Contents page changes

After handing in my rough cut it was decided that my contents page photo wasn't strong enough for an image dominant contents page so I had to change it. After looking at other image dominant contents pages I noticed that the more effective ones tend to have the model looking right into the lens. I followed this convention when taking my new photos. In the end I decided on this photo as it was clear, nicely proportioned and I thought it would incorporate well into the page.

4th picture

My magazine needed a forth picture, normally multiple photos are placed on a contents page, but because of the image dominant layout I have chosen I physically cannot fit another photo on without making the page look cluttered and disorganised. The second option I had was to incorporate another photo onto my double page spread. Because most of the page was taken up on my double page spread I decided to add a small photo to the top left corner. I experimented this by using an old photo from a previous photo shoot. Overall I like this touch and will experiment further with other photos.

Double page spread 4th photo

Changes made to my double page spread is the small picture added to the top left corner of the page. This is my final picture of the four required for my magazine. It needed to be small as I didn't have much space to add a photo anywhere else because of the image dominant approach I chose.

Final extra photo

In the end I chose this photo to add to my double page spread as it looked the most natural and fitted in the place perfectly. I cut around the picture and photoshop and corrected any imperfections.

Extra photos

Today I took my photos for my extra double page spread photo. The idea was to have a mini photo of my model perched on the lines that write his name. To begin I have him standing on the line but it looked too forced and didn't fit in well. So I took more photos with different poses to see if they would fit better these are the results.

Front cover changes

I have made a few changes to my front cover since my last post. Firstly I have added more story headlines to the right of the page as I thought it looked a bit bare without this text. I have changed the colour of the 'plus+' too gold instead of yellow as I thought the yellow stood out too much and made to much contrast. Not fitting with the rest of the magazine. Finally I have added the byline to the top of the page, I mimicked this convention from Q magazine.

Contents page changes

From my last post about my contents page I have cut around the photo better using photoshop and changed the features text. Instead of having brief lines per feature I have added a short sentence about the stories as it is conventional. Overall I am pleased with my contents page using vibe as a style model.