Unit 5 Monitoring Blog

30th  Jan

1.      Have Photoshoot 2.      Choose pictures and edit 3.      Edit photos 4.      Edit photos Homework: Take pictures for second article

This week I had my photoshoot. I thought it went well and didn't encoutner any problems, except a small change of plan when I wasn't able to carry out the shoot I had initially planned to because my model was not allowed to bare anything more than her underwear. This didn't create too much of an issue and I carried on and managed to finish my shoot within the hour, capturing a range of pictures and uploaded them all onto my computer for editing.

I then had to choose which ones I was going to use for my final product, I decided to choose these:

 <- This one I chose for my front cover, because it is cute and girly and the pose, although similar to others you would see on the cover of a magazine like my own, it does differ and her body language is a little bit different to the standard 'hand on hip' pose.
 














<- I chose to use the 'hand on hip' pose for my contents page because I think it shows off the model's outfit well, this is important because I will include navigation to the page where my readers can look at the outfit and where the items are from. Again, it is girly and fits the magazine genre well, but I thought this picture was perfectly suited for the contents page and the slightly different pose was better sutied for the front page because it helps the magazine stand out.











<- This is the picture I chose to use for my 'body issues' double page spread. In my opinion, this was the best picture I got out of my photoshoot because I think, paired with my article, it is really effective and full of emotion. The fact that she is looking down meant that I was able to make it look as though she was looking down on the text, like she was telling her story and looking down on it as a bigger and better person. I think it portrays a real vulnerability and fragility, which is a perfect setting for the feel of the article.