Studio shot pictures of dance teacher Darrien Wright (for front cover)

 These are the 3 most successful pictures I have chosen to work with from the Photoshoot I did with Darrien Wright earlier in the week. I think it's good to have alternatives because certain poses may not fit well on the cover of the magazine in relation to the other sell lines etc. Also I would like to ask the opinion of my audience to find which is their personal favourite since I feel all three are very effective and I find it difficult to chose between them myself. However which ever one I chose for the cover, a second will be going on the inside on the contents page (probably the second favourite)

There was very little editing to do for these three pictures as there are already very good pictures. For each I had to adjust the tone and colour slightly for a clearer whiter hue. At times Darrien would exceed the white backdrop or the white backdrop simply wouldn't be big enough to constitute a front cover image, and so I had to replicate the existing white backdrop using the clone tool and brush tool to extend it further. I found this fairly easy because I have a fair bit of experience with this tool.

Also for each of the pictures I did a little airbrushing on Darrien's face to give a more even skin tone, again using the brush and clone tools, both which I find easy to work with.

However the first picture of Darrien doing a straddle jump required a little more editing. Firstly his right foot was cut off a little by the lights (since it was such a wide jump, and was difficult to fit in the studio with the space given) To fix this I took a sample of his right foot from an alternative picture of him doing the same jump where his left foot had been cut off, and carefully placed it where his right foot would have been, blending it in and making it look natural using the brush and clone tool and the burn tool to create a slight shadow behind it. I found this more difficult but I think the results mean that this photoshopping goes unnoticed.