Research and Planning-Social networking feedback

Here is a screenshot to show some of the feedback I received from my friends on Facebook.com. I was happy with what people said to me and will take it into account.

Research and Planning-What changes I have made today

Today I have been sorting out my blog and have been making some changes to my front cover.My issue at the moment is how to place my cover line onto the page.I have been looking at changing the sizing and fonts to see what work but I think I need to make extra changes to make it look perfect.The image has also been slightly enlarged .At the moment my aim is to just make sure that everything is in exactly the right place now that all of the elements are on.

Research and Planning -Additional research of poses

Here I have done research into poses used in country.I have taken images of Google looking at front covers of existing magazines and other photographs of country singers.Under each photo I will explain what I think of the shot and why I think it would be effective.This post can be used as inspiration when it comes to shooting my own photos.

I Like this photo on a front cover, the neck is made to look long and and the face is illuminated.I like how the hat is clearly in view as it clearly displays that the singer is country.

The hair being wild is a big part of this picture and because she is blonde the whole page is bright.This isn't a type of image that I would use because It would be difficult to get the hair to look as good and I want to have a picture that shows off the costume.

This sideway position allows the face to still be clearly seen as well as it being more interesting than a straight on shot.Also this pose could work well depending on a models hair , if you wanted to have it swept on one shoulder for example.

This long shot very much concentrates on the costume and background as well as the bridle in her hand.I love how the model looks like she is stood naturally and not posing and how she's not looking at the camera.I think for a magazine the model would have to be looking at the camera but like how she's holding the bridle and looks quite western causal.

Both of these images have been posed and thought out but they are both designed to look natural and relaxed.I love the one on the left and think the background completely suites the pose and costume also the colours(browns) really compliment each other.

This pose is different than usual and I think it would make a page look more interesting.Obviously with a position like this its obvious that the model is posing and so it wouldn't be any good if you were trying to create that natural look.The hair can be manipulated to work with this pose as it has been done here.

This pose could be associated with more or less any genre of music.Its done to try and show off the models body and give them the sex appeal.A pose like this wouldn't be suitable for my magazine because I want a more natural looking pose.

This is a very natural pose.I like how the hat is clearly visible but isn't covering her face at all.This type of shot would be good for my magazine as the hair , makeup and costume could still be seen as well as the hat.

This pose is fairly plain however the lighting highlights the face and hair making it look like a very posed shot.I think for my magazine I would like to have a background  which would add interest but would also help to display the genre of the magazine more clearly.

This shot and pose is all about the hair really as you cans see the entire face clearly and barley any of the background.In order to create a picture like this it would require a lot of hair styling and make up as well as the correct lighting.I think it looks too posed for what I'm looking for and I also want to be able to see some of the costume and background.

I absolutely love this pose .Although it is very posed the horse is bright and alert and the pair look great.If weather conditions allow and the local pony is available it would be great to try out some shots with her even though it wouldn't look as grand as this horse because its only small.Using an animal always makes a shot more exciting and this photo was taken just at the right time when the wind was blowing to get the hair and mane in action.

This pose is what I consider to be quite a typical pose for a cowboy/girl.The tilting of the hat (or just hand at hat)The smile looks nice and natural and her position looks relaxed and not stiff.I think this holding of the hat pose would look good straight on as well as side on too.

Reserch and Planning -What I have done today

Today  I worked on finishing my contents page, I had seen a contents page that I liked that had some detail down the side so I decided to see what I could create using one of the photos I had taken.The picture below is the image of straw I cut from another photo.

Below a screenshot showing when I had added the straw photo to my contents page.As you can see it makes the text hard to read so I am going to cut the side picture down so that it is just a fine strip to add more detail.The bottom doesn't look too bad because the photos go on top.

Here is my contents page once I have changed around the size of the straw photo.I think it looks good and I have tried to blend the bottom strip of straw into the white using the rubber tool.I am happy with how the contents page looks and I think I will now just add some more stories and page numbers. 

Here is my front cover in the middle of changing around the colours to see what works best.

Reaserch and Planning-What I've done today

This is my magazine after the changes I have made today.As you can clearly see I have changed my colour theme because after a long time looking at my blue and green I realised that they were too bright when both used together and stood too far away from the deep colours in the photo.I am looking into putting a third colour on there and thinking about a dark brown.As you can see I have changed around they layout of my cover and moved over the cover stories which I think works really well.