Using Photoshop

This week I looked at different ways to make the photos I took much better to look at. The images I took seemed to look darker than what they were supposed to look like, I knew I’d have to change this if I wanted to make my magazine look more professional. To make the images better I went on Photoshop and used the brightness/contrast to make the image lighter. Using the level also allowed me to adjust the brightness and how much of the shadow I wanted to add. For the main image I took away part of the background as it didn’t go well with the white background theme I was intending on having for my magazine.

social media

This week I looked at what social media websites I could include in my magazine. I looked at what would interest my target audience. Because my magazine is as music magazine I looked at what websites are music based. I thought of using: spotify, soundcloud and youtube. I looked at what social media my target audience would be interested in and I thought of having my magazine have a facebook page and twitter page. This would be a faster way for my target audience to get information about the magazine and what’s going to be on the next month’s issue. This would be an effective way to update the readers on the magazine as they tend to be on the internet often and looking up what’s relevant on their social media websites.

Photoshop

This is footage showing how I was able to enhance my images using Photoshop before I added them to my magazine on Indesign. Taking a video of how I was able to make my images better shows how my skills have developed since I started Foundation Portfolio.

Sketches

Having these sketches enabled me to visualise how I wanted my magazine to look and how I wanted the layout to look. By doing sketches it meant that I had planned ahead, which in turn meant that my magazine would look more professional as I had thought things through when considering what my target audience would like.

Outdoor Photoshoot

I took my model to London in order for me to get a wider variety of photos. Looking at last year’s media students I noticed that the majority of them used pictures outside the studio. To make my magazine more effective and attractive I decided to do the same. I took my model to a skate park in London which wasn’t too far from the London eye. The skatepark linked to my target audience as they are the type of audience that like to skateboard and are hipsters, meaning they would find the images interesting to look at. The images turned out well as I got my model to dress how my target audience would. The surroundings were interesting as there was graffiti on the walls on the background which made the images more interesting. The images I took are the majority of images that are on my magazine. All the pictures on my contents page are from the outdoor shoot; this makes the contents page more colourful and interesting to look at.