Photos I Am Going To Use

This picture I have chosen to be my front cover.  This is the original picture I took before I changed anything about it as well.  I am deciding to choose this photo as it is a nice photo of them both and both look similar for example neither is pulling a different face from the other.  For the front cover I think that there should be a good photo of the artists involved in the double page spread, and this photo is clearly showing all the members of the band I have created.  However, I definately need to edit this photo to make it look like a picture that would be on the front cover and to entice my target audience.

With this photo I would like it to be incorporated within my double page spread.  I want to take away everything that isn't with in the heart that they are making with their hands.  I think it will make quite a good photo and show they love the music and each other, it will also to enable people to interpret it how they want.  I think that the photo will look good in the middle with text flowing around it either side of it.  This is also an original picture before I started editing it.

As the band is named 'Out of the Closet', I thought that it might be good to play on the name of the band with a photo.  That is why they are jumping out of my wardrobe.  I think that it will show the reader that they are capable of having fun and looking a bit silly even for a magazine photo shoot.  Showing the readers that the artists are fun as well as the reader.  It's a medium shot and it's an original photo before it has been edited.

This is a high angled shot that I took from a weird angle.  I like this photo as within it, their clothing just looks very drab and plain however, you can see the colour bursting out from their accessories.  Giving you those floods of colour, which I hope to excentuate when I edit this photo.

This photo is one of my favourite of the pair.  I love the way that they are both not quite smiling and leaning in towards the camera with their hair a bit wild.  I think that it shows them in a good and seems to be quite a friendly picture, and what I mean is that it makes them seem like people you could go and talk to, not miserable people.  This is an unedited of the version as well.

Inspiration for my Photos...

For the photos that I took, I got my inspiration from photos I had seen of the following indie/pop artists.

Florence and the Machine

I liked the colours that were used in this photo and the uniqueness of it.  This made me think of using their hands in hearts.  It's something different to what other places might have come up with.  This photo is also showing Florence in her own light as she is not one of your average performers she is quite quirky and different from the crowd making her indie.  The gold is quite bright and in your face and almost as if to say that she is a star and she knows, so you should.

Cheryl Cole

I liked this photo of Cheryl Cole, as it shows her to look quite innocent and harmless.  Which is how I want my group to look.  For the type of music that Cheryl makes like pop with her group and on her own now as a solo artist it shows her well as looking quite vulenerable.  The white colour that she wearing and in the mise - en - scene shows her to be pure and innocent and how you would expect a pop star to be.

Lady Gaga
As Lady Gaga is quite indifferent, I thought that I should look up what kind of photos she has taken.  This photo is one of her more tame ones and is showing her to look quite ditsy in a techno way.  It is quite different as it has all different aspects a big furry coat and small leotard, but with big hair.  It really gave me some inspirition for my models hair and their clothes to be a bit tight fighting however not as tight, as I am trying to influence teens.

Lily Allen
I like this photo of Lily Allen as she is leaning into the camera.  It gives you a feeling that she is nice and quite inviting, almost as though you could interpret her as being really friendly.  Which is exactly how I might my group to look.  This photo makes Lily look quite cold though as the colour theme is quite icey, however I think that it is refreshing.  Almost as though you are seeing her in a pure way.

Spice Girls

 As Out of the Closet is a girl group I thought it was best to research a good girl group.  That being the Spice Girls as they were big influence when I was younger and would have been around for my target audience.  The costumes they have aren't revealing and showing them to be respectful.  Black is quite a general colour and as they are all wearing it they aren't clashing.  The red setting gives you a feeling of warmth of love and the way in which they are all tight togethor and holding hands makes you think of unity.  I'd love for my group to show this some how, that they really love what they are doing.