Blog 7 - Photo Editing

In photoshop, I made this photo black and white, and adjusted the levels of the image. This resulted in me making the darks darker and the lights lighter, affecting the contrast of the image, resulting in the image being eyecatching becasue it stands out upon others.
I will not use this image in the magazine, I will, however, be using the image below in the double page spread, which includes the image above.

For this image, in photoshop, i used two images, and placed one ontop of the other, the top layer i made the opacity about 50%, making the other background layer visable. I also enlarged the image to make it stand out more, and look less like a clone.

In photoshop, i also have changed the levels to make the whites stand out, and the flash on the background of the image has been maximised to make it look as if the subject matter (the person in the photograph) is famous, and is a true model for the magazine readers.

This is a close-up action shot of the performer playing the guitar. It works well in black and white, simply because this is the colour of the guitar. The central part of the guitar is the whitest, whic almost concentrates the reader's attention to where the main sound of the srings comes from. Almost all of the photo is a dull grey, which i have modified so as to enhance slightly the whiteness of the guitar.