College Magazine Cover Image Ideas and Editing Processes

This is an image that i have recently taken of students from my Media class posing on the college stairs for a possible College Magazine Cover Image.

I have gone through a few editing processes to get these shots looking as they do.

Firstly, i knew that i wanted to crop the image to remove the background of the college grounds like the stairs and other students.

Using Photoshop, i edited the image by adapting the Exposure, Brightness, Contrast and Saturation.

I then edited the same photo using Photoshop to change it to a Black and White shot which i really like the look of.

I haven't yet decided if this is my final cover image and i need to consider whether to use a Black and White or Colour edit.