photos for the front cover.

Photos
I intially wanted to feature 2 people in my photos as I liked the idea of a duo. This was all set up to happen but at last minute the plans had changed and it was only possible at the time for one person to feature in the photos. At this point I was willing to give the photos ago just to see if it would work and I knew that I could change my ideas further on. I was happy with the results I got and so I have decided to stick to the idea of only having 1 person. Before taking the photos I decided that I wanted them to be in arange of photos e.g outdoors and indoors. This would require a vareity of different clothing styles as the weather wasnt in good condition. The person I decided to include was a female and I choose her because of the style she is and the sort of person she is. She is very confident and willing to do anything and so I knew that if I featured her in the photos it would come across really well. Before I began to take the pictures I took the opportunity to style her my self. This meant doing her hair make up and choosing the clothes.

I took two pictures one before and after to show what I did.

The first shots I decided to take were some outside. I styled the model in a red and white cardigan with an all in one jumpsuit with some military boots as that is quite out there and different but also very wintery which was relevant for the weather. I took some photos in front of a brick wall and a garage as I think these fit in with the type of genre I wanted. I knew that I could edit the photos later to make it look vintage and antique.I also took some inside as I wanted to experiment. I took the photos in a variety of colours. I took some in greyscale, sepia and normal colour. I did this because I knew that the black and white and sepia colours where quite old looking and thats the type of style I am after plus if I got some in colour I knew that I could later edit them to a different colour to make them look better. I also took time to style her in different clothes for a range of choice and so chose to put her in shorts, tights and a top as well as a warm vintage coat and a dress. I took a number of shots with ther all in these different outfits and these are some of the results I got.

 

 

 
 
 

I took these photos with a range of different camera shots. I did a close up of her face and I did a medium close up of her sat down. I wanted to see whether I could get any good photos just fom the way the camara was angled. I am happy I chose to do this because I think I have got some ok shots. The one thing I would change is the way I decided to focus the camera. When thinking about were I would place the text on my front cover, there wouldnt be any room as it would cover the models face making it look really unprofessional.

I have narrowed down the photos I am thinking about using and have made a few changes to them.



I really like this picture now that I have edited it and I think it would look quite good on the front of a cover.
I have edited it from the original photo I had taken. When I took it I made sure that the colour was sepia. I then later edited it to a more antique colour, this made it appear more vintage. I then changed the contrast and made it darker as thats what I wanted it to look like. Indie is can sometimes look quite dark and so this is what I would like it to be. I then added a spot light on to the photo which then made the corners black and put more focus on the middle. The photo above is then what I was left with. I am really happy with this photo and I tend to use it somewhere in the magazine.
When taking this photo I had the model sit on a little table against the wall in the dark and thenI placed a lamp shade in front as a spot light. I was stood up when I took the photo and so that is why it appears quite central. I would say that this shot is sort of a mid shot.



This photo was also originally taken in sepia mode and still remains in it. It was taken in front of a white wall next to a door and she was once again sat on a little table. All I did to this picture was change the contrast to make her face the main focus. I prefer this version as it has more of a glow to it and looks more vintage. This photo was taken from above and so makes the model appear vulnerable. This was the sort of look I wanted as the model is a teenager and so it makes it look like she still has that child in her, feeling small.



I havent edited this photo as I liked the way it was already. It is almost a close up of the models face but it shows the shoulders too. It was taken outside against a brick wall. I like the fact the lighting from the street lamp has worked with the camera light because now it has given it a red/orangey look which I think works nicely. It appears to be oldish with the bright colours and it works with the 60s/70s theme.



This picture has been drastically edited. I took it in sepia mode with the model laying on the floor with her arms quite sharp holding her there. I changed it so that it would be more retro and 60s and so lightened it a lot and changed the colours. I also cropped it to make it smaller but if I decide to use it for my front cover I know that I must crop it more to make it A4. I really love the look of this and I think it would make the genre of retro more noticable. It reminds me a little of some of the andy worhol pictures and this is the sort of look I was aimng for.