Examples of Photo Editing

Screenshot of editing process

Edited Photo

Crisis is wearing a jumping and a baseball hat which is the typical dresscode of a Grime artist in the UK. Fans of GRIME would refer to this as "GrimeWear". Using Ulead Photoimpact I inverted the colours of the orignal image and I added a lightening effect. I believe these effects show the underground side of the Grime music genre. The edited photo connotes that this music artist is posing for a photo in the night or that he is an underground artist because the underground UK Grime artists are usually played on pirate radio stations during the night unlike the Mainstream artists who are played throughout the day on well known radio stations like Capital FM, Kiss or Choice FM. The animated font below is an example of the font I would use if my music magazine had its on website. The animation looks like graffiti, which is also associated with Grime music.

Original Photo

As you can see Chris hasn’t got the average look of a rapper. His dress code is the different from the ones of rappers therefore he is breaking the conventions of the clothing associate with the Rap music genre. I told Chris to dress smartly for this photo because I wanted to illustrate that there are many different sides to the way rappers dress, not all rappers where baggy jeans, hoodies and baseball hats. This makes his "swagger" unique and different which is why I used this photo in the 'IS YOUR SWAGGER ON POINT?' section of my magazine contents page. He is also wearing Dr Dre's 'Beats' Headphones whilst listening to music on his Blackberry Smartphone. These two gadgets are highly popular amongst young people (my target audience) so this will attract them to read about this. Using Ulead Photoimpact 10 to edit this photo aswell. I added a 'DiffuseGlow' effect to this photo to enhance the brightnesss of this photo. This distinctive glow gives the impression that he is shining like a star, or that he is a star in the music business.


Edited Photo