Photographs For Front Cover

Photographs For Front Cover

When I was taking photographs for my actual front cover I ended up with some photos that would be useful and others that wouldn't. I wanted my main image to be a medium close up so I had to put the camera in different positions to make sure that I had taken the right photo I wanted. Some of the images I took were not medium close up so here I am going to show some examples of the images that I got that i'm not going to use and the also the actual image that I am going to use on my front cover.

Firstly, I am going to show the images that I had taken but they weren't quite right so I had to take more until I got the right one;

Photo's not being used

       

This image is very close to a medium close up but it is just above the chest so it isn't quite medium close up. Other than that this photo is very good because the student is looking directly at the camera and is smiling, they are also holding folders which is related to college and they are also standing in front of a college. 

                                                                                 
                                                                         
This image would not be useful for the front cover of my magazine as it is hard to see the persons face as their folder is in front it. I also originally wanted the student to be smiling at the camera and in this photo you can't see that the student is smiling. Moreover, it also looks like the student wasn't ready for the photo so it doesn't look good or professional.

This image would not be suitable for the front cover of my magazine as it is a long shot and not a medium close up. I mainly want a medium close up because it shows more detail and if someone picked up my magazine with a medium close up on the cover and looked at it, they would be able to see the emotion that the student is feeling. 

This image has quite a few problems with it. Firstly, the camera is not straight which would tell the person who looks at the magazine that the photographer was't good and it doesn't look very professional. Also, the student in the image isn't really looking directly at the camera as they seem to be laughing so their head is slightly tilting upwards. Another problem is also that this is not a medium close up so it would not be useful for my magazine cover. 








                 



This image is very close to a medium close up but it is just shows a little more of the body below the chest. Another problem is that the student in it is not smiling so it looks like they are not enjoying college which means when someone picks up the magazine and looks at the image they will think the magazine will be boring because the main person on it isn't even happy.

This image looks good because it is almost a medium close up and the student again is standing in front of college, they are holding equipment that students would have in college and they are also smiling. The only problem is that the student isn't looking at the camera which means there is no direct mode of address so when someone looks at the image they won't feel engaged as the student is looking in a completely different direction.

This image would be extremely bad for a magazine cover because you can barley see any of the features of the student, all you can see is their head, this could be useful for other things because it shows they are smiling and they are happy, but because this is going on the cover of a magazine it is not good as it is not a medium close up.

This image is similar to the previous one because it only shows one part of the body, this time it only shows the bottom half of the student which means we can't see if the student is smiling or even looking at the camera. Without having the face in the image means that the person looking at the magazine won't know if this magazine will be positive or negative about college.

This image isn't bad because it is a medium close up and the student is looking at the camera and smiling so it engages the audience. The only problem is that the background is not college related and it is hard to see the folders in the image so if this image was put onto a magazine it wouldn't even look like a college magazine.









The main photo I am going to use

This image would be perfect to use as my front cover because the student is smiling, they are holding folders which relates to college and they are also standing in front of a college. The only problem is that you can see more of the body than just the chest upwards but to solve this problem I am going to crop the image so it just shows the chest upwards when I actually create my magazine cover. 






Background Images

This image has been used as my background for all the other photos I have taken, but I think this is a very good background because it is a college and the whole magazine is evolved around college so it fits in well with my magazine.

This image would also be useful as a background as it again is related to a college as it is a photo of a reception in a college. The only thing that could be a problem in this image is the people, this could distract people when they look at the magazine, but it could also make the image look better as it shows that people are always around in college.

This would be a very useful image to use as it is a library in a college so it again is college related. Also, it shows that people are working in the background, so it looks like everyone is very productive which makes the reader of the magazine see that people at college work hard and do what they are supposed to do. 

This image would also be suitable as it is a hallway in a college. The only problem that could be seen with this is that there is no one else in the image so the hallway looks quite dead which may show the reader of the magazine that people are never around at college and it is always really quiet.