DPS for my music magazine

I will soon get to writing up the article once im done with the contents page

RE UPDATED - my music magazine contents pageI

I have now included some articles which will feature in my magazine. Once i complete the contents page i will upload the finalised version.

(COMPLETED) front cover of my music magazine

i have now completed my front cover for my magazine

My music magazine contents page (UPDATED)

I have re-created my contents page to make it look more professional and to show to the audience that there is a lot of content within the magazine and that it is worth buying. Also another reason for why I re-designed the contents page is because the last design wasn't aesthetically satisfying to myself which made me realise it will not aesthetically please the audience also. Any comments or suggestions are up to you, and ill be happy to hear them.  

Updated front cover for my music magazine

I have used photoshop to edit my cover star and place him on the front cover. Comments and suggestions will be appreciated.

My Double Page Spread creation for my music magazine

Any form of comments whether it is constructive criticism or praise or even comments on what you'll like to see, are all appreciated as it will make me feel confident about what i'm doing or whether I need to make changes. Thanks

Updated plan for my contents page.

I've decided to make the background of the contents page black. And the reason for this is because I want to continue using my 3 colour scheme throughout the magazine were possible.

Front cover plan for my music magazine

I have created this front cover using the programme photoshop. If there is anything I can improve on or what you will like to see please comment me some suggestions. Thank you

Call sheet

Plan for contents page

I created this contents page concept on the software called Adobe InDesign. This will be my desired layout for my contents page. Any constructive comment is welcome. Thanks

My music magazine proposal

Photography induction

I had my photography induction, which was put in place for me to understand how to take pictures for my front cover of my magazine. I had a quick introduction to all the equipment that will be needed, for example, two soft boxes- the main light, the fill light and also a snoot - the hairline light. This is also known as 3 point lighting which is what is used for most cover start photoshoots. There are two brands of lighting which are Bowers and Trinity. I also got introduced to the two DSLR cameras that i can choose to use which are Nikon or Cannon. Other things I learnt about were, F-stop, white balance, ISO and shutter speed. There are two backdrops to choose from, either a white backdrop or a black drop. The choice I make depends on how I want to show the cover star and also the genre I choose. For my magazine I will be choosing the black backdrop because I think that it will suit my magazine much better rather than having an image on a white backdrop. When I want to take pictures of my cover star I will have to make them stand around 5-6 feet away from back of the backdrop, because if they were too close to the back then they will blend in with the backdrop. Another piece of equipment that was introduced to me, was the reflectors. Their main job is to bounce light back onto the cover start so that the image looks a lot more better due to the extra lighting. When using a DSLR camera I need to choose either manual focus - MF, or autofocus - AF. Manual focus is when I want to focus on certain areas and autofocus is when the camera focuses on the frame itself, without me having to rotate the focus dial.