Production - Image Editing

After taking the images in Sheffield I have began to edit them to make them more appropriate for my magazine. I didn't want to just use the plain unedited image as I felt that if I edited it on Photoshop it would be more visually pleasing, this would make the image look less of an image taken from a camera and more of a piece of art.

The following image I edited was an image of Sheffield which we took from a high place in order to give a better view to see all of the different places within Sheffield. I first started removing all of the sky as the sky was rather dull and I felt it didn't have much place in the image. After this I began to add effects and found a filter I thought worked well. After I applied this filter I then began to work on the colour, I found the orange style colour to work well with the effect.

The colour is based upon another image I took while we were in Sheffield. The iconic Park Hill flats are a very large part of Sheffield, they are very easy to recognise therefore I thought that using the colours on the flats as part of a colour scheme would be an effective art style choice. This makes the magazine feel more personal to Sheffield as it refers to regional references with the flats. However if the reference isn't linked then it won't alienate readers they will just presume it is a random colour option chosen, however if they do see the reference they will see it has a deeper meaning.

Planning - Taking the Images for the Magazine Front Cover

This Thursday (16/01/2014) I have decided that I will be going to Sheffield to take Photos of different areas for use in the front cover of my regional magazine. I will be going with one of the other Media students in my class and together we will be travelling around Sheffield taking images of iconic places and locations. I will be using a Nikon DLSR as it as a professional camera and can take higher quality images than say that of a pocket camera. Once these images are taken I will then analyse them and find which images would be most appropriate for my magazine and then begin to edit them in Photoshop to then add it to the front cover of my magazine.

Planning - Learning how to use Photoshop Effects

For my magazine front cover I will be using a combination of both Photoshop and InDesign. Photoshop will be used to edit each of my images on the front cover whereas InDesign will be used to create my layout of my magazine. Because of this I have found an online PDF document which focuses specifically on using filters and effects for Photoshop, these effects will be used to help create better looking images for the front of my magazine.

PDF Link: Here

Planning - Taking Images of Buildings

For the images I will be using for the front cover of my magazine I have mentioned before I will be taking images of buildings and places within Sheffield. As I had not much experience on taking images of areas and places I decided to look on the internet for help and tips on how I can take better quality images of buildings. I found the following Wikihow webpage useful and it has given me tips which I will definitely use when taking my images.