Photos

In this photo the subject is looking off into the distance as if thinking about something, which is backed up by the subtitle "We delve into the mind of rock's deepest front man". The photo suggests that he is about to reveal something and has connotations of regret and secrets. I chose this subject as he reflects the emo image which the article is appealing to, he is also wearing his normal clothes, nothing fancy so that normal people can relate to him. Finally the picture is bright but contains plain colours so that the photo isn't too bright and spoils the style of my front cover. The photo also breaks the convention of the rule of thirds as the subject of the photo is in the left of the picture, this suggests he is rebellious and doesn't play by any rules, which is what I want to put across the image. Another convention that it breaks is that the subject isn't looking at the camera, again this suggests attitude but also is releted to the title of the article, it looks as if he is deep in thought.

These are the two photos that I used on my Double page spread, One looks like he is deep in thought and the other looks like he has gotten something off his chest. The first image is mainly an introduction to the article with the subject looking happy and the other is more of an insite into the character of the subject.


These are the manipulated photos I used on the contents page. The first is of the stage at Leeds festival, I have included three layers in the picture which I think describe Leeds fest perfectly, The stage for the music, the crowd for all the people and the ground to show the mess that is made. To star the image was quite dull so I changed the brightness and Photo shopped a blue sky in the background to brighten the image even more. The second is of "Rose Starr" I tried to make the subject look more of a musician by have the guitar, hat and glasses, and standing with her hands behind her back is if to say " yeah I like making NOISE, what you gonna do about it?" and finally super imposed her onto a back ground to make her look more street. The third image is of the singer of Enter Shikari who I met at a signing. If the readers know the band they would instantly know who he was, i think this adds more variety, by having real artists rather then models.


These last two images were used on the front cover as part of a 50 greatest guitarists feature. Neither of them were planned and were taken spontaneously. The first is of a busker on the street and I caught him mid strum while performing a song. I think this adds an element of action into the image. I also think he looks very stylish and reflects the Rock n roll image with his plaid shirt and fedora. Originally his shirt was too bright and didn't look right on the cover so I lowered the saturation. The other is of my friend who I caught mid head bang while playing guitar, his swinging hair and the shiny Les Paul reflects metal style perfectly and looks brilliant on my front cover. There was a lot of light coming from the left side of the image so I lowered the exposure and saturation to improve the photo.

Photos That I Couldn't Use

These photos were taken of the stage at Leeds Festival, they would not be good in the magazine for many reasons. First of all it is impossible to tell what band were playing at the time as I was too far away from the stage and the stage is very large and dark in the image. The other problem that the crowd becomes the main focus of the picture, even though I tried to take it over the crowd line there is still a lot of people in the bottom of the image. The stage is also obscured by their hands and head.

This photo would be on the contents page instead of the other Leeds Fest photo, it is meant to show the large field of tents in the campsite. The photo shows a large part of what leeds fest is about, the thousands of campers and tents. But the photo is not clear enough at all, the image would be reasonably small on the page and the tents would be unclear and all the colors blur together.

In this photo the subject was meant to be casually leaning up against the wall but he ended up looking awkward with weird smile and his arms crossed. Over all the photo doesn't reflect the style that he is meant to represent. He is meant to be "cool" and act casual like he doesn't care if people are watching him. So this photo wouldn't work in my article or anywhere else in the magazine.


In this photo the subject should've been showing attitude which he found hard and turned more into him just looking a annoyed at the camera rather than angry at society and the labels it places upon him.