Progression So Far-Production and mock up of magazine.

After I had completed my shoot I wanted to experiment further using the with my front cover using the images i took to see if i could create a mock up of what my magazine could look like. I began by exporting some of my preferred images into Lightroom and editing them slightly to allow them to look bolder and more professional photography based, I picked three images which varied from each other to show how my front cover could take different forms.

This is my first mock up of my potential over;

As you can see, the left image is the unedited and the right could be my potential cover, overall i liked it however the busyness of my background takes away from my title which is not what i want as i want a minimalist cover (no contents summaries etc) therefore as such as i like this cover, it is not one i will be using. 

I wanted to create this potential cover to see a cover that did not have a filter over the image, honestly i do not like this cover very much. My first issue lies in the static space behind my model which i can do much with, as you can see in my edited picture i tried to crop the image heavily but i was still not happy with the image overall, the second problem lies in in my editing, as much as i tried to adjust the lighting balance the image still looked dark and did not do the glitter justice. For both of these reasons i have dismissed this as a potential cover.   

This is the last cover i experimented with, i created this one slightly different in the sense that in stead of exporting the image after editing it into directly into indesign i took the time to crop the image down and also add a board around it to make the image stand out more from the white page, i really like this effect especially as the image is landscape and my magazine is portrait but i think i have made it work therefore i may use this cover for my magazine. 

After completing this task, i did the same thing for the images i took using outside photography however since my blog post on experimenting with editing which goes into more depth when talking about layout etc i will not talk about it in this blog post. From creating these mock ups i could see how my images would need to be manipulated for when my official magazine mock ups begin, such as how the images would need to be cropped and also learning the techniques used in photoshop for touch ups such as getting rid of blemishes and other imperfections, overall, my favourite mock up is my finale creation which is the contender i may end up using for my front cover. As spoken about, i need to ensure i pay attention to detail in creating my front cover, as it is the first impression but i am happy.