Over the past six weeks I have produced an equestrian magazine cover in photoshop, replicating the cover layout that HORSE & RIDER use for there covers. I shot all my images on location at show grounds in derbyshire, each one portraying a particular discipline.
I started off with ideas for replicating an album cover and film covers, however, I was going to find it a problem in capturing the images i would of needed in order to re-create these images. So i then went on to thinking, as i read a lot of horse magazines, i thought it would be quite fun to replicate a cover, using my own photos.
I didn't really come across any problems with this idea. I had the images i needed for the cover and the rest of it could be done through text on photoshop. I did however, have to alter the design of the cover i was replicating slightly as i was struggling to replicate the image of schooling cards. To fix this problem i simply found another issue of the magazine to copy the bottom design from. It may not of been an exact copy of the magazine i was working from, however, it did work out quite nicely and it had been commented on that peers could not tell which magazine cover was the one i had created.
Overall, i am extremely pleased with how my final image turned out. It achieved the desired effect i wanted it to have in that it was unrecognizable against the original covers Horse & Rider magazine use. If i were to do it again i don't think i would change anything about my image. I feel i have done the best i can on it and if peers can't define it against the originals, then i don't see a need to change it in the near future.
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