I made the background of the photo white to see what the ending effect would look like. I found that it made the two people stand out more and look bolder but also I found it hard to make the background white because some bits of the two girls blended into the background and wasn't so easy to take out and will take this on board with my preliminary exercise. Overall this was the photo that was easiest out of the ones I tried out because all of the others were of people but they were on similar coloured backgrounds to the main focus of the photo but in the end I decided my first attempt was the favourite because it gave it a nice effect and I used it to carry on with my cover. This is what it looked like after doing so.
After making the background white I found a 'Q' Magazine front cover that I really liked and continued the exercise by getting inspiration from the magazine but by changing different information which was related to the school and not the music. I used different fonts and in different sizes to try and create a similar effect to the 'Q' magazine front cover. This front cover started off quite simple but quite fiddly. In my preliminary exercise I'm am hoping to be able to use a lot more different effects on photoshop to make my school front cover for the exercise more busy but not too cramped. Here is my finished piece for a school magazine.
