Below are most of the pictures that I took for my magazine covers, most of the picture I have considered to place on the front page of the magazine. You can see straight away, that I have used two different gender groups. Different ethnicities,
different gender groups, different settings, different colors in the frame.
Everything differs, so I can represent different sides of the music society,
and not just one. Different societies and their aspects.
Here are some pictures that I have taken for my first cover. The pictures were taken outside, on different location, as I was trying to find the best spot for the picture. Some pictures are in the sitting position, as initially I have planned to take them like this, however, I've stopped on the pictures of model's full height. I've color-corrected most of the pictures for the greater outcome, converted them from original color into black and white. Tried and used as many options as possible.
By putting cover furniture on different picture on photoshop, I have chosen black and white picture.
I am planning to add some graffiti to the image, so it fully reflects the idea of underground hip-hop and street sound of the younger generation. Some of the pictures above will be used for contents page and website page.
For the second cover the variation of pictures is completely different. Firstly, the photos were taken indoors with a white background and a customized colored lights. Photos express a completely different energy and aura. They represent other side of hip-hop. The musical direction like hip-hop, is interesting for its diversity and saturation. Some of the pictures were also taken outdoors and on the black background, for better understanding what exactly I want as an outcome.
Pictures were taken under different lights, pink, red, orange, purple, blue and just white. I have tried to combine model's outfits and appearance with the colors.
Many of this pictures will look greater on the contents page than they would look on the cover page. In my opinion, all of them look very great and hold a sense hip-hop atmosphere. I personally reckon, that this picture will look good on the website page as well, they will work great with representing new fashion tips or upcoming albums&songs.
However, for the cover I have chosen this picture.
I think it works very well with the masthead font, as well as with other text on it. It has a very bright red color and direct gaze of the models, great styling ideas and body position.
I reckon that every picture that I have taken for both covers have a great outcome, and the chosen pictures are even greater, with combination of magazine furniture the cover pages will have a nice representation.