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Planning my Photo Shoot I will use the image below as inspiration for my photo shoot: The setting will be in a darkened room using a single hand-held spotlight for lighting. This will allow me to move the spotlight easily My models will each be wearing large, round, black sunglasses. I will angle the spotlight so it is reflected in the glasses, the reflection will draw the readers attention to the image and give it a psychedelic effect similar to the photo below. My models will be wearing dark, hooded jackets, this will appeal to my target market as a rebellious sign and brings more black into the image. For my distance shots I will try to only illuminate the models and as little of the surroundings as possible, this will provide a dark background on which I can construct my double page spread. My models will not smile, they will have blank expressions similar to the image here, this will not draw the readers attention away from the sunglasses, removing some of the “humanness” from the image adding to the psychedelic nature of the photo. Some of my images will be purposely blurry to experiment with when I make an album cover for my band. I will not use flash, as this will interfere with the lighting in the final image.

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Page 1: Photoshoot + editing

Planning my Photo ShootI will use the image below as inspiration for my photo shoot:• The setting will be in a darkened room using a single hand-held spotlight for lighting. This will

allow me to move the spotlight easily • My models will each be wearing large, round, black sunglasses. I will angle the spotlight so it

is reflected in the glasses, the reflection will draw the readers attention to the image and give it a psychedelic effect similar to the photo below.

• My models will be wearing dark, hooded jackets, this will appeal to my target market as a rebellious sign and brings more black into the image.

• For my distance shots I will try to only illuminate the models and as little of the surroundings as possible, this will provide a dark background on which I can construct my double page spread.

• My models will not smile, they will have blank expressions similar to the image here, this will not draw the readers attention away from the sunglasses, removing some of the “humanness” from the image adding to the psychedelic nature of the photo.

• Some of my images will be purposely blurry to experiment with when I make an album cover for my band.

• I will not use flash, as this will interfere with the lighting in the final image.

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PhotosI will use these three photo’s for my layout, (from left to right: for

my double page spread, for my album cover, for my front cover)I have chosen these because I can visualise each of these in my

layout and work best for what I need from the photos I took.I will use Photoshop to edit these images so they can be used in my

project.The use of the sunglasses to reflect the spotlight worked just as I

had hoped, adding a psychedelic nature to the images with some of the humanness removed by the large glasses and blank facial expressions.

Page 3: Photoshoot + editing

Photo editing (Cover)• I fit the image to A4 size.• I used the Curves tool to darken the image.• I wanted more colour in the background, so I cut my models from the image using the

lasso tool and saved them in a different document. • I then used the Hue/Saturation tool to add a red/orange colour to the original image.• I then put the cut-out of the models over the coloured image.• I then used the paint brush tool to highlight the hair of my models slightly.

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Photo editing (Double page)• I will repeat the steps I used for my front cover, apart from this time I will darken the

background instead of adding colour. I also enhanced the reflection in the girls glasses, and lightly enhanced the colours on each model

• I then cut out the section of the image I wanted for the album cover.• I used the Curves tool to darken the image drastically leaving dark silhouettes of my models.• I also cut the spotlight from the image, copied it twice and changed each one to a different

cover using the Hue/Saturation tool.• I then placed each one in the album cover to add to the psychedelic nature of the image.

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Photo editing (Double page)

I placed the wAv logo in the top left corner of my spread and created a purple box below for my album review. This separates the text from the rest of the image and allows the consumer to read other texts nearby without the review interfering with the layout. This purple box would be a common feature used throughout every issue for every album review.

I began to add the interview text, I used a white font which contrasts against the almost black background. I picked out a line of the text and increased the font size adding speech marks around it, this allows the reader to read a tiny part of the interview to interest them into reading the whole interview.

The grey line down the centre of my page indicates where the fold in the page will be. I will avoid crossing this line so the text is not

distorted by the fold.