2. Locations for photography
Risk/issue Solution
Rain or other weather conditions might cause issues on days I plan to go out shooting. I will still go out and get what images I can. Try and make time in my schedule to
take more on a better day.
Traveling to locations may cause cost issues for myself but also my models. I will have to plan the day ahead making sure everyone is aware of what they need
but also find cheap alternatives.
Some of my locations and what we are doing may be dangerous, and risk of injury may be high. We will make sure to bring safety equipment along, as well as not going to far
astray from cities. But also try to stick to biking on dry days and stick the less action
photography to rainy days.
Some locations such as skate parks and cities will be busy and make it hard to get the best
possible photos.
I am going to try and find smaller low key skate parks in general as part of the style,
but also we will try and explain to people around us to just give us a bit of time if
we do want a particular image with no background obstruction.
My project defiantly requires me to be with some one else most of the time, and if I do plan a
day out somewhere and some lets me down it may be problematic.
To prevent this I could always try and bring 2 models along with me, but if it still
does happen I am including some photography of places and just skate parks.
For my project I am not just showcasing biking but the lifestyle and culture. This means I may
be taking images in places that may not be safe or may not be accessible.
I will always be with other people when I do go to unknown places that may be a
bit dodgy, we will also stay away from places that are not open to the public and
have risk of trouble.
For my project we will go to some locations that may be abit out of the way
especially for the less action shots, this may mean no access to shops.
3. Finance and time (equipment, transport, talent, crew, materials, facility hire)
Costs Transport Crew Equipment location
N/A I will arrange lifts for everyone when
shooting here.
Food and drinks wont be an issue as I
live here.
i wont need to purchase any necessary
equipment
Borough bridge
£8 x the models
Food costs
I will buy return tickets for each of my
team for the train.
Leeds has plenty of places to eat, and I
can provide money for anyone.
I will bring a bag of various clothes for
the outfits.
Leeds
N/A
Food cost
Everyone involved will be from
Harrogate.
I will provide food if necessary and
plenty of fluids as I want to be there
on a hot day.
I will bring a bag of various clothes for
the outfits.
Harrogate skate
park
N/A I will not need to pay for travel or
access to the inside of the works.
N/A N/A The works, Leeds
4. Article ideas and planning
• The age of BMX in New England (research on my research PowerPoint.)
• I will be looking at the history of BMX freestyle within New England, looking at it from the
early days in the 70s and the rise in the 80s. I will look at several top riders that came from
there, and how it became just as popular as it was on the east coast and how it has
effected the whole scene in general.
• This article will be harder to gather my own photography, however I will be editing the
images a lot and using techniques such as the Hockney joinery to make the images more
my own.
• Article on Paul a videographer for a UK pro BMX team
• I will include an interview with him.
• His own work in the field
• How he got into BMX and why he has stayed part of the community since a teen.
5. Magazine running order and content
• Content:
• 2 main articles (BMX in New England, Videographer) the articles will spread
over 4 pages each. (8)
• Adverts- my magazine will include lots of ads and will be a big part of the
magazine its self. (20 pages will cover ads alone)
• Interview- I will have one main interview included in the magazine taking
up 1 page but also leaving another free for the images( 2 pages)
• Photography- the magazine will include loads of photos throughout,
however I want certain pages to have nothing but photos like a gallery
page, rather then photos used in adverts and articles.
6. Fonts and colours
• As my project is going to be a magazine,
the main focus of my production will be
based on the design aspects and
photography. This means that the
colour choices and what font styles I
use will be an important statement to
the magazine, these pages is reference
to some fonts that I like and believe will
fit the magazine but also colours that
work together and again fit the
magazines aesthetic.
I have chose a collection of fonts that I believe magazines with similar styles and
content to my own would use, these fonts will either work well in my work or will
work as a reference towards my own typography I will be trying to include in the
project.
I have gone for a collection of fonts that don’t really share many qualities, however
they each fit a style or idea I have for my production, such as the Kuinkes font would
work really well on a advert for an all American product or clothing, as it is a font
you'd see at a dinner or on a truckers hat in the states to me.
The smaller fonts in the box are a choice of fonts I can use for the articles and more
bulk text, these are all san-serif fonts that are easy to read but also have a slight bit of
individuality based on the topics I will be doing. E.g. the timeless font will look good
on a lighthearted ad with pastille colors and more circular fonts.
7. Color Scheme
For my magazine I can not build a color pallet before I actually have my
photos. Looking at existing products similar to my own, I noticed that
they don’t have a solid color scheme but use the photography as
reference towards the color scheme to each page.
Therefore I will be using adobe color cc as a way to design the adverts
and pages for the product, adobe color allows you to insert an image
and then it takes apart the key colors used on that photo.
Using this will be a great help if I am going to design my pages based
from the photos.
Also doing this helps the images you use match and blend in with the
page or advert, it gives the page a look and style that makes sense
rather then just having a colour scheme then putting a random image
ontop of this that my be out of place in some way or another.
I have been looking at magazines and although they don’t seem to
have a color scheme that is clearly visible through the whole
magazine, they still use on primary color that will pop up on certain
pages other then black and white.
So with my product I will also choose one primary color that will be
visible throughout, this color will be taken from the cover and will be
which ever color I think stands out on the front so the color is solid
and prominent on the pages with little.
8. These are various color schemes that I may be using for my pages,
these are 3 of my locations for the photography. Basing my colors
from the photography means that the surrounding areas and the land
will play a big part in the colors I use, so I have used some existing
images just to get an idea of what colors will be used.
However doing this has shown me that these locations generally have
little color or are very similar, this means when it comes to my
photography I must take in too account what I and the models wear,
so bright bold colors will be important to help add to the colors I can
use on the page.
9. Experiments
As part of my planning I experimented with
Hockney Joinery, this is a method of
photography where you take multiple images of
one thing to create a collage effect.
I chose to experiment this method as it’s a cool
style of photography that i could use, but also
its testing out skills in photography I have never
really tried out. To do this method it requires
you to choose place or object to photograph,
then you slowly move left to right taking
multiple close ups of the thing then using this
shots you build the whole phot like a collage.
I am really happy with how they have turned
out and think they look cool, it also allows you
to match and mix colours and effects within the
collage it self to make the style more individual
and show more skills and editing techniques.
Hockney Joinery
10. Photo editing styles and methods
For my project I wanted to create images that had the effect that they were taken with a older camera that
required film and processing, this is as its something I really want to have a go at in the future.
I did this by editing the levels and curves so the image looks less saturated and the colours all are slightly
duller, then added a orange tinge over the top and simply went on google images and laid a film over the
top and lowered the opacity. Then to complete the look I added water marks and a low noise effect over
the top.
I am very happy with the way they came out and believe they do look reasonably authentic.
12. Layout plan- Double page
Heading
Photo and Pull Quote
I have chose to keep my layout plan for the double
page spread simple, this is so its obvious on how I
want it to look but also easy to look back on in
production.
I will basically have the first page dedicated to the
article with all the text on that side, maybe adding
another image of the rider or whatever the article is
based on if there is room. The heading will be based
at the top of the page maybe to the left slightly as
this is generally how you will see things in most
magazines, highlighting key points of text or quotes
with colour.
The second page will be an large image that spans
across the page, I chose to do it like this rather then
having multiple smaller images as it is more typical in
these magazines and I prefer the way that this looks
and comes across.
I will include a pull quote over the image in a blank
space not obscuring the phot at all, as this is typical in
all magazines but also helps relate the image more to
the article and looks good and much more
professional then just leaving it blank.
13. Referencing
C,Webb. (2017). The History Of Street BMX. Available: https://www.sportsrec.com/349790-
history-street-bmx.html. Last accessed 4th march 2019.
Johnny Ringo. (2014). Old School BMX Magazines. Available:
https://oldschoolmags.com/bmx_action.html. Last accessed 4th march 2019.
Adobe. (). Adobe colour. Available: https://color.adobe.com/create. Last accessed 6th july
2019.
