Magazine Covers

For my final pieces, I was looking into creating magazine covers, but with 'real' women instead of airbrushes, tightened models which give an unrealistic image to the viewers. These were the first photographs I took to put towards these pieces.

I like the contrast, and the range of colours in the photographs, in my opinion, it makes it look more like a magazine because it has a happy, warm feel to it. The bright flower in the centre of the frame instantly draws attention to the subject and the model, whilst the subtle colour in the background really splits up the model from the empty space in the frame. Using a flower instantly added a warmer feel to the photographs, and because it's covering half the model's face, it made her a lot easier to photographs. Only having half a face to focus on got rid of any uncomfortable looks the model might of had, and in my opinion, made better looking photographs.

I will likely reshoot some similar kinds of things to produce a wider range of final pieces. If I was to make more, I would probably stick with using objects as well as models, because it really brightens the photographs up.

The main focus on the photographs were using little/no photoshop, avoiding changing the models appearances with airbrushing and similar tools. The only editing I have ended up using is a small amount of contrast in the photographs, purely to make them look brighter and bolder, the appearance of the model has barely changed. 

Before

After

The photograph was naturally bright and bold, so the contrast was a very minor change to the image.

This is the first draft of one of my front covers. I think it's a good first attempt, but in some ways it looks too 'cheesy', making it look more serious and more like a magazine (mainly with the text) would improve the work massively. Because it was the first time I'd done anything like this, I found it difficult, which is probably why it didn't look as good as I'd first intended, but it's a good starting point to lead me on to further work. It has also led me to make short articles related to my work to go alongside the cover/covers I might make.