Photos

These are some photos I took in the half term. I will use some of these for my magazine. I used a range of shots, angles and different styles (i.e. black and white)

This would be one I'd use on my contents page. 

This is one I'd use for my photostrip if I have enough space for it.

Photograph Ideas

These are some ideas I put down for poses and angles for my magazine shoot. I put down what angles I should use, what sort of lighting would be good and the location of the shoots. This will help me when doing my actual photoshoots because I will have an idea as to which shots work best and look the best.

Plans for the two weeks

After half term I only have two weeks to finish my magazine, therefore I will do one page a lesson. By the end of the first week I should have my pages set up and almost finished. Then during the last week I will go back to each page and make it as good as possible. By friday of the last week everything should be finished and I should be just adding the finishing touches, checking over spelling, making sure everything is visable and easy to read etc.

Photography

Over the half term I took my photos for the double page article. I used some props when taking the photos, but I've decided against using any props. I took some pictures indoors and some outdoors, giving my photos more of a variety. In the photostrip I was supposed to use two kittens in one of them; however they decided not to turn up all day and stay outside somewhere, so I didn't get the chance to shoot with them.
 I have also taken the reminder of the pictures for my contents page, featuring an older person to go with the theme of the magazine and show that the magazine focuses on new and older music artists. This featured props of a cigarette, a piano and a guitar.
 I will now chose two pictures for the contents page and four for the double page article to go in to my magazine.
 I may not put a photostrip on my double page article because there may not be enough space with the text and I don't want it to interfear with my larger photograph. Even if I don't include the three pictures in the photostrip, I'll still have four photographs. (one on the front, two in the contents page and one on the double page article)

Magazine photographs; front cover and contents page.

 For the front cover and contents page of my magazine, I used the college studio to take my photographs. I took over 200 photos because this way I would have more choice for my magazine. I took a range of different shots; extreme close up, close up, medium close up and long shots. I also did different angles, low angle, high angle and canted angle. I also got my artist to stand in different positions, with different facial expressions. Below are possible pictures I will use for either my front cover or contents page.

This is one of the photographs I took. It is a close up and if I were to use it, it would be for my front cover. I like this one because she is looking straight in to the camera and smiling slightly. She is well lit so her face can be clearly seen. Looking into the camera helps for the artist to connect with the magazine buyer, also her body is bent towards the camera which also helps for her to connect with the reader. It is also a slightly low angle. The problem with this is that I have cut off some of her head, so this probably couldn't be used as a front cover.

This one is a medium close up. This would also be good for a front cover, because again she is looking in to the camera with her body facing forwards- like most magazine covers are. The fan was on whilst taking this, so her hair is moving which makes the picture look more alive and interesting. Fans are commonly used on magazine covers or contents pages. 

 

The last two would be good to use as contents page because the text could easily fit around the images. The top one is a long high angle shot and the bottom one is a medium shot. She's looking in to the camera which helps her inteact with the reader and it's a different position to the front cover which makes it more interesting and adds variety.