Question 2

A: How do the images you have used in your magazine represent particular social groups?

B: How do the images you have obtained reflect professional practice?

How do the images you have used in your magazine represent particular social groups?

I took inspiration for Complex mag from magazines such as Harpers Bazaar and ELLE. Not only did I like these magazines myself but the target audience for these two are similar to mine. The images are what gave me the inspiration for my model, styling, poses and way I would present the images, with a few changes and ideas that included. I like how the front cover images focused on the upper part of the body, I think it looks a lot more professional and clean. You can also get a lot of detail from having a model close up rather then a full body shot

I chose a young adult model for Complex magazine. I believe choosing a model of this age would be good fo this genre and style of magazine. Even though the magazine is targeted towards young adults plus, most young customers would only buy a magazine with a model of there age range displayed within it.

Like previously said I took inspiration for my images and mainly my cover images from magazines such as Elle and Harpers Bazaar, as you can see on in the image on the left, I used only the upper body of the model, I find that this just makes the cover overall alot more clean looking. Taking only the upped body, so focusing a lot of the image on the face also allows you to get better detail on the photo. I think if the image was full body, it would be difficult to make look right on the cover. I decided to dress the model simple, wearing a plain knit jumper I believe this looks mature and can be easily styled with.

I didn't choose to use a scenery, I wanted a white or plain background so that I could easily alter the background, I thought this would be easier for my magazine genre. I didn't want something packed and over colourful, it was aiming for simplicity.

• My shoot was quite simple, I had easy access to a person who was willing to take up the opportunity of being a model for the magazine. I think i could of definitely improved my photos, I could of planned out exactly what I would of wanted rather than having an idea and going with what I had this way the images would of turned out in much better quality and I could of worked with them in Photoshop and on the designs alot easier.

• If I had the opportunity to take the photos again I would have used a different camera, the images would be a lot better quality by far and photo shopping the images would of become alot easier.

• I used Photoshop to adjust some of my images, I didn’t majorly alter each image I just used it to cut out misplaced hair, change contrasting and brightness and changing the background colours. I used this to make the images look a bit more clean cut and high quality.

How do the images you have obtained reflect professional practice?