Main Task - Photo Editing

In order to make my photographs look effective, I had to change the lighting effects, colours, size and contrast on some of the images using Adobe Photoshop. The editing process of the photographs is as follows:



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First of all, I had to crop this image almost in half. This was because I took the photograph in landscape, so therefore, it wouldn't have been able to fit on my front cover. After cropping it, I brushed out the Fred Perry logo on his jumper. I did this so it gives the jumper a plainer look, and it makes you focus more on his face and his saxophone. After that, I increased the brightness and contrast on the image so it brightens it up a bit. I did this because in the original image, it seems quite dark and he doesn't stand out much. Finally, I brushed out the line where the corner of the room is and also the coving. I brushed it out with white so the background is completely clear. This focuses the attention of the reader onto Nick Dechaine and not what's in the background.

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Firstly, I increased the brightness and contrast on this image because there was not much light in the room. This also helped in the way that her skin is made more contrasting because in the original photo, it is quite pale so it doesn't stand out much against the white background. Finally, I brushed out the things in the background as it has no relevance to music at all.




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Not much editing was done to this image. I cropped about a quarter of the photograph off in order for it to fit onto portrait A4. After I did that, I made the background bright white so it focuses the reader's eye to Nick Dechaine's face. I didn't edit out his shadow's purely so the image doesn't look that edited.

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Just like in the previous image, the only thing i really edited in the picture was the size. Before I cropped it, there was lots of clutter and irrelevent objects in the background. By cropping this image, I foucus the readers eyes actually on the drummer, instead of irrelivent things in the background. Also, by the way i have cropped it, shows music related items in the background such as drum sticks and a guitar amp.