Original
Edited
The first image is very dark and the protagonist has very little colour in his skin tone. In order to change this I adjusted the components of the picture in Photoshop, I increased the exposure and brightness considerably. As you can see this really emphasises the effect created by the positing of the lighting at the time the image was taken. It gives an almost angelic effect to the final image, possibly connoting the importance or innocence of this individual. I made the colour of the guitar more visible by doing this, the natural wood colour complimented the picture nicely as it breaks up the subtle white and grey tones. I chose to use a male model as this submerged the common conventions of a typical pop magazine, which are generally dominated by young females. I chose to set this shot up in a medium- close up, another factor that breaks the expected conventions as long shots are most consistently used on these pages. Dick Hebdige described youths as "trouble makers", this theory is unmistakeable in my chosen image, as the overall persona of my artist is quite depressed and somewhat moody. I tightened fit of each image, cropping it a bit at a time. I felt by doing this the model is more in the frame rather than looking lost in the construction of the image. Finally, I used the retouch tool to get rid of the imperfections on the protagonists face, making my production look more professional.
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