However, I felt like that even once I had put the text on the page, it would look quite boring, so I asked my focus group for some suggestions as to how to improve the page. They liked the picture that was already on the double-page, and had the idea of having a selection of small pictures of the main artist on the other side of the double-page.
As I felt that this would be a good idea, I organised another photo-shoot and took some more pictures of my artist in different clothing. I chose to take the pictures in an interview style, so it would be like having the pictures complementing the text, as the article would be an interview with the artist. I also liked the idea of having more natural-looking pictures of the artist, as the magazine already had posed pictures of her, and this would engage the audience more and break down the barrier between them.
I organised these pictures into a column, so that it would appear as something resembling a photo-strip on the other side of the page. After editing this 'photo-strip' according to the style and appearance which my focus group agreed with, I chose to have the main layout of my double-page spread like this:
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