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COVER IMAGE

I chose to have a shoot in which my cover star (Julian Ruiz, a musican) would be in a homely setting. In fact, the shoot was done in his own back garden. I tried to have a sense of British-ness within the image to relate to the anchoring text: "Bringing his British cool stateside" by using pictures of a washing line, potted plants and other household items within the pictures. As well as British-ness, these also portray a sense of irony; relating to the deadpan wit of the journalism and the sense of humour of the British. I took medium shots, close ups and long shots to have a good variety. I also played with different exposures and effects

Automatic settings


high exposure, slow shutter speed. Blurred effect.



Lens flare caused by slow shutter speed and high exposure

Finally, I chose this image as my front cover:



I then turned down the saturation and upped the contrast to create that old/worn looking effect on the image. I also cropped it to get Julian more centered.




By taking a slightly different approach, I've managed to use an indirect image as my cover, which I think may work surprsingly well.

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