Photo for my front cover...

For my front cover, I wanted to include the ELO logo. This is the photo I took of the album cover, which I would then use to crop the logo from.

Photo for my front cover...

This is the image I decided to use for the background of my central dominant image. I achieved it by using a long shutter speed whilst photographing two luminous, coloured, rotating, back massagers on a black surface. This creates an abstract photo using the same colours I used to light the photo of my dad in the central dominant image, for consistency. This image could be seen to resemble a jukebox, which are associated with more retro music, fitting in with the theme of my magazine.

Photo for my front cover...

This is the photo I've decided to use for my central dominant image. I decided to go for a quirky and slightly bizarre photo to catch the reader's attention, and makes them want to look at the magazine for an explanantion. The explanation will be provided by the text added afterwards. I used red and blue lighting from spotlights with colour filters placed over them. I suspended a black sheet behind my dad to minimise unwanted reflection of light and to provide a monotone coloured background (to make editing the background easier). Unfortunately the cat isn't looking at the camera, which I also changed after with editing, by taking the eyes from a previous photo. The lighting and pose and facial expression give quite an intimidating, but the the presence of the cat makes him seem more approachable. This combination makes him seem quirky or bizarre, which is the image I wanted him to have.

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