cut out the original image, rasterized the layer on Photoshop, then smoothed the edges, leaving me with a perfect cut out of my protagonist. This allowed me to play around with the positioning of the artist more than with the original image. The background of the edited version, is simply a blue screen, which I added a gradient to in order to get the lightness effect. I did this as the grey like screen created by the lighting in the studio behind the artist made the picture look dull and uninteresting, where as the blue brightens it up as well as portraying many happy connotations to the audience. Bright colours are likely to catch the eye of my young target audience, as it grabs their attention when its on the shelves. The vibrant shade sets my magazine aside from the like of Billboard as they tend to use deeper and richer colours on their backgrounds.