Lucy Clarke

Evidence Of Photo Shoot

Some Pictures I Didn’t Use I didn’t use this picture, simply because I didn’t want the readers to confuse this shoot for a fashion magazine, which the thought may be perceived from the reader as my model is playing with her hair. I wanted this picture to look more genuine and though this picture looked to posed and unnatural. Also, I do not like the way she is stood as it looks forced and maybe a bit uncomfortable and her arm sticking out doesn’t look professional. I did like the thought of this idea but in the end, I had other pictures that may appeal more to the target audience, as I thought this photo looked too childish. The use of the guitar was a better match for my model as it made her look more of a music artist and made the genre pf magazine more clear.

I liked this photo but there were some issues that raised. The first problem I had was the lighting in the sot. I did not like the lighting as I found it was too bright and struggled to see her facial expression. I could of changed the lighting on Photoshop, but there were other original images I took that I preferred over this any ay so it wasn’t much of a big issue. Also, I believe that the camera angle isn’t straight, which makes the picture look lopsided. This may confuse the reader. I wasn’t too keen on my models facial expression in this shot as I personally think, it makes her look clumsy, which a singer in the number one charts wouldn’t look. Her stance also doesn’t have the chic feminine look was wanting which changed my mind about using this picture, as I want to appeal my magazine to a female audience.

Before ShootingBefore shooting the pictures, there were some small jobs I had to do, such as setting up both lights and finding the best lighting to use for my shoot. Having the right lighting means that the picture will look of a higher quality and you will b able to see the finer detail in photographs. I also had to reassure that Esther had the right equipment for the shoot. For example, make up and her costumes. I also went over all the notes I had made for the photo shoot to guarantee I was on the right track and knew my criteria. I reassured myself of what I wanted to achieve and how to get the result of the picture I set out to get. I then went to set up the camera and got the angle and type of shot to where I needed it. Once I did this, I could sit Esther down to give her a debrief on what I wanted to achieve from the shoot and what style she was representing and then talked about the types of poses she could do. We talked first, which helped as we could just get on and take the pictures as she understood what she had to do.