music magazine - chosen picture for cover.

ORIGINAL
i have flipped the picture,
and made it sharper and brighter,
to give a preview of the look,
in which i am trying to achieve.

I have chosen this picture because i feel that it includes all the right features that i am looking for.
This is because it shows off the necklace and fashion well, along with the hair and makeup, matching the tones of the background.
I also like the angle of the stripes in the background, as it attracts your eye along the page, from the main focus of the image, which is Jasmine, over to the cover lines.
The main focus is Jasmine because of the strong eye conact down the lense of the camera, providing me with an eye catching image.
I also feel that the shading has worked very well on this photo, in the way that it is shadowed behind Jasmine, making her the main focus, as most of the light has fallen on her, followed by the light which has bounced off the background on the left, making a perfect backing for the coverlines.
When i edit this photo i am going to remove the red eye, and add an over tone to add to the soft tone effect.