My double page spread currently

Finished contents page

Finished front cover

Here is a screenshot of my finished cover page for my magazine. 

Peer Assessment

As part of my class work we were all asked to peer assess each others work. We all moved round clockwise and wrote two things we thought that they had done well (on their blog) and something that they would improve on. 

After we had assessed everyones work we were allowed to look at what each person had said (see image above). Overall I received pretty positive feedback. Reoccurring things that I had noticed had been said was that my design was well presented and matched the genre of my magazine (fashion) very well. It was also stated that I had done a lot of research into my genre.

Somethings that I needed to improve on were posting regularly and keeping my blog up to date. And finally I was told to include more technology in my blog i.e use prezis to present my work etc. 

Time Management

I have decided to upload a post showing me doing my work. I have been very up to date with my blog, I have been adding new blog posts weekly. As you can see I was looking through my images which I took for the 'Practice Images' post.

Practice Images

To help ensure that I take the best possible pictures I can for my magazine, I decided to take some practice images with a couple of my peers. As you can see I took a fair amount of pictures because I wanted to practice for my cover page, contents and double page spread. The first image on the left is a great example of what I would use on my double page spread, its a very natural photo and the lighting is perfect.

I would possibly use this image on the contents page, it would could help promote the online website I will have created as part of task also. Again the model is very natural, doing something that she would do on a day to day basis, however artificial lighting is used on this image.

I would also use this image on my contents page, the target audience will clearly understand what the magazine will contain and what kind of genre it is, if they haven't already guessed from the front cover.

If I were to use this in my actual work it would have to placed in the contents page because it is showing what a certain page will contain.

Not only did I want to take good practice pictures I also wanted to include how not to take a picture. I think this is a great example, firstly not only is the model not looking at the camera because she is distracted by her phone but it is also very blurry. This in my opinion is a very very bad image and I definitely will not be taking my images like this.

This is also an example of a bad photo. The lighting is so bad on here, you can't see the models expression let alone her face. Also it has been taken from a bad angle, you can only, just, see her face.

This would be placed on my contents page, as it quite clearly shows what these models are wearing, it very much shows that it is a fashion magazine.

This would fit perfectly on the front cover. It is a mid-shot of my model. You are able to clearly see her facial expression and most of what she is wearing and I think this will attract the target audience.

Criteria

As you can see I have included two criteria sheets. They give information about what should be included on your blog. We were asked as part of a task to mark our own blogs and give realistic feedback to ourselves. Where I have ticked certain parts that means that I believe I have achieved that specific thing. I awarded myself a grade D, mainly because I haven't quite finished my blog yet and still have things that I need to include, I also need to look at my feedback given in the comments from my lecturer. Therefore if I finish doing these things I could come out with a B.