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Soho Shoot #3 (Shoho Market) - Contact Sheets

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I've studied the front cover of a magazine that I read myself. These covers feature a lot of text, which are arranged in various ways, all in which are visually pleasing.

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'Pictures on a Page' final spreads

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Studio Mono Shoot - 28th April

Unfortunately our model did not show, after making several phone calls and emails, we had no option but to find an alternative. We called up several other people who we had considered, however we couldn't find anyone available. Being left with minimal time, we resorted to using each other as models.

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Canary Wharf

I have decided not to shoot at Canary Wharf.

Pros -

Lots of restaurants

Park

Cons - 

Upper class/business area

Not very cultural

Lacks diversity - All very alike

Soho

I have visited Soho a couple of times, and I found is much more fitting to this project. I will return to continue shooting for the 'Pictures on a Page' Magazine Project.

Soho Square - People/Statues/Building

Range of cafes/restaurants/coffee houses

Church

I will make sure I avoid any areas surrounding Soho, such as Oxford Street and Region Street as they are very commercial.

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April 7th - Notes

People scan web pages the same as print page, bottom - right.

Designers know which parts of a page that our eyes are attracted to, these are called active and passive areas, and they use this knowledge to their advantage.

Colour hotspots draw attention, this can be within a photograph, or a page where both a photograph and text are combined - This would be a combination of a photographer and designer’s work.

Particularly in magazines, there is often a white area left blank, this is called ‘dead space’. Sometimes an image will be ‘bled out’ which means it continues to be printed right to the centre of the magazine, where it is often stapled and part of the image is missing. A full bleed fills the enter surrounding white space.

There is often more white on top of the page, than the bottom. This is visually pleasing, and prevents the feeling that the contents of the page are falling).