I decided to go around my school and take photographs of things that I see everyday. The reason I have done this is so that I am able to get accustom to the camera and start to look at how lighting effects the photograph and different camera shots and angles. Below are a some examples of the photographs I took.
The next step was to plan the photos that I would need. I thought about appropriate locations where I could take my photos I decided that I would take some local to where I live and some on the school grounds. I took some photos in our school drama studio I thought this was appropriate as I could use the black stage curtains as a back drop, as this what fit my rock genre. I also thought that the drama studio would be an appropriate location as it is equipped with lighting and I would be able to use the lighting to add to the effect of my photographs. The different lights that were available were straw, red, green, yellow and a spot light. When taking photographs for my magazine I wanted to make sure that they were suitable for the type of magazine I focused on the location in detail as I hoped that for some of my photographs I would be able to keep the photographs original background rather than editing in a false image. Notice that in my photographs the backgrounds fit my genre and theme. For example brick walls, metal railings and grass. This gives the image an edgy feel that is common in rock magazines. The photographs tend to be vibrate and show emotion through the models facial expressions. I was creating. I did not want my pictures to be taken in the standard angle. I took a few long shots but mainly took close ups, and medium shots and I used high and oblique angles. I asked my models to wear clothing that resembles the theme of a rock chick; this was achieved using leather, denim and fur items of clothing. I also edited my photographs by cropping and for some I increased the contrast, making the image darker I also highlighted some features such as the red lipstick to add colour to my image. By doing this, it allows me to layer text over my photographs in the same colour creating a completely new colour scheme. Above is a video clip of my before and after shots of a few of my photographs.
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