Selecting and Constructing photography for the music magazine

I looked at a series of websites to find appropriate professional photography that I could use in my magazine. This is because: I need to have lots of options for what to

use in the magazine. I need to have plenty of variety that helps

to represent my music scene accurately.

I like this one because it is relevant to the magazine cover, and also a prop is being used (guitar). The guitar is useful in the shot because it sums up the whole idea of a music magazine.

It could be used for the cover of a magazine but also could be used on the contents page or as an album cover.

It would influence the design of the page by forcing the features on the right side of the page for a cover. But also giving you a frame for some contents if the figure was placed to the right-hand side

It might have been created by an actual white studio with carefully controlled lighting. It also may have been edited in Photoshop with a black and white theme.

I like this one because it is a very natural shot and an image like this doesn’t look extremely staged

It could be used for an album cover

It would influence the design of the page by forcing the features on the right-hand side as there is little space on the left and anything else could drown out the image.

It might have been edited in Photoshop with a black and white theme. The lighting will have also been altered to create a shadowy effect.

I like this one because it is very natural looking and also conveys the personalities of the group members well.

It could be used for an

album cover.

It would influence the design of the page by not leaving any room for text etc.

It might have been created by a room with carefully controlled lighting. The image may have also been edited in Photoshop to create a sepia/vintage theme.

I like this one because it would represent the magazine in a suitable way

It could be used for a magazine cover or contents page

It would influence the design of the page by forcing everything to be on the left hand side

It might have been created by a staged set with controlled lighting.

I like this one because it is very realistic and natural looking.

It could be used for a contents page.

It would influence the design of the page by forcing everything to be on the left-hand side of the page.

It might have been created by a room with carefully controlled lighting and also minimum set.

I like this one because it is a very basic shot with a plain background and no other distractions.

It could be used for an album cover or a magazine cover.

It would influence the design of the page by leading everything to be on the right-hand side of the page.

It might have been created by an actual white studio with controlled lighting.

Here are some more photos and graphics that might help me to establish the overall look of my magazine…