After experimenting with various different designs, I have chosen my final two picture story designs, overall I am pleased with both outcomes.

 The picture story above, was the first one I created, I wanted this one to look more professional and ‘clean cut’. I previously had this design in colour however I chose to change it to black and white because I think It works better and it ties it all together. Although there is no colour I think the black and white makes it look more ‘sophisticated’ and it’s still eye catching. I like the line I have created starting from the top right of photographs of my mum ending with the one on the bottom left, I think this makes the picture stories composition much better and it allows the viewers eyes to travel across the picture story fluidly without jumping from one image to another. I also like the use of photographs of the environment where my mum works because I think it gives the picture story more context and depth. I found writing the captions and the paragraph at the top one of the hardest things to do, however when I got started it became a lot easier. Through out the photographs you can’t see my mums face almost as if I was hiding her identity I think this make it more interesting and mysterious to a certain extent. 

This was my second picture story, this one was supposed to be more like something that you would see in a magazine. I had less time to produce this outcome after spending most of my time on the first design, however I am happy with it. I choose to put a background in this one, the photograph is of me and my mum. This photograph is originally a coloured photo however I chose to put it in grey so it wouldn’t be over powering and because it is a memory, almost like a flash into the past.  I then put the 4 photographs at the bottom take recently in black and white to establish this difference. I chose to put two photographs of my mum and two photographs of objects of her surroundings to make a pattern and make it more interesting. I used the same text for this one as the previous picture story, however when writing the text I tried to avoid typing over my mums face, so you could see her, which is one of the main differences between the picture stories. Finally, I chose to put a white edge around the title to make it stand out a bit more from the background. This picture is not to overcrowded and much more simple which is what I like about it.