Photographs

There were 133 photos taken in total of my artist, 'Lilly Howard' on the beach on October 19th. However, I have chosen to upload only 20 images of 133 because a lot of the photos appear quite 'samey'. After consulting my focus group, I chose to upload the ones that I have because I got feedback that these chosen photos differ from each other, and they also display how I changed positions, poses and the appearance of Lilly, without boring the viewer that will be looking at the photos. 

This is the image I chose to be on the front cover of my magazine as it is a mid/close-up shot which is often used on magazines. 

On the right is the same image as on the left but it has been edited to become perfect for the front of a magazine. It is slightly closer and has been cropped either side to the main feature is the actual person in the middle instead of the surroundings. I have retouched the photo to get rid of all her blemishes which has created a generally smoother appearance and tone to her skin. Using the retouch tool, I edited out the hairband on her wrist because it didn't go with the  indie style she was pulling off, and it also looked like the person I use had just forgotten to take it off for the photo shoot. I used the 'warmer' button to give an impression it was a very sunny day instead of it being very cold and rainy which it was. However, by using the warmer temperature, readers get the impression that it was a lovely summers day. I only slightly edited the exposure, contrast and saturation to dispose of any rough edges and imperfections on the picture. I increased the shadow tool slightly, too so the left side of her face was not really dark compared to the right. I again heightened the temperature to give a little more element of sun to the image. Lastly, I changed the tint slightly so the image didn't appear too bright as before it was tinted it appeared very yellow. The tint tool gave a more orangey sun-set feel to the picture while also remaining sunny. The image on the left is the final, edited front page image.

The image directly below is the same image as above but it has been edited to become perfect to feature in the contents page of my magazine. I have retouched the photo very slightly to get rid of all her face-blemishes which has created a generally smoother appearance and tone to her skin. I used the 'saturation' after button to give a more sophisticated impression of the magazine's style. After asking my focus group, I learnt that using a black and white image with a hint of faded colour makes the image look 'more professional' and 'classy'. This is the reason I chose to 'pop' the colour of the girl's dress to make her stand out amongst the black and white colour scheme to make her the central feature in the image; the part that every reader will focus on. I increased the shadow tool slightly, too, because using black and white and having dark shadows looked too much and the focus was lost from the image as it was much harder to immediately identify what the image was. The image below is the final, edited image to appear somewhere in the magazine if not on the contents.