Images for the Front Cover of 'Sixth Sense'

UNEDITED PHOTO

EDITED PHOTO

First of all I chose to crop the image because I had to make it a medium-shot therefore only having the upper-half of Jennie's body in the mise-en-scene. I enhanced the image to give it more of a vibrant look about it. I also used the retouch tool to get rid of the blemishes on Jennie such as a stray piece of hair that took the focus away from Jennie on the original image. I made the image 'warmer' so it gave a much more summery, warm look to the magazine so appeal to students as they may relate it to summer holidays and time off school. I used a very slight antique tool to give a vintage look to the image, too. 

As the latest fashion is vintage-style, this edit may be able to show who the magazine could be aimed at; young people are known to be most interested in the latest trends. I put the saturation up to 100 so there was a shine off some of the objects in the image such as school block and the bin to lighten the image a bit more. I put the highlights up only slightly because it showed the light coming from behind the tree which gave a nice edge and sepia-looking tone to the photo whilst also making it not bright enough to steal the focus away from Jennie. I also changed the sharpness level of the image because at first, the image was much more blurry than after editing. Now, the image looks as though it has been styled in focus. I put the de-noise tool up to 100 as well because it smooths over the surface of the image as a whole. When it it less than 100, Jennie's face for example looks a lot rougher than when it is higher. The tool also abolishes unwanted lines such as the dimple-line near Jennie's mouth that was previously apparant. The fact that the temperature has been made warmer also makes the sun shine over the side of Jennie's face and also reflects off of her whole left side which gives a nice, warm summer effect. 

Above is the image that first appealed to me. I liked the matching red lipstick with the folder against a brick wall that has connotations of a school building. However, as i studied the photo more and asked some students what they thought, i realised that the brick wall actually had more of a dull connotation that school is a dismal place to be. Obviously, for a student magazine, a boring connotation of school is not what i needed. Therefore, i changed my background image the other photo because it had a much sunnier, happier tone to it.