Pictures for school magazine

 These are the some of the photos i have taken for the school magazine.

I found this photo to be unsuitable as the main person is looking away so isn't very inviting.

 I also found this one to be unsuitable as there isn't a main focus as two people are looking to the camera.

I chose to use this one for the front cover, as i found it most suitable. In the view you can see the main focus point looking happily into the camera, whilst doing work. I find that a comfortable environment is presented as in the view is other students, showing that there is possible group work, there is also a cup of some sort of hot drink, these both present a comfortable environment. Overall i think this would be a good photo for the front cover as it reminds students of the good working environments at school.

 I used photoshop to alter the size, contrast, brightness, and added a very subtle warm yellow hue. I cropped the picture so that mainly just the torso of the pupil is shown as the rest could be quite distracting, however i cropped it so the view allows you to see parts of other pupils, showing that the students work together. Although the refreshment added to a comfortable environment i found it was unnecessary, if this object was in shot, more people would be too, making the image distracting. I changed the contrast and brightness, to influence a joyful appeal. I added a yellow hue to create a warm tone, as the last picture looks quite dull and boring, which could reflect on the school, yet to create a happy fun appeal, i altered it like this;