Selecting and Constructing photography for the music magazine

I looked at a series of websites to find appropriate professional photography that I could use in my magazine. This is because: I need to have lots of options for what to

use in the magazine. I need to have plenty of variety that helps

to represent my music scene accurately.

I like this one because it gets across the idea of rock with the guitar and the heals and shiny leggins outs the idea the non-existent glamour of rock and roll. The steps appear to be old so it makes you think that rock has been around for generations.

It could be used for one side of a contents page because of the length of the picture. I could also use it as part of a double page spread

It would influence the design of the page by using it as an inset shot creating a story/Mystery and using it as part of a double page spread would create a mystery to the story

I like this one because it shows the rebel side of rock ‘breaking the boundaries of society’. This is portrayed by the women having a good time but it looks like shes breaking out of the circular boundary that shes sat on.

It could be used for a double page spread.

It would influence the design of the page because of the size of the picture I would have it either as a large picture one one side of the double page spread or as a smaller picture within the text.

I like this one because it shows the roughness of rock. It does this with the background being in an alleyway.

It could be used for part of a double page spread

It would influence the design of the page because i could use this picture on one side of a double page spread as an artist or someone that the feature/storiy is about.

I like this one because it shows a lack of interest in music. We get this impression because the girl is looking away from the camera with mirrored aviator glasses on and has an amp lead around her neck whilst sitting on a Marshall amplifier.

It could be used for a contents page

It would influence the design of the page because of all the white dead space around the girl you could use it to an advantage and place the contents of your magazine around her

I like this one because the picture feels very open and free due to the white dead space around the girl in the picture. She’s looking at the camera in a seductive way , her lips are parted and her head is tilted back . It also has a relaxed feel about it.

I would use this picture as a double page spread or contents page

It would influence the style of the page because if it was a contents page i would have the writing go around the picture on the right hand side in the dead space. If it was a double page spread it would also be layed out like that.

I like this one because its quite shocking for the fact that the women in the picture appears to be taking drugs off a guitar but is looking straight at the camera. It’s like saying that the women in the picture has an addiction to rock and roll. It also portrays the ‘sex drugs and rock ’n roll’ phrase that we all know well.

I could use this photo as a small contents photo

It would influence the design of the page because of the size of the picture I would have it as a small picture on the contents page as another story to shock readers into reading the story.

I like this photo because it shows the end of records as one is smashed on the floor, it also seems that she doesn’t care much an d the fact that we cant see her eyes makes us unsure of she is really thinking.

I would use this photo as a double-page spread

It would influence the design of the page because the main image is mainly on the right hand side . I would use the dead space on the left hand side for the feature.

I like this one because the girl is in an unusual position and the cigarette hanging out of her mouth makes her look distracted by the camera because she’s looking straight at it. It also seems quite seductive because she’s looking at the audience with her mouth parted and hair loose.

I would use this as a smaller picture on a feature.

It would influence the design of the page because the smaller picture could be within text or somewhere else on the page

Here are some more photos and graphics that might help me to establish the overall look of my magazine…

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Photography useful for a front page might be: Artists in dramatic poses

that focus on their character.

‘Pop-up’ figures that are cut out at the bottom

Unusual designs that can be used as album covers and adjusted in Photoshop

Close-ups and medium close-ups for secondary leads

Live shots, stage shots and poster-style shots

Backgrounds and textures

Photography useful for a contents page might be: ‘Mugshots’ of the editor

for the editorial ‘Framing images’ that

help to create a shape that the contents can work around

Close-ups of instruments, clothing etc for features with a special focus

More band and artist shots

Drawings and designs that represent artists / ideas

Unusual designs that can be used as album covers and adjusted in Photoshop

Photography useful for a double page might be: Shot series’ that show

various poses and expressions

Wide angle shots that help to create mood / atmosphere and highlight setting

Long, loosely framed shots making maximum use of mise en scene

Fun or story-relevant inset shots of the artists

Many of those also relevant for the other pages such as…

‘Framing images’ that help to create a shape to work around

Drawings and designs that represent artists / ideas

Artists in dramatic poses that focus on their character.

Unusual designs that can be used as album covers and adjusted in Photoshop

Close-ups and medium close-ups for secondary leads

Live shots, stage shots and poster-style shots

Backgrounds and textures

Professional Photographer - http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/

BIPP (British Institute of Professional Photography) - http://www.bipp.com/

BJP (British Journal of Photography) - http://www.bjp-online.com/

Ami Barwell (Rock n’ Roll Photographer) - http://www.musicphotographer.co.uk/

Graham Smith (Music Photographer) - http://www.grahamsmithphotography.com/

Michael Williams (Photographer) - http://www.michaelwilliams.co.uk/

Dazed (& Confused) Digital - http://www.dazeddigital.com/Music/Default.aspx

A Google image

search for ‘Photo

Shoot’ with the word

Rock/Indie/Punk etc. in front of it can also provide

good results.

A Google image

search for ‘Photo

Shoot’ with the word

Rock/Indie/Punk etc. in front of it can also provide

good results.

CG Textures - http://www.cgtextures.com/ Filter Forge - http://www.filterforge.com/ Mayang - http://mayang.com/textures/ Free Textures - http://www.freetextures.org/ Texture King - http://www.textureking.com/ Background Labs -

http://www.backgroundlabs.com/ Vector Art (geometric shapes which can be

used for graphic features) - http://vectorart.org/

How to make vector art - http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-vector.html

99 best designed album covers - http://inspiredology.com/99-best-designed-album-covers/

Top album covers - http://www.topalbumcovers.com/

Top 50 album covers - http://www.ugo.com/music/best-album-covers