Experimentation

I decided on this image to be on my front cover, in my opinion it is a bold strong image and represents femininity in a positive way because my model is shown strong and confident, however unlike magazines such as 'nuts' she isn't unclothed therefore she is not seen as an 'object' to be desired by men, but a figure that teenagers can aspire to, which is an important factor as my target audience is directed to teenage girls. Teenage girls would not buy a magazine with a woman on the front cover who is seen as an 'object' to men, they would rather have a role model figure that they can look up to and that is what I have created in this image. On my magazine I want this to b the only image because in my opinion it is very direct as the subject is looking straight towards the camera, on shop shelves this will be eye catching so I do not want to fill the entire page with loads of images and a lot of text, similar to the typical convention that vogue magazine follow as the only image on their front cover is the main image of the article within the magazine. After experimenting with the different techniques and tools on Photoshop, I decided to continue with the image in black & white because although it is not as colourful, in my opinion it is a lot more bold and makes more of a statement. The colour also fits in extremely with my vintage theme, and the pastel coloured texts will stand out greatly on top of my main image. I am really pleased with how the first experimentation of my front cover has gone because the image has improved from the original and stands out a great deal more.