Photo Shoot Location Scouting

To fit with my winter theme I thought I could incorporate Christmas into some of my locations. I took these photos in Coventry town center and could possibly be a location for one of my photo shoots or if not could be used as background images in my magazine.

 One of the problems could be lighting as this location only looks effective when it's dark. I do have a good quality flash on my camera therefore there is a possibility I could get some really 'wintery' shots of the outfits on my model.

These aren't the best images as they weren't planned and they were just taken on my phone, when I was in the city center, when the Christmas lights were switched on. But they give me an idea of what I could imagine on a real shoot.

Change in Brief

I originally planned to create two hyper linked pages for my magazines website however I don't think I have enough knowledge or skills (and the patience to learn how) to produce this. My new task is to create a radio advertisement instead.

Keeping to my schedule?

I'm quite behind on my schedule however after the 8th December I will speed up quite a lot as I will have the content to produce my article drafts and have plenty of images to work with.

Writing my Article

Starting my article Draft

I'm finding it quite difficult to write an article because I haven't been to an event to write about yet. However I can write about things I know from my own knowledge.

Edge Magazine

Edge Magazine

Edge Magazine is a regional Magazine in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands and Gloucestershire.

Looking at other regional magazines I have realized that their is a lot of advertising due to the magazine being regional it would require funding and local companies will want to promote themselves to that region.

Even though Swarovski is a chain brand they are still promoting in their regional magazine.

Clothes Show Live

On the 8th December I will be attending the Clothes Show Live at the NEC in Birmingham (the Midlands region is where my magazine is based so this event is perfect for sourcing magazine content). There will be a fashion show along with a huge range of niche boutiques from this region where I will be able to get photographs and interviews. I plan to get a lot of resources here to feature in my magazine article.

Fashion Inspiration Research

In my spare time I have always loved watching fashion/beauty 'gurus' on YouTube who share their favourite fashion and make up interests throughout the year. A few of my favorites are Zoella, Lily Melrose, Lily Pebbles, Becca Rose and 'sunbeamsjess' , all of which also write blogs. I gain a lot of my fashion inspiration from these girls and will be able to involve these trends that also apply to my regional area.

http://www.zoella.co.uk/

http://www.lilypebbles.co.uk/

http://beccarose.org/

I have also looked at regional fashion bloggers from the Midlands, especially Birmingham for
inspiration.

http://www.tohellinahandbag.net/

http://www.lolacharlesblog.com/

The fashion blogger below is from Coventry.

http://thexoutfitter.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Survey Responses

I gathered in my responses from survey monkey and analysed the results in order to make suitable choices when making my product.

Fashion magazines appear to be not very popular as their aren't actually that many promoted on the market. It is usually fashion articles that are featured in gossip magazines or lifestyle magazines that are popular and that is where I will get most of my inspiration from.

Its seems that most people buy magazines in order to gain inspiration with the latest trends which is why I will write about the latest winter trends as that is what is relevant at this present time.

I calculated an average from the responses on prices and have decided to price my product at £2.80.