Magazine cover

After approximately an hour of attempted use of Photoshop, I have accepted the fact that I will not be able to manufacture a professional looking magazine using multiple images edited together. This has encouraged me to take one strong image for my magazine cover or two maximum. Editing these on photoshop will be easier if taking the picture in the area in which the background is the way I want it, therefore I will not have to crop the pictures which I feel downgrades the quality.

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