Photoshoot and Editing

It was quite easy organizing the photo shoot. After my model agreed to take part, it didn't take long to decide on the right look and how this would influence the specific design of the cover i.e. font and colour.

Magazines I have looked at previously seem to have very simple photos on the cover, mainly showing the artist and a theme they may want to put across to the audience. For the front cover, I decided to have a powerful photo, but I thought having a guitar as a prop would help present the rock star edge and reinforce the fact it's a music magazine.

Some of the rough shots I kept at the end of the shoot were the following:

I then had to go through the photos and decide which ones I would use. I chose four then edited them in Adobe Photoshop 7.0, for example:

I decided to use this photo for the front cover, so I used the Lasso and Magic Wand tools in order to entirely erase the objects in the background, leaving just the model and a white backing for the magazine cover.

This photo was far easier, as I decided to simply convert it to black and white. Unlike the previous photo, there was nothing in the background that needed erasing.

Mainly, I desaturated the photos, erased background objects and changed lighting settings to make the photos brighter or more saturated. This was very useful editing, as I wasn't able to create a clear and well lit area for the photo shoot and I didn't have an SLR camera.