Edited Photos For Front Cover

For my main image on my front cover I wanted to have one sing person as the subject. I took this image when I did the photo-shoot for my double page spread but did not use it and I thought I could put it to use for my front cover.

I like this image because it is different to my images that I have used for my double page spread and the subject gives a good facial expression in this image.

The first piece of editing I did for my front cover image was to remove the blue background from the photo shoot. I used the quick selection tool initially to remove as much as the background as I could without cutting the subject. To get around him in more detail to make it look more professional I decided to use the polygonal selection tool and I went around the subject getting as close as I could.

After I did that the image looked like it did on the second image down, however I was not finished there and I wanted to play around and experiment using different contrasts and brightness levels. I thought making the image a little bit darker it does add more detail and looks more professional.






After trying the image on my front cover I realised that this image did not work well with the rest of my design. I decided to take some more pictures with a different subject. From this photo-shoot I gathered multiple images.

 During this photo-shoot I asked the subject to act more like a musician rather than have him just stood there blank. I took all the images as medium close ups just getting the head and shoulders in the image.

On one of the images I tried to add lighting effect during the photo-shoot but you could see the flash very clearly on the subjects glasses. I decided to just edit the photo in full on Photoshop in order to make it look a lot more professional and clean.

This is the image that I decided to go for and below is the edited version using Photoshop.

 

 

 

I took the main image and first cropped the edges of the images I did not want in my image. I then went to Image - Adjustments - Brightness/contrast to make the image look more professional and clean. I also like the image how it is edited because on a front cover it will stand out well when blown up. The subject is also looking directly at the camera which makes you really think he is looking at you which may make people pick the magazine up.

Although it is simple editing I think it didn't really need much, especially because of the colour of the background during the photo shoot really fits well with the subject and when placed onto the front cover it matches the colour I wanted to have behind my subject anyway.

This subject also has the appearance that matches what my target audience would look like.

I also experimented by editing the image using a different technique.

For this version after trying the previous edited one as shown above, it did not really fit well with my other pages. In order to continue my house style I decided to see what it would look like in black and white. This was on Photoshop Image - Adjustments - Black & White. The image fit well onto my front cover and it matches my planned main image for the contents page which will be black and white.

In my opinion not only does it just match my house style but compared to the other versions I prefer it better because it gives more detail and sharpness to the image all in all making a more professional look which is very important to me and my magazine design.