Final Photo Shoot

These are the final photos of the artist for my magazine. I will need to edit the colour tones, by changing the contrast of the skin tone. This will add brightness to bring out the colour and make the image look more ‘eye-catching’ which will gain more attention to bring appeal to the magazine. This will prevent the images from looking too ‘wishy-washy’ on the page. This will ensure that my photos look as high quality as possible, so that they are as professional as any magazine photos can be.

I will also be editing other effects such as the make-up. I want the make-up to stand well so that the model fits in well with the pop genre. It will also appeal to the target market, as young teenage females tend to have an interest in make-up. On my draft images I managed to edit the lip colour. For the final magazine, I will also try and edit the eyes and nail colour, as well as the lip colour. Although I used make-up on my model, I want to try and edit this to add extra colour. For the eyes, I want to make them darker by adding more black. This will bring out the eyes more and make them look full, which will achieve a very ‘eye-catching’ effect. I want it to achieve a smoky eyed effect, like I previously stated I wanted earlier on in my research. For the lips, I will ensure that it is a bright colour. This will work well with the smoky black eyes as the colours won’t clash or look over the top. I will ensure that the nail colour matches the lip colour to prevent this problem.

I wanted my model to have stylish, fashionable clothing to give a modern look to my magazine. I chose a variety of trendy, yet different outfits so that I achieved this. I wanted her to look ‘dressed-up’. Pop artists have fashion stylists so that they are up to date with fashion. They are also very iconic to the target audience, so I want my artist to inspire them by their clothing, as well as make-up.

I decided to take the photo shoot at home, so that I could specifically use a wall with a plain white background. This is so that it will be easy for me to edit the images out. This was improved from my test shots, as a plain wall was difficult to find around school.

I also decided to use one model. This enabled me to have more room to take the photo, so that I could take a variety of different shots; long-shots, mid-shots and close-ups. This will be good for when I use the magazine, as in my drafts I found that I could only take long shots and mid-shots because there was more than one model.

As I previously researched poses, I had a good idea of the poses that I wanted my model to do. This made the process much easier as I knew what I wanted her to do. This makes the photos look a lot more professional, compared to the test shots, as it looks like the model knows what she is doing. This conveys a confident vibe, which is essential for an image on a magazine so that the model doesn’t look awkward. This adds more appeal to the photo. I like the use of different photos, and the way that the artist is looking at the camera on some, and also in other directions. This will give me a wider variety to choose from when deciding the most ideal image I want for my magazine.