Band Image Manipulation

Above is the main image that I have used on front cover of my final media product, which is of the feature artist Clo Ford. As you can see the final image that I used as the cover image is significantly different to the raw image I took, this was to increase the quality of my image and make it more suitable for use in my final product. I felt the raw image I took was too dark for use on the cover and would not attract the attention of the readers; therefore I increased the brightness of the image slightly by adding an adjustment layer.

Once I did this, I wanted to give the image more depth to further make it stand out as a cover image. Therefore to achieve this I increased the contrast of the image to emphasise its shadows etc… Increasing the contrast gave the image a much more professional look and made certain elements of the image sand out more, such as the purple ring she is wearing and the gold photo frame. I also increated the saturation of the photo, in order to make it more vibrant and to make the red nail polish she is wearing to sand out more, as it matches the colour scheme on the rest of the page.

Another significant change I made to the raw image was that I cropped and resized the image to make it more suitable for use on the cover, as you can see at the top. The raw image I used was a mid-shot and I did not want that for my cover image, as most other magazines I researched featured an extreme close up image, in order to engage the reader. Therefore, I cropped the image so that it was purely focused on the models face and hands; this also meant more attention could be drawn to the ring and nail polish she was wearing.

In terms of the other band images I analysed I feel I drew most inspiration from this image of the rock/indie band Arctic Monkeys which was also featured in a music magazine. This image is similar to mine in the sense that a blain white background has been used, to keep the main focus on the artists. Also, the genre of music that is represented in this image is Indie/Rock, something which I wanted to convey in my images. Therefore the costume I choose for the model is of a similar style/era to that of this image, as shown through the chain necklace and braces.