Editing my Double Page Spread Images - Part 2

Now that my first image had been edited to the standards I had set for myself, it was important to replicate this on the adjacent one to accompany it, this ensured the continuity in the alterations are consistent to one another and can be related throughout the double page spread. Below is the stages I endorsed in to construct the editing of my secondary image.

As with the accompanying preliminary image already been edited to a style and effect that most suited my requirements, I had already developed an understanding of what sort of preset would most accurately portray the photo in the way I desired to it be perceived. Although I knew altering the exposure was the suitable idea to do, before I jumped to any conclusions I felt it would be best to have an experiment with the remaining levels in case another edit actually personified the feel of the photograph better then the style I had already stated. Despite this I knew I had to keep with the continuity seen throughout my product, this would entitle me to ensure all conventions were compatible with one another as any differences could make my product be perceived as unconventional, so under this instance it was more then likely I would end up going with the editing technique I had used in my other post. Still I concluded practising would benefit me as it would allow others to identify I had thought about incorporating a new and exciting style into my conventions. So I began the trials by employing the 'Midtones Darker' Level which I selected from the adjustments tool bar on the right hand side of the Photoshop doucment. As I have noted with all my previous experiments, when I have come to using this particular preset in particular I can never identify any major differences in the perception and quality of the image it is altering, in this case the black tone of the jeans had been enhanced slightly, yet this is not the design I had dedicated myself to achieve as I wanted the whole of the models body and face to be illuminated and brought out more consistently in the colour so all of them could be recognised, deterring the focus from a single item (such as his torso or legs for example). As this level had not specifically targeted the standards I have set I will not be using this to display my photo in the final production of my double page spread.

I really was not content at all with the way my image had been displayed in the last representation, it made me firm in my belief that I should just comply with the scheme that I had presented onto my other double page spread image of my male musician which had required me to edit the brightness and tones of colours on his features by employing the use of the 'Exposure' tool, to gain access to it I would have to select the adjustments panel again and click on it with the cursor when it is offered to me in the display menu along with the other enticing edits. Once I was now on this specific setting, I had the choice of moving the bars up or down using the mouse - up with bring more brightness, whilst down was the complete opposite due to it enhancing the shadows surrounding his frame. With my rationale describing how I intended all my photos to be bright and eye catching to the audiences eye, I adjusted the bars so they were further up to the right, which as you can identify made the studio lights hitting his jacket, face and shoulders more profound to the visual perspective. 

On display here is the finished edit of the image of my male model to go besides the remaining photo for my double page spread piece. I manipulated the exposure in such a manner that I had enhanced all the colours on his person (this includes his facial skin tone, clothes and the lighting that is reflected down upon him) so that he appeared bright and attractive against the white backdrop he has been placed upon. I followed a similar editing process as what I had conducted previously on the accompanying photograph, it was important to ensure they were of the same style and consistency as one another as this would successfully allow continuity to be established within the product and avoid one image perceiving as 'odd' and 'inconsistent' to the other which could undermine the professionalism of the spread itself. So my edit was identical in condition to what can be witnessed in my primary editing stages, I kept the first image I  completed besides this in a separate Photoshop document so I could constantly refer back to it for reference if needed to perfect the exposure palette on my current edit. Now that it was completed, I proceeded to save it as a JPEG and exported it onto my desktop to be dragged directly into the InDesign document where it would be placed in its suited position.

Here is how my image was placed onto the Indesign document besides the first, what can be most identified here is how they are perfectly aligned with one another, from top of the photograph to the bottom. This was to gauge an even more of an appeal factor from the production as it has a continuous flowing effect where it can be realised effort has gone in to make the spread look authentic and highly constructed in nature. The images co-inside well together and both effectively portray the rebellious, sassy personality of my artist which can be recognised by his posture and body language. I feel I have achieved the goal I set out to from my rationale in emphasising certain characteristics of my models through lighting, their stances and colour to reverberate their individual styles to the audience.