AS - Final task (Construction 4)

This is my final outcome in photoshop. I will be exporting this image in InDesign CS6 to add all of the other straplines, footer etc. 

AS - Final task (Construction 3)

Steps in making my cover page (with pictures):

I firstly edited my selected picture in Adobe PhotoShop CS6.

I then masked out the background in Adobe PhotoShop CS6 in order to apply a black background. 

I made a new A3 size document & dragged and dropped my image on that, I then resized my image using shift (to maintain the aspect ratio).

I wrote my masthead in the font "Rock It" downloaded from dafont.com. Even though this is in the color red at the moment. I will be changing it to white when I apply the black background. & will shift to the layer below the image. I named my magazine ROCK STATION because it is a rock magazine and I wanted to add the word rock in it. However since most names have been taken by real mags I decided to go with Rock station.
Examples of names I studied:
Rock
Rock-A-Rolla
Rock Express
Rock Sound
Classic Rock
etc

AS - Final task (Construction 2)

Whilst masking this image for a more low key effect. Generally I love masking images. However this one is the hardest to mask so far. Maybe because it is so dark and it is hard differentiating the edge from the background.

However, I am on it & I would like to use it in my contents.

AS - Final task (Construction 1)

Below are some of the unedited pictures I took of my model. Some of them are from a previous shoot I did of him and some of them are new. 

AS - Final task (Planning 4)

Today I will be doing the photography for my Music Magazine.
The model I have selected is my best friend (male), Daniyal Aslam. The reason why I selected him was that he loves singing and his passion is guitars, which is why I decided its better to use an actual guitarist rather than making someone just stand with a guitar. Secondly, he has a lot of facial hair and I thought it was better to take photographs of someone who looks mature and not like a teen star. He also goes with the theme that I selected (My mood board gives an idea of my theme). His pictures are attached below.

The equipment I have is: (Pictures attached)

1. Nikon D5000
2. Nikkor 50mm 1.8G
3. Nikkor 18-55mm (Kit lens)
4. Nikkor 55-200mm
5. Yongnuo speedlite YN560EX
   
   
   

AS - Final task (Mood Board)

MY MOOD BOARD!

Includes:
Magazines
Photographs
Clothes
Guitars
Concerts
Fire
Fonts

AS - Final task (Planning 3)

After extensive research of magazines, clothes, artists, photographs etc. I have decided to go with a low key photograph of a male for my cover. Either in black and white with red text or a coloured photograph with grey/light text.

I looked at a lot of pictures and then decided to construct a mood board which will help me get a better picture of my ideas in mind. Below are screenshots of me constructing my mood-board. I also researched into fonts and then downloaded 3 from dafont.com. Out of which 2 and dingbats and one is a normal font which I used to type 'Keep calm & listen to rock music.'

AS - Preliminary Task.

My final preliminary task.

AS - Preliminary Task. (Contents explanation 5)

I used the same shades of orange and white that I used in my cover page here. I used guides in order to make the numbers more symmetrically instead of just adding them haphazardly. Initially I had decided to add my numbers in 50% opaque circles (Ellipse tool), however I decided it looked too childish so I just typed them simply.

I used the same contents as mentioned in my cover page and tried my best to make them as interesting as possible to my age group for e,g Making money, band interviews, apps etc.

AS - Preliminary Task. (Contents explanation 4)

I then numbered my contents page 1 and made a polygonal shape in a brighter shade of orange. I also applied the effects of Bevel and Emboss to make it look more 3-D and then a drop shadow.