This was the photo that i chose to use on the front cover of my magazine and there were many reasons as to why i chose this one over all the rest. I felt that in this photo she was engaging wih the audience because of the way she is looking straight at the camera i also felt that this photo was clear and well established as to what it was trying to convey. I chose to take it in a location shot rather than a studio one because of the way in which i felt it would make
This first photo shown above was taken in a location setting. This photo has been taken in a subway. I chose to use this setting because i feel that it creates that sort of underground and edgy image to the magazine. This then meant that the clothes she wore for this shoot stood out this was because of the way she looked stylish and the shoot was shot in a dirty and more run down type of setting. This was all to create the effect of glamour in a run down area. I chose not to use this photo on the front cover of my magazine because one it was slightly out of focus and two because she is standing directly in the centre of the photo in wont look right and in proportion when the text is put down the right hand side.
This first photo shown above was taken in a location setting. This photo has been taken in a subway. I chose to use this setting because i feel that it creates that sort of underground and edgy image to the magazine. This then meant that the clothes she wore for this shoot stood out this was because of the way she looked stylish and the shoot was shot in a dirty and more run down type of setting. This was all to create the effect of glamour in a run down area. I chose not to use this photo on the front cover of my magazine because one it was slightly out of focus and two because she is standing directly in the centre of the photo in wont look right and in proportion when the text is put down the right hand side.
Both of these photos the one above and the one below are photos that i considered to use on my front cover. They are similar photos apart from the fact that in the above photo she is not wearing sunglasses. The sunglasses in the photo below are iconography and show the fact that she is willing to wear sunglasses even when it isnt sunny all because she wants to look individual and stand out from the crowd. I chose not to use either of these photos in the end and this was purely for the reason that i felt they were too plain and werent creating the vibe that i wanted for my magazine. Also the photo that i had chosen to use on my double page spread was one where she was wearing the same outfit as above and below. This was i felt that it was best that i followed the codes and conventions and chose and photo with a different outfit.
I'm on the fence about this, while more customization is good, I have a feeling this is a "in-progress" update, it just feels incomplete and half-way there.
ReplyDeleteWe use badge layout for apps on design approvals (visual projects), so the image being displayed is important. Old layout "feels like" it had larger images,
maybe because the images were cropped more loosely so it's easier to tell which project it was at quick glance. Now the image is cropped closer, making it
harder to scan thru at quick glance. I find myself needing to click into the project more often than usual. Which makes the whole user experience less
efficient.
I have a couple suggestions that might make it work better:
1. Increase the height of the window the cover image is being displayed.
2. Let us to choose which image to be displayed as "cover" (like how Pinterest handles cover images of each board, was hoping for this for a long time)
3. Let us adjust which part of the image to show and how tight or loose the crop is (with a fixed window, let us move the image around and maybe enlarge or
shrink it to control what shows thru the window. Pinterest does a limited form of this, which is very useful in making the cover image relevant)
4. Allow Cover Image to be ordered in different hierarchy (currently every element can be ordered differently except the Cover Image, it seems to be stuck
in the 2nd spot, would like the option to set it on another spot in the layout. This one seems like an easy fix, since you guys allow that for every other
element already)