In this lesson I learnt how to create a magazine cover, the cover is the first thing people see when they see a magazine, so a good magazine cover is very important and the choice of the magazine cover should fit with the overall style and content of the impurities, otherwise it will result in a situation where the magazine cover and the magazine are completely different styles.
I tried to use photos I had taken in past classes to create my magazine cover. At first I chose a full body photo from a styling class, but the proportion of people in this photo was too small, so it led to my first cover where I couldn’t see the people clearly and felt that the whole style was unclear. For my second attempt I chose a photo about my make-up, this photo was a close up of my face make-up, the overall feel was much better than the first attempt but it would give the impression that the magazine was about beauty. After a few more tries I realized that the people should be about half of the picture, not only would the people be invisible, but it would also show the style of my magazine very well.
I learnt something in this class that I had never thought about before; the proportion of people in a photograph makes a difference to the whole picture and I feel that abstract images are not suitable for the cover as this is too artistic and tends to result in the reader not being able to capture exactly what the magazine is about. I hope that I will be able to gain a deeper understanding of these issues in the rest of my study life.