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Magazine covers 2

These are my three magazine designs for my school magazine. I have used different layouts to try and find out which is the best and I've also used different mastheads also to experiment which fits best for the style of magazine I'm going for.

This magazine hasn't stuck to the usual colour scheme (red and black, that I have used on my other magazines) I have used different colours to try and make it more attractive to the audience and to see if my target audience prefers this. This magazine has included a more cartoon type of logo to also see if its more appropriate for my target market group. 

My third design has adopted less colour and more serious design however the design at the moment may look more darker due to the fact the main image isn't in colour- yet. This design uses more simplicity which I think works well as it gives the magazine cover a more classic look overall. The school logo and slogan stands out more due to the darker colours used with the rest of the magazine.

Front Page Layout Ideas

These are five different designs I could use for a front page of an magazine. I've tried different layouts too see what works best for the front cover. 

School magazine front cover layout designs from serenaharper

My magazine design

Camera Practice

These are some ideas I have come up with for my school magazine, I have created a table to organize my photo ideas and what sort of shots and angles I will use for them such as medium close ups or long shot.

Photography Lesson 2

What we've learnt in photography in media so far:

Rules of thirds- 

Cambridgeincolour(.com) says that the rules of thirds is "The rule of thirds states than an image is most pleasing when its subjects or regions are composed along imaginary lines which divide the image into thirds — both vertically and horizontally." The rules of thirds is generally used as a guideline for photographer more so when taking portraits. The rules of thirds allows the photographer to take better photos so they look more balanced and less busy.  

Depth of field-

Miri(.com) says that depth of field is "Depth of field is the amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph. A preferred selection Depth of field ("DOF") in a focused subject in an image can be quite subjective." The depth of field is good for photographers as they can have what they want in sharpness in an gradual transition. 

Lighting-

There's lots of different types of lighting we can use, lighting is important as it changes the quality of the photo but also can change the way we look at the photo. Some examples of different lighting is soft light, hard light, synthetic lighting etc. 

Visual lead-ins/ Lead-in lines- 

A lead-in line can be any line to take the viewers eye to the image. It draws the viewers eye to the subject in your photo. 

Movement in photographs- 

Movement helps to bring the photo alive. So if the photo is blurry it shows something is happening and brings the movement in the photo alive, 

Model/Subject position-

The position of the model helps tells the story of your image and what it may represent. 

Photography lesson 1

We went around the schools in a team taking different picture of our surroundings. We tried to use lots of different types of shots such as extreme close up and different angles such high-angle. The idea of this was too explore different techniques I can then use when I take my real photo for the magazine.