Results of magazine photoshoot

You can see the photographs that I have taken above. I used a digital SLR camera for some of the shots, but other times this camera was not available and therefore are shot using a digital camera. I think the results are more professional and effective when taken with the SLR. I used variety of locations, models, costumes and camera shots. Below is a presentation analysing a few of my photographs and explaining my choices of location, costume, mise en scene etc.


After having the original images, I using the computer software Serif Photo Plus to edit some of these photographs. Here some of the are the photographs i edited:

Presentation photos unedited and edited

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Parts of the photo shoot such as costume, mise en scene and props are essential and must be planned closely, which is what I did. Here is a guide to why I used certain elements in my photo shoot:

Costume

• - Giselle's first outift consisted of brown military boots, a floral dress, jeggings and a denim jacket. I used this outfit because at this time in fashion, mixing denims, military boots and floral prints are popular, and musician photo shoots often include a huge role to fashion. I think this was quite a natural outfit, yet outrageous costumes that artists such as Lady Gaga wear are unavailable to me. This photoshoot used body language of attitude and familiarity with street settins, which is why I think the more casual, yet still fashionable outfit was appropriate.
• Giselle's second outfit of the printed harem trousersand blue crop top is also very fashionable right now. This outfit, although bright, still does reflect the softer side of the musician that I wanted to portray here.
• Simon & Gregg - I used skinny jeans, branded v neck jumpers and cardigans to reflect the fashionable, 'indie' style of mens fashion today. If i had more oppurtunities to photograph the boys, I may have also used white shirts with blazers, stripy tshirts and a bare torso with a bow tie (just some ideas I didn't have time to do!)

Hair

• Giselle - Her first hair style was natural and wavy whereas her second was straight and seek so I hjad a variety to work with. Her blonde hair mixed with her asian origins are unusual and very fashionable.
  
• Simon and Greg - One boy had spiked, gelled hairstyle which looked very edgy and musician like. I asked Greg not to style his hair as I feel that there is often one male band member who does not make as much of an effort with hair style and clothing.

Props

• I didn't use many props as most of my photoshoots were during the school day and not many were available / easy to transport to my locations.
• Ideas that I had but could not complete were: using a guitar / other instruments in studio setting, a chair for Giselle to sit and pose on, a mirror as this photography always looks proffessional.
• The main prop that I used in my photo shoots were the play area toys. I think the play house was very effectie in create a mysterious, fantasy style atmosphere. None of the other toys ended up with effective photographs however I did experiment with them