Thursday 18 December 2014

Polaroid Images









Afterlight: Editing Photos

For my magazine, I wanted to create a polaroid look for my photos. I tried many different filters on photoshop but then resulted to the app Afterlight.
I started by choosing one of my pictures.
I then changed to brightness to 100.
Then I edited the contrast to -30.
Afterwards, I changed the exposure to 8 so that it brightens the image up.
Next I added the grain to make the image look a little unclear, so I changed the grain to 20.
Then I moved onto adding filters to the image, so first I added ember and changed it to 40.
Then I added chestnut to 63.
Next I added Lume at 20.

Finally I added a old affect so chose 02 at 46.
The final image then turned out to look like this.


Friday 12 December 2014

Photographs I did not use on my contents page and double pages

For my contents page and double page I narrowed down the images that I took and used the ones that were best fitted for my magazine.
 On this image everything is in focus but her eyes are closed which doesn't create the effect that I was after.
 This picture shows the male model mid talking which could be used as a candid picture but it did not fit with the style of my magazine.
There is a shadow created behind the model and the natural light creates darker and lighter spots on the wall. Like the image above, he is seen again in mid conversation.

This photograph shows the movement of the two models which is why it is unclear and there is too much of the wall rather than the models.

 This photograph captures the wind on their face due to the weather conditions being bad and the camera is slightly blurry due to it being moved.
 This image creates shadows behind the person which are harder to cut around when placing upon a different background.


 Eyes are closed and shadow created behind him.
Light is too bright and reflects off the models forehead.

Photographs that I did not use on my front cover

For my front cover I had took a range of different photographs which I then rationalised down to the one that I used on my front cover and the others that I used on my double page.
 This photograph does not focus on the models in the foreground and has a blurry effect over their faces.
 This photograph is also seen to be very blurry but due to the time of day in which the photographs were took, the lighting causes the models to appear darker but also a line around their hair where their hair is reflecting the sun.
 This photograph is also not in focus but none of the models are seen to be looking at the camera and one of the female members are obstructed so is unable to be seen behind the male.
 I used the portrait version of this photograph as I thought that this image focuses too much on the background due to it being a wide angle shot and cuts off half the body of the male. By using a portrait image it allows you to see some of the background but the main focus is upon the foreground.
 This photograph shows a action shot and the movement of the hand creates a blurred effect.

The quality of the image is effected by the light so there is a lot of noise on the photograph which takes away from the models.

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Reader Profile Notion


My reader profile gives an insight into what my target audiences interests are. The average age is between 18-30 who are mostly students who have an interest in fashion, partying, music, social media and cultures.

Monday 1 December 2014

Style Model

From research, I have changed the style model to Notion due to the images that I took fitted with the theme of this magazine rather than Rolling Stones. The photographs had more of an indie and alternative look but also quite a minimalist look to them but Notion has that kind of theme across its magazine.