PHOTOSHOOTMAGAZINE

COVERMODEL: PEDA

ALABI

I started the shoot with a red brick background which I had initially envisaged for my magazine cover. I do really like this image but the red I think would be too bold for the cover and the text wouldn’t stand out against that coloured background and also because of the linear detail created by the bricks.

This image is rather unsuccessful because it is both the wrong way round and my model is squinting. Plus, the shadow created by the sun doesn’t work as a background very well at all.

I love the expressions made by my model Peda because they really portray the confusion I was looking for but these both aren’t great images for a cover due to the fact that there are two different colours/patterns in the background which are the red brick and the white concrete. There also part of a sign overhead in the second image so that photograph wouldn’t be acceptable for a cover!

In this photo I tried a different pose with my model and I think it actually worked pretty well but I’m not too keen on having a plain white background. The wall is also pretty dirty which doesn’t look good! On the other hand I do like the fact that this image works in keeping with the fact that the eye naturally scans a magazine from the top left to the bottom right! I also love her expression in this!

Another experiment using a white background.

This was another background I tried out. I actually really like the dark at the bottom of the wall and could of possibly put white text at the bottom and the against the white wall, black text. I think this is one of my favourite shots but I decided not to use it in the end as I preferred a different wall background.

I like this background but unfortunately it is landscape not portrait so I couldn’t really sue it as a cover. Also the wall isn’t even as in the top left corner the bricks don’t match. I also think the facial expression is a little too dramatic!

This photo went completely wrong as the flash went off by accident!

I really love this image and I think the facial expression is perfect but unfortunately part of her hand on the left has been cut off and I’d prefer it if both hands were seen in full!

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EThis is the image I have decided to use for my school magazine cover because I love the colours from the brick background and I think that it’ll stand out but not to harshly! The linear pattern from the bricks also will make the magazine look very aligned as the text will be on the lines of the bricks. I also think that my model Peda’s facial expression really conveys the confusion and frustration I was looking for!