My intentions for my final outcome are that I am going to take my second idea of portrait photography and develop it further. I will achieve this by researching further and developing on my image that I have first taken for this idea by going into the studio, doing another shoot and whilst doing this I will experiment with a different background colour, using different lighting and experimenting with the position of the models face, instead of just having them looking straight, and taking more inspiration from my chosen artist image. I will also show more reflection in this image than in the previous shoot and I will do this by making sure there is more light facing into the sunglasses therefore it will be possible to see more of a reflection within the sunglasses, in which I will show the reflection of me taking the photograph. Out of the outcomes during this shoot I will choose an image that I think works the best and work well as a magazine cover and best reflects everything I am trying to show. Using Photoshop I will then move this image on and turn it into a magazine cover. Firstly I will edit my chosen image, using the black and white effect to show more inspiration from my chosen inspiration image, experimenting with different black and white effects and the opacity. I will also experiment with different effects to see what would help to make this image more successful. Moving on I will start to add the features to make this image look more like a magazine cover. I will add a title, removing any text covering any object of the image, I will then move on to add a bar code and text slogans, developing more onto turning my image into a successful magazine cover and in the end be happy with my final outcome. I feel that I will be able to achieve these aims and outcomes in order to create a successful final outcome.
Alex D. James

I went into the studio and started to shoot my final image. Using the black background and having soft box lights either side of my model, making sure there is enough light reflecting into the sunglasses to show a reflection. Before starting I made sure that every piece of equipment was set up and positioned correctly, making sure my camera settings were correct and that my model was positioned correctly. I then started to shoot, experimenting with the angle and positioning of my model and their head. I shot from different distances, up close to slightly further away. I continued to produce a range of different images using all the techniques I intended to. Throughout this shoot I produced a range of good and not so good images. A couple of the images did not have enough lighting within the sunglasses, some have too much of a tilt within the model's head, and some are not positioned how I wanted them within the frame. However, this one image that I have shown shows everything just how I wanted it. Whilst shooting I took into account showing some shadow, but felt that it looks far better without shadow. To get the outcome I wanted, I positioned the model straight forward but tilted her head slightly to the right, therefore she wasn't just facing straight, which I think would make this image look boring, but her head isn't tiled too far which would make it look un-natural. I have done this so that it wouldn't look boring with my model just facing straight on, I feel with tilting their head slightly it gives a slight more excitement to this image. I have positioned the soft boxes so that the light is slightly shining in the sunglasses which gave me the ability to show reflection within the glasses. I have shown the reflection of light bouncing into the glasses and have also shown reflection of me taking the image, which I think has worked well because it is visible, there isn't too much light so that it just bounces straight off and shows nothing but light, it is just the right amount and enough to make someone look closer to see the details. I have also positioned the model in the frame giving a small amount of room above the head, so what when I start to turn this image into a magazine cover, it will be possible to add a title, and any part of this title that overlaps onto the model I will erase which will give the effect that the title has been positioned behind the model. Overall I am happy with this image, I feel that I have developed my idea and image well from my first shoot, I have used a fair amount of inspiration from my chosen artist and have used research to help me along the way to achieving my final outcome. I have produced a successful image that I am happy with and have took many steps to get to producing the image, and using the correct steps and correctly using Photoshop I will be able to produce a successful magazine cover.

