Photos used

These are all of the photos I used within my magazine. I did not use many as i believe the photos I chose were very powerful and can still fulfil their purpose efficiently.

Cover

This is the main image i used on the magazine front cover as i believe this is an appropriate image for the front cover.The image is of a good quality and gives the artist a good representation with her feminine pose and pouted lips.I think this image will appeal to the target audience as it denotes a pretty young female which will relate to the target audience and is someone they can compare themselves to. However this image will also appeal to the secondary audience of males since the subject is pretty and young with red lips connoting sexuality and danger. I have also chose an image where the subject had eye contact with the camera lens, this makes the image a more effective main image for the front cover as with the subject looking to the camera lens it allows them to make eye contact with the audience and connect with them, therefore engaging them into the image and the magazine.

Contents Page

This is the main image i used on the contents page, I chose to use a large main image on the page as I believe this will be more effective than various sub images as this will make a more dramatic effect on the page and in effect the audience, i also believe as since this image is fairly overpowering and overall a dominant image, it will do a better job at attracting people to the page. This image gives the artist a good representation with the use of the prop (bubbles). There is also the fact that since his image denotes a young, pretty, blonde female it will appeal to a wider audience than just the primary audience, this will also attract males as a secondary audience making the image more successful with its purpose. I chose to edit out the background of this image as this would allow the image to fit in better with the page and show the background well and effectively, this also allowed me to use text wrap to surround the image with text and make the page flow better.

I used this image of the artist Nicole Scherzinger which i took at a onset, on the contents page as a sub image to back up the text on the competition. I chose to use this image as it is of a good quality and the subject is a well known artist who the primary audience will recognise, this will engage them into the image and into the text the image is supporting. I chose this specific artist as she will appeal t a wider audience, to my secondary as well as my primary audience as she is popular with both male and females, meaning more people will be interested and more people will want to enter the competition.   This is an original image which i took at a concert called 'The Summertime Ball' this keeps my images consistently unique and specific to my magazine. I chose this specific image out of the variety i took as i believe this image gives the artist a good representation as she is stereotypically doing her job, in mid song with her body language showing that she is enjoying herself whilst doing so. I decided to rotate the image to make the subject face the text, i believe this would be effective as this connotes that the artist is also looking and reading the text.

Double page spread

This is the main image i used on my double page spread. I chose this image as it is of a good quality and i believe it is a very dominant image and connotes that the subject is very confident and in control. I also believe that since the subject is looking directly into the camera lens the image will me more successful at attracting the audience to the page as this will create eye contact with the audience, enticing them into the image and the article the image corresponds to. As this image is a mid shot it also focus a lot on the artists clothing which has been specifically chosen to represent her music and personality. I edited this image to make it black and white as in my opinion it  relates a contrast with the contents page and front cover also making it more attractive for the audience as the magazine now has diversity, this also allows the image to fit in with the house style of the page.

I also chose to add a sub image to the page of the artists new album, which i included within the album poster. I added this feature to the page as i believe it will make the article look more professional yet still original. I included an image of the album (which i created in photoshop using my personal images but still considering the house style of the page) as this will back up the text and information within the article by giving the audience a physical visual of what is being talked about. This image was he first thing i created on the page as this helped me to develop the house style which was going to be followed to compliment the artist and her style of music.