Photo edits for double page spread.

I chose a live photo of each member of Fox & The Hound, and edited them in iPhoto. I selected the ones I thought were most appropriate and gave a clear view of the musician's faces whilst they were playing. They are going to be fairly small when I insert them into the double page spread, as they are to be positioned around the edges of a larger, colour photo of the whole band together. I chose to have them in black and white so that they would stand out more.

I firstly 'enhanced' each of these photos so that they were brighter and clearer, then moved on to edit out any blemishes. I then 'boosted' the colour of each photo, as this gave the images a deeper colour. I adjusted the levels, heightening the 'exposure', which made the photo lighter, and the 'contrast', which juxtaposes the lighter and darker colours by intensifying them both. This makes the photos more striking, and gives them a very subtle animation look.

With the photos of Corey and Jordan, I enhanced the definition so that the highlights in their hair came out clearer.

Matt, Drums.

Corey, Rhythm Guitar.

Sean, Bass Guitar.

Reece, Lead Guitar.

Jordan, Vocals.

Blog Update

Today I continued with my contents page which is almost complete. I took inspiration from my music magazine 'MOJO'.

Contents Design Video

This is a short screen video clip of the process of editing the title 'KANSAS' for my contents page.

Front Cover Edit

I took multiple photos of Fox & The Hound in various settings and different lightings in order to have a wide range of images to choose from. I selected a fairly simple photo of the band at the top of a hill with the sun behind them and edited it accordingly.

This was what the image looked like before it was edited. First I cropped the image, so that it was portrait rather than landscape, as this is the layout of a magazine front cover. I used 'lighten' to make the picture brighter so that their faces were more clear. I also boosted the colours to make them clearer and more vibrant. I like how the blue of the sky gets lighter and more yellow around their figures, because it makes them stand out, creating more of an impact to draw the reader in. I lowered the contrast and added saturation bringing out the colours further, but avoided saturating skin colour to avoid them looking animated. I boosted the definition and highlights to make their faces clearer and add depth to the colour in the image making it further stand out.

Fox & The Hound Live Photos - Location

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I took the photos of Fox & The Hound when they were rehearsing at Mushroom Studios in Rayleigh.

Live Photos - Fox & The Hound (Unedited)

Fox & The Hound Posed Photos - Location

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I took my posed photos of Fox & The Hound on Lubbard's Farm in Rayleigh. I chose this location as it had a wide range of locations for photo opportunities. The band were standing at the top of a hill and I took the photo from the bottom for my front cover image. The lighting worked very well for the photos of the band on the top of the hill because  the sun gave me clear images of their faces. I was also able to take photos from different angles, and experimented having the sun in different positions, however decided that having the sun behind them was the best choice for the front cover. I also took took less serious photos of the band 0n top of haystacks, which I purposefully asked them not to pose for so that we can see the energy and friendship within the band.

Posed Photos - Fox & The Hound (Unedited)

Questionnaire for my focus group.

My Questionnaire 

Live Band Photos - Boy Cries Wolf

Boy Cries Wolf Live Photos - Location

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I took my live photos of Boy Cries Wolf playing a gig in Southend-on-sea at The Railway Hotel. I particularly liked the lighting on the stage and the atmosphere of the audience, which helped add energy to the photos.

My Progress

In today's lesson I completed my Reader Profile, and continued with my questionnaire, which is almost complete.

Target: Finish questionnaire and give to focus group.

Reader Profile