As part of my experimentation process before test shooting for my magazine using studio lighting and flash photography i wanted to ensure that i knew the style of alternations i wanted to make to my images after taking them using Photoshop and Lightroom (Adobe). In doing this not only does it allow me to practise the skills i have previously learnt in these programs but i can see what effects i like but i can also play around with the saturation, brightness etc to see what i think is really effective. From my research, i do not believe my images will need a lot of editing however to ensure my images are looking crisp and clean cut when my magazine goes to print they will need to be adjusted slightly. As the images i plan to include in my magazine involve a lot of colour i want to edit them to adjust the tones used making the images as vibrant as possible without distorting the images or making the look pixilated, as i do not know the style of images i will be using for my magazine yet, expect that i will have at least two double page spreads of images and three single spread images inside my magazine as part of my content i began with these; I selected this image, ensuring it had no obvious editing or filters to show a before and after. I wanted to work with coloured flares for the inside content of my work therefore i found an image that had this incorporated into it.
As this image had some unnecessary background to it, i first opened photoshop and removed it using the magic wand tool. In doing this the software can recognise which part of the image you are trying to remove and does it for you, once completing this task i was left with is image;
However i was not happy with the empty space surround the image therefore i selected around the image before filling it, i changed my settings to 'Content-Aware' leaving my image to look like this;
Now, if you look closely there are small lines were the image has been duplicated to fill the white and i did not like this either so i used the spot healing brush tool to remove the lines/blemishes. I found this really effective and gave me the outcome i was looking for meaning that i could then export my image into Lightroom to edit the image itself. Once exporting the image into Lightroom ensuring it as a JPG. I then began manipulating image with effects to see what fit best, i have little to no experience with Lightroom therefore i found this part of the task to be particularly difficult, however after adjusting i found myself enjoying it more and more as well as learning which was benefit it when it comes to editing my own photos.
As you can see some of the effects used were really successful making the original image unrecognisable in contrast, i sampled with adding black and white however i do not think this is necessary as the whole point of the image is its contrasting colours and i did not want to make away from that. The second image is my favourite as it gives more depth to the original photo without losing any quality of the original photo, using this effect is something i will consider when it comes to the editing process of my own shoot as i think it is really effective. Once i had edited the photo more, i wanted to transfer it back into photoshop to manipulate the image further, adding in text boxes and watermarks to image showing how i could incorporate this image into a potential magazine spread. After playing around with 'Lighting effects' i was happy with the image and wanted to then begin a potential magazine spread, exporting the image into Indesign as i feel this software is best for layout as well as finishing touches. Before beginning my editing process i ensured my page size was of A4 as this is the size i will be working with for my magazine and after exporting my image in the editing commenced, as i have such a busy background image i wanted to add an extra detail so that my writing would stand out therefore i wanted to add a filled in text box to make my text stand out. Overall i think this was really effective, however on reflection i would use such a busy background to add text on top of as it is difficult to know where your eyes should look, its too distracting. I will remember this when i create the layout of my magazine.
After creating my basic mock up of what my magazine could look like, i wanted to take this another step and experiment with other layouts i could use. I began by playing around with the postioning of where my focus image sat, as I said I found my image too distracting for the text to go onto of the image therefore I wanted to change around my layout. For start i moved the image out of the entire page so that it sat in one corner, from my research I had found it really effective for images to over lap two pages, it really brought the pages together so that is what I tried. Overall, I really liked the edge it gave my potential layout, it is something I would genuinely for my magazine. I think that the writing over lap ties the two pages together however the text can still be read which I really liked. For experimentation purposes i also wanted to see what it would look like if my image took up the whole page, however i knew that i would not like it due to the fact that the text cant be read. I do not think that the page came together as well therefore i will not be considering this for my magazine.
As you can see from my developments, once finding a layout i liked i then pushed it further to find the best outcome for myself. My personal favourite is the image is centred in the middle of the page, i think this is a really effective use of the space i have been given. I wanted to create these mock ups so that when i shoot with the flairs as i intend to, it gives me some perspective on how i should shoot and from which angles as well as what to avoid. By mocking up my potential layouts not only has it re confirmed my skill set in the likes of photoshop and lightroom which has given me the confidence to continue with my original shooting ideas. from my edited pictures and converting them into backgrounds it has confirmed that i must beware when editing my actual photos not to make them too dark otherwise i cant add text onto the image which can cause alot of difficulites for myself.
As part of my experimentation process before test shooting for my magazine using studio lighting and flash photography i wanted to ensure that i knew the style of alternations i wanted to make to my images after taking them using Photoshop and Lightroom (Adobe). In doing this not only does it allow me to practise the skills i have previously learnt in these programs but i can see what effects i like but i can also play around with the saturation, brightness etc to see what i think is really effective. From my research, i do not believe my images will need a lot of editing however to ensure my images are looking crisp and clean cut when my magazine goes to print they will need to be adjusted slightly. As the images i plan to include in my magazine involve a lot of colour i want to edit them to adjust the tones used making the images as vibrant as possible without distorting the images or making the look pixilated, as i do not know the style of images i will be using for my magazine yet, expect that i will have at least two double page spreads of images and three single spread images inside my magazine as part of my content i began with these; I selected this image, ensuring it had no obvious editing or filters to show a before and after. I wanted to work with coloured flares for the inside content of my work therefore i found an image that had this incorporated into it.
As this image had some unnecessary background to it, i first opened photoshop and removed it using the magic wand tool. In doing this the software can recognise which part of the image you are trying to remove and does it for you, once completing this task i was left with is image;
However i was not happy with the empty space surround the image therefore i selected around the image before filling it, i changed my settings to 'Content-Aware' leaving my image to look like this;
Now, if you look closely there are small lines were the image has been duplicated to fill the white and i did not like this either so i used the spot healing brush tool to remove the lines/blemishes. I found this really effective and gave me the outcome i was looking for meaning that i could then export my image into Lightroom to edit the image itself. Once exporting the image into Lightroom ensuring it as a JPG. I then began manipulating image with effects to see what fit best, i have little to no experience with Lightroom therefore i found this part of the task to be particularly difficult, however after adjusting i found myself enjoying it more and more as well as learning which was benefit it when it comes to editing my own photos. 
After creating my basic mock up of what my magazine could look like, i wanted to take this another step and experiment with other layouts i could use. I began by playing around with the postioning of where my focus image sat, as I said I found my image too distracting for the text to go onto of the image therefore I wanted to change around my layout. For start i moved the image out of the entire page so that it sat in one corner, from my research I had found it really effective for images to over lap two pages, it really brought the pages together so that is what I tried. Overall, I really liked the edge it gave my potential layout, it is something I would genuinely for my magazine. I think that the writing over lap ties the two pages together however the text can still be read which I really liked. For experimentation purposes i also wanted to see what it would look like if my image took up the whole page, however i knew that i would not like it due to the fact that the text cant be read. I do not think that the page came together as well therefore i will not be considering this for my magazine.
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