Editing the images

Editing my pictures will happen once they have been inserted into the layout. However, whilst going through my images I noticed that my portrait photos were not good enough, and something was unsatisfactory with each. This caused a problem when choosing an image to use for the front cover.
I had to use my Photoshop skills to take an image I liked, and bring everyone close together to emulate a portrait-styled image. Luckily, as this image was going on the front cover and would include a Photoshopped background, with images and writing over the actual image, I was not required to be too clean with the cutting. This also goes for Jake's (3rd from the left) right leg, as it will not be visible and noticeable once there is text in front of it.
Below is the transformation from the original image to the portrait style image I will use for my front cover.