This is the picture I have chosen to use as my cover image. I am definitely going to edit it so it is just her head and shoulders. I picked this one as it was the best one of her looking straight into the camera giving the connection with the audience I needed. I also really like the lighting on half of her face which gives it a dramatic effect. I don't like the background either so I will crop it down to size. She is wearing a fun and brightly coloured top but a plain black blazer which gives her two sides to her image and makes her more edgy. I also think I will edit this picture into black and white as from my previous blog entries I noticed it is a common thing with similar music magazines.
Here I was trying to get a close up for my cover. Although she is looking straight into the camera I'm not going to use it as i think it is too close up. Also the lighting is too bright and so washes out her face. Also because of the orientation being landscape I cannot use it for my portrait cover.
This is the picture I took which I have chosen to use as the main image on my double page spread. I wanted a colourful picture here as the cover image is dark and in black and white. So she is wearing brightly coloured clothes and standing against a contrast of colours as the background. Also the colours relate to the theme of the artist's new album. I didn't do much editing on this image, except a slight brightening of her hair and slightly smoothing out her skin to look as professional as possible. This also makes it more appealing to my target audience.
This is the picture I have chosen to use as my cover image. I am definitely going to edit it so it is just her head and shoulders. I picked this one as it was the best one of her looking straight into the camera giving the connection with the audience I needed. I also really like the lighting on half of her face which gives it a dramatic effect. I don't like the background either so I will crop it down to size. She is wearing a fun and brightly coloured top but a plain black blazer which gives her two sides to her image and makes her more edgy. I also think I will edit this picture into black and white as from my previous blog entries I noticed it is a common thing with similar music magazines.
This is the picture I took which I have chosen to use as the main image on my double page spread. I wanted a colourful picture here as the cover image is dark and in black and white. So she is wearing brightly coloured clothes and standing against a contrast of colours as the background. Also the colours relate to the theme of the artist's new album. I didn't do much editing on this image, except a slight brightening of her hair and slightly smoothing out her skin to look as professional as possible. This also makes it more appealing to my target audience.