Photos Pre And Post Editing

In terms of editing, I was lucky to have very good lighting for all of my images. I chose the correct settings on my camera so that I wouldn't have to do so much editing when it came to it. The only image I really edited was the one of my steel chaser as I had to put it into black and white.

Here is my double page spread image before editing. I kept the brightness and contrast etc. the same, because when I placed the image in black and white, I wanted to keep all of the highlights I had already captured in colour.

Here is my image after editing. I decided to put the image in black and white so that I could make my page stand out by adding colour with my text and layout choices. I preferred this image in black and white and also I felt like this went against Giroux's theory of youths being the 'empty category'. I feel like my magazine disproves many theories as Giroux's theory says that youths are blamed for society's problems, which they are, yet they merely reflect the concerns and anxieties of the adults. I feel like I am portraying all of the athletes in my images in a good way and I think my magazine will change people's view of youths in the media to a more positive view.

Photoshoot Reflection

When looking at my images, I am very pleased with the outcome. I couldn't have asked for better lighting as my images were all taken on sunny days. I was lucky to capture some very intense races and you can tell this by the look on all of my athletes faces. The athletes are all Cornish, which will appeal to my target audience. They are also all young which my audience will ,like also. If I had to change anything about my images, I would only really change the background of them. A clear background may have made it easier to add more text. However, it is very hard to take the perfect image, with the perfect background, when your subject is moving. All in all, I am very happy with my photoshoot and images.

Original Images

Here are my three original images for my front cover, contents and double page spread. The image of the girl running is the image I used for my front cover I chose this image because I liked the angle. I could also see many things I would be able to do with the image. For example, there is lots of space around the edge for text which is good as there is lots of text on front cover pages. The second image of a male runner in a Yellow vest is the image I used for my contents page. Again, I chose this image as it had lots of room around it for text. I liked the style of this image as it is at a lower angle and you can really see the expression on the athletes face. I also like the colours. There bright colours will draw my readers' attention. My third image of the steeple chaser is what I used for my double page spread. I chose this image as I really liked the water around the athlete. My idea was to wrap my text around the athlete and have an article on steeple chasing.

Overall, I am very pleased with my original images and I think they will appeal to my both male and female target audience. All of the athletes featured are young which means my audience can relate to them

Flat plans

Here are my flat plans for my cover(top left) , contents (top right) and double page spread (bottom middle). I have kept my flat plans simple as I would like to have my images as the main focus of my magazine pages. Each page contains one main image, apart from my contents page which will contain some smaller images of magazines to come that you can subscribe to.

DPS article

Steeplechase is a track event in which you require a unique blend of multiple talents. As a steepler, you will need the finishing speed of a sprinter, the stamina of a cross-country runner and the strength and flexibility of a 400m hurdler. Because of the specificity of this event, you need to develop large amounts of strength, skill and flexibility. These skills can be developed in a variety of different ways, from strengthening and conditioning sessions in the gym to develop strength, mobility work to aid your flexibility over time and technical sessions to perfect you barrier hurdling and water-jump technique.

One of the first phases of beginning to learn how to steeplechase, is to learn how to hurdle. This should be done in the speed endurance phase of training over the winter. Technique, volume and rhythm are the key aspects of this phase. Muscle memory drills can be done in relatively high volumes, twice a week at most. These drills should be combined with wall drills and actual hurdling similar to that used by intermediate specialised hurdlers.

Rhythm hurdling is most effective after a long run, an example of this would be to run 4 miles at a moderate pace, and at the end of the run, come on to the track and run a steady 800m with 4 hurdles per lap. This will enable the athlete to feel how they would during a really steeple race. The lactic acid in the athletes legs will show the trueness of their hurdling technique. Intermediate hurdles should be used for this as the athlete will be very fatigued and these hurdles will fall over when hit, however a steeplechase barrier will not! The coach should emphasise an early take off on approach to each hurdle, to enable enough clearance room when hurdling proper barrier, this also keeps your hip line as flat as possible over the hurdle/barrier. The athletes lead leg should be on it’s way down as the athlete goes over the hurdle. This will insure consistent rhythm so the athlete spends less time in the air.

Phase two of steeplechase training will feature in the next issue of Running Kernow. Here we will talk about the importance of mind-set when competing.

Heading: Thrill of the chase.


Pull quote: "Rhythm hurdling is most effective after a long run"

Model, crew and equipment list

For my images I will use athletes from my athletics club as my models. I will ask everyone for their permission  to take their photograph before the competition begins. I will be taking all of the images and I will use the cannon 5D mark 3 to take my images on. I may also use a reflector and flash to aid the lighting of the images.

Location list

For my location, I would like to use the track as a backdrop for all of my images. However, I think I will use different tracks, as It will give the magazine more variety. The track I will have my photo-shoot at, will be Par athletics track. I do however have some images from the Allianz stadium in Copthal, which I have previously taken and would like to use in my magazine. I think location plays a big part in a photo-shoot as the background makes a picture. With track images however, it is hard to get a good background as you cannot move the track. I will try my vest to choose the best spot however it may prove difficult as moving images are hard to capture.