Over the weekend I took some pictures of my sister for the cover of my magazine. Here were my initial pictures I took of the main artist I wanted to feature in my magazine:
Originally I was reliant on solely natural lighting for my picture, however I was having limited success, as the picture was quite dark. This made the colours look dull, thus not fitting the glamorous bright-shot conventions.
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| Original |
So I changed the camera settings, from portrait to manual. Where I was able to manipulate the ISO, by increasing it, to get a brighter shot. I noticed this setting made my models hair look a lot shinier, and did justice to the makeup I had applied onto her.
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| Updated |
Although this picture has been significantly improved, it is arguably too bright. However this raw state does allow me to manipulate the colours in the digital editing environments (PhotoPlus x8, and my editing app Facetune). So I cropped the picture, used the 'Blemish Remover' tool, and experimented with the image saturation. My final picture is displayed underneath.
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| Final Image |
I will be using this image as an supporting featured artist on the contents page, because although I am happy with how this image turned out, there are some thing I would have changed. I wasn't able to take a midshot, because I ran out of card background. And midshots were regarded as a popular choice for the cover photo in my questionnaire. Furthermore, my sister looks too young (she's 14) to be modelling a pop magazines that is intended for young adults.
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