Double page spread interview

It’s been a hectic year.

It’s all just gone really fast, a lot faster than I expected it to happen. One minute you’re nobody and the next you have so many opportunities, everybody knows your name and everybody wants a piece of you. It can be really scary.

What can’t she do?

I’ve been singing since I was really young, I get that from my mum. I learnt to DJ as I got a bit older and the people I made friends with in college were into that sort of thing.

The tune I can’t get out of my head.

Greyhound by Swedish House Mafia – its really powerful and it just makes me want to dance and go crazy.

The punk-girl look.

Everybody asks me about my look, obviously it’s quite personal and unique, it has adapted over the last year as I have become more aware of how I am constantly being watched and criticized. I never really used to care much about what I wore; I dressed for myself and wore clothes I felt good in. But being where I am you have a constant reminder that you are being watched and you do find yourself dressing for other people. I’ve managed to stick to my own style and I am still comfortable in my own skin.

Piercings and tats.

I have a few piercings; my nose, ears and tragus. I’d have loads more but I am a total wuss and hate needles, they really creep me out. I have a tattoo which I got really soon after I turned eighteen, my mum was shocked and tried her hardest to convince me to wait but it was really important to me. It’s across my side on my ribcage, it says ‘if at first you fail at least you failed whilst daring greatly’ which really means a lot to me.

My girl-crush is Rita Ora. I love her edgy urban look, and her hair is incredible.

The best advice I was ever given was by one of my closest friends. A few years I went through some quite stressful situations where I was just constantly worrying about what was going to happen next and whether I would be happy, I was always trying to make everything perfect. He told me to just chill out and only worry about being happy at the present moment, not get wrapped up in things that haven’t even had a chance to happen yet.

In the future I hope to be successful and happy. I don’t want to worry about it for the moment, I’m happy today and that’s what matters.

I dream of playing tomorrowland.

Don’t tell anybody, but my guilty pleasure is Keeping up with the Kardashians. I just love them, I don’t care what anybody says, they are hilarious! The ideal night in is curled up on the sofa, eating pizza and watching as much of a series as I can manage. Bruce is my favourite, he gets so picked on, bless.

You’ll never find me eating cereal. Ew, no way.

Target audience' preferred photo edit

Editing Pictures

To edit the photographs I took for my magazine I used Adobe Photoshop. I had never used it before so I took some time playing with the different editing tools and features. I practiced using the programme with my cover photo.



 

This is my original picture. As you can see, this is not a perfect picture. The model has red eyes, blemishes and imperfections. The lighting is also really dull and casual, not like any picture you'd see in a magazine.

 

Edit One

This was my first attempt. I used the red-eye reduction tool first to remove the red eyes that were caused by the camera flash. Then I used the spot healing brush-tool to clear up the complexion, however I found that I was still left with an uneven looking skin tone as the flash captures all your imperfections. So I used the smudge tool to attempt to blend skin discolourations and patchiness that was highlighted by the camera flash.

 

 

Edit 2

In my second edit I started by doing similar proceedures; I removed blemishes and red eyes from the picture. I used the smudge tool much more sparingly, I used it in the eyebrows to give them a much smoother look. I then changed the contrast and light, which made the hair darker, skin lighter and red lips brighter.