Photo Shoot - Front Cover

This shot was a mid shot that is conventional for a two person magazine. The lighting was low to allow a more mysterious tone to come from the artists. I thought that the positioning was good and therefore I chose to use this shot as my cover photo. However after many attempts at editing it, it was too poorly lit to be used as the reflections of light on the jackets found me in a difficult position as I could separate the background from the colours on the jacket. Also the model on the left had messy air and therefore it was difficult to make crop out the photo and allowing it to still look natural. However, from this I have learnt that I need to have a well lit photo where the models and take more care in choosing the material in which my models clothes is made from and also I need to look at the state in which my models hair is in.






This shot is lit from the right-side and  bottom soft boxes. This photo is well lit however the positioning of the 'hand over the shoulder' doesn't work as when the photo is cropped the hand will make the shot unconventional.









This shot is light from both the right side above the model, the left side and also from the bottom soft boxes. Again the positioning of the models hand over the shoulder caused the same problem.













 Although well lit, the image connotes the wrong impression I wanted from these 'artists' as one on them is smiling and the other had a more serious face. The denotation meant that I could use this as it would give the wrong impression I wanted.

I really liked this shot but maybe for a double page spread or contents page as the models position is unconventional for a front cover. The jackets were too lit up and would have made the colour stray from my colour scheme of bright/ luminous colours and would change it to light colours which would've conveyed the wrong genre of magazine for example Pop.

This shot is a well lit shot, however the model on the right, has her head low down and therefore would leave either negative  space or, if filled, a unconventional feature between the picture and the top of the magazine.

From doing this shoot I have learnt a lot of things that I need to change and I have made decisions  based upon what I have learnt. One thing is that I fell like it is difficult to get the positioning of two cover stars perfect and therefore I have changed my mind and have chosen to take new photos using only one cover star, despite what my survey says. this will allow a more intimate connection between the artist and reader.  I have also looked at the costumes in more detail and I will chose dark clothing against a white background. I will also do research into positions I  would like my new cover star to do as I feel that I need to be more cautious about every aspect of the photo.