Creating the images for our magazine design

below are some images of a location we chose to take a series of long exposure images to be used as part of out publication review. The images were taken from the centre of the bridge looking down the road.

The images created from this location will be used as a feature piece in the magazine article to promote our film, however they could also be used to create a second poster or an advertisement to be placed on the side of a bus as well, if the situation called for it. 

these are the two images we were most happy with from our photo shoot on location. These were then manipulated using photoshop. By layering the images on top of each other, and then reducing the opacity of the top layer, we were able to create a ghostly effect on the cars in the image. The motion blur of the cars is greatly exaggerated by this layering effect, and enhances the ideas of speed and distortion that we're trying to portray with this image. 

Following that, the layers were flattened to create one image, to which we applied various but minor adjustments including: increased contrast, increased exposure and colour enhancement. 

Below is the final edition of the image we'll use in our magazine article. 

I'm extremely happy with the way this image turned out, however there are a few little issues i would consider tweaking if i had the time to re-do this image. One simple example is the fact that the central car of the image is just slightly off centre. I'd have preferred to have it dead centre, or very specifically off to one side. If i were to re-do this image i would ensure i was at the exact midpoint of the bridge, and i would consider using a 'rule of thirds' grid on the camera to ensure that the main subject was definitely in the location i wanted it to be.