For my magazine I wanted to have simple background as I wanted the models images and texts to stand out and for the audience's attention to be drawn to the model and any important information. Therefore I looked at backgrounds where I do not have to edit as much, but have neutral and earthy colours. And so I have taken images of these brick wall backgrounds, the first being a white and grey look and the second the usual brown, reddish with the cement.
The first image is not of a real brick wall, but is a wallpaper which is in my brother's bedroom therefore I did not have to go out but easily took the images at home. I had turned off the room light and put the flash light of the camera on in order to experiment with different brightness and tones. And so by doing this, an effect of darker shadow, blur has been created on each side and then increasing on the corners. This gives a very dramatic as well as mysterious look as the center has a spotlight effect, blending out into the darker shade of grey. This gives a very high quality capture and shows how not much editing has to be done.
While the second image is of a real brick wall, therefore took the image outside near my house as a brick wall can be easily found and so I did not have to travel much. This image had been taken in the evening therefore it was quite dark but the flash of the camera was on, making it come out much brighter but still creating a slight affect of the center being slightly more brighter than the edges. There has been some faint graffiti on the wall, but is not as noticeable as it is a neutral colour of light grey, making it not as much of a distraction. But this also adds an effect making it natural yet could work nicely with a genre of hip hop/rock theme.
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