As can be expected, I gained a vast quantity of decent quality images at my photo shoot for all the products I had to create for the tasks in the brief of my coursework. However despite this it was necessary for my to edit them via the photoshop software mainframe as I was intending to ensure all of my photographs matched the criteria I had set for them so they could be displayed in a precise manner on the pages they were assigned to. For this edit I am focusing upon manipulating the levels of my photo, so it connotates directly the story of the feature it is linked to - in this instance a 'look through the eras' storyline, where looking at past artists work from many years ago is the main drive of narrative.
Here is the original copy of the image I was choosing to edit before the process of altering it began. The major changes to be documented revolve around the colour consistency, as this photograph will be advertising an article that is focusing upon music artists from both past and present generations, I feel the most effective portrayal will involve me altering the palette so it complies with a black and white tone, therefore the audience will more easily distinguish from the scheme employed the nature of what the feature will detail itself. Because the photo will be entirely seen in black and white, there are no underlying concerns regarding me having to enhance the hue/saturation presets in any form, due to the notion no other coloured shades will be present on the final completed edit.
The editing process began with me inserting the chosen group image onto the photoshop document by dragging it across from my main desktop preferences, once this action was complete the photo was now easy to command as I could manipulate its size, hue and consistency at will. With this photograph representing a flashback article in my music magazine product, I desired for it to visually give some indication to my audience members about the content of this specific feature and moreover what the topic will revolve around. This I felt would best be illustrated through the pre-dominant colour scheme present on the image, if I could alter it to a deep black and white shade then this personified an almost sepia memory effect which is commonly associated with the notion of an individual going 'back in time' to retrieve hidden or repressed memories. In this scenario my audience would be travelling on a journey back through the many different era's of music to reconcile on great musicians who may not be present in the industry at this current time. I began this timely process by selecting the levels preset located on the image toolbar at the right hand side of the photoshop programme. Once this action had been conducted a drop down menu appeared from the hue and saturation section with one of the settings indicating towards a black and white overtone for my already present coloured photograph. I selected this option which altered the palette of the photo to what you can perceive above. Overall I am thoroughly happy with how it panned out, the way the two light and dark tones are distributed emphasises the aspects on the image as what I had predicted - the white has illuminated the backdrop significantly, this coupled with the mostly black shades on the modes allows them to dramatically stand out as there are no other conflicting colours present, ultimately they are emphasised extremely effectively towards my target audience.
In all due respects this photo would not be as significant in size or as bold as the image of my female artist who is acting as the main focal point on the contents, in this indication the sizing of this specific photograph would have to reduced radically. I used the crop tool (which is suited on the central Photoshop tool bar on the left side of the page) to cut out the unecessary blank space on the photo, this would alter its dimensions so it was more contorted, however this was necessary to allow it to occupy such a narrow margin on the document besides where its feature can be found and allow the idea to be noted this image (although important) is not as central to the foundations of the magazine as the female artist is. Once I had de-sized my photo, I saved it as a JPEG image to my desktop ready for it to be moved to my main contents document.
Although as you can easily identify that the contents page is far from completed, this is how I decided I would position my 'memory' photograph on the document alongside its larger competitor. I strategically situated the remainder of the conventions around its presence (such as the regular/feature boxes and additional text) as I felt it was necessary to have the elements co-operating efficiently with one anther if this was to be a successful authentic appearing produvt. As for current moments I am pleased with the placement of this image and cannot mentally debate if some improvements can be added, my only concern revolves around how it will perceive itself once the last photo has been included as I wouldn't be enthusiastic for them to compete for attention due to one being in colour and the other black and white. However I won't know the outcome until everything has been inserted so until then I will continue working on my product as normal.
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