Ideas

Here is my idea of the ideal main image for a magazine, it is focusing on the DJ but has also allot going on in the image. 

Photoshop Practice

Here is my photoshop work that i done a while ago to get me started using photoshop, with this image i edited the hut, saturation and the contrast. i then added the two Dj's Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike

college magazine

My College Magazine

This is my first attempt of a college magazine, i have taken a medium shot of my fellow students using an 8mp iphone 5 camera with the HDR on. I decided to use this as i can get both back and for ground in the shot and not loose any light. Also using an iphone gives me an ideal magazine photo due to a portrait shot. When editing the photo the only thing i had to do is bring the contrast up to make the image more defined. when i was happy with shot i edited to fit a magazine.

I then decided to make my magazine a 'red top' to stand out and its also the schools house colours. Plus it makes the mast head stand out from the rest of the front page.

As my magazine is aimed at students i decided use allot of colours to attract the readers, also i made it look extremely informal as i used the polygonal tool to cut the bottom of the picture off as it was dead space, plus it makes the cover look more informal which adheres to my target audience. 

I finally added a black font for my headlines, i used this to make it stand out from the yellow background. And used a more modern font to relate to the younger audience.

College Magazine contents mock up

Here is the my mock up of the contents page i will use for my college magazine. i have decided to add allot of images as i have looked at various other contents pages and through using pictures the readers can depict whats is withing the magazine. I then put the features down the right hand side as i think its customary to have details to where the main articles are in the magazine. 

Front cover mock up for college magazine

Idea's

As i have chosen House/Dance music for my magazine and as Tomorrowland is one of the biggest House/Dance festivals in the world i have decided to choose a picture from this years festival. As you can see i have found various pictures for my main image on the front page. The image to your left is a wallpaper i found from the Tomorrowland 2012 festival, i don't have to really edit this photo as the background is out of focus. this acts as a really go photo to use for a front page but it doesn't show any DJ's.
The image to your right is Steve Aoki in Tomorrowland 2013, I would plan to crop the image to focus more on the DJ and blur the background more, this image is full of action and pops out at the reader.

 

The final image i have found is Hardwell at Tomorrowland 2013, this image is the one i like the most, not only has Hardwell been nominated the No.1 DJ in the world but as a whole the image  is very simple but powerful to the readers eye as it captures everything in one shot. Also because Hardwell is the main image i can use this as a title because he was awarded the No.1 DJ.