My Photo-shoot plan for my

model

When I was thinking about the images and styles I wanted to use for my

magazine. I constantly was researching the internet trying to fine new ideas

that I thought I could work with the materials and model I had. I came

across one of Rihanna’s album covers named ‘Talk That Talk’ I really like

her main image for this album so I went further and looked at the photo-

shoot she created for it. The images were taken by Ellen von Unwerth, she

fascinates me by the way she puts her images together, and keeping her own

style and technique showing in them. I loved some of the images so I

centred my photo-shoot and model around them. As you will see from the

examples on the next two slides, then looking at the images I took they hold

some similar qualities. The reason I liked these images of Rihanna so much

is because they are different and I thought that sort of style would be

perfect for a music magazine, especially my set target audience as well.

This image of Rihanna I really

likes as I thought the lighting of

the background really stood out

enhancing the model herself, it

almost made her blend into the

background which I thought had

an interesting effect. The use of

colours in the background I

thought really worked with the

model, it gave the whole image a

rough edge, as the background

looks like a piece of graffiti you

would find down a street. This was

the exact approach I wanted for

my magazine images, I wanted to

give it a rough edge and make it

look different. That’s why I

focused my front cover image

around this picture because I

thought it would really stand out to

my audience.

This image of Rihanna I really likes as I

thought it was simple but had a great

effect. The background is plain but the

lighting of it really makes it stand out,

which compliments the model, as she

overpowers it. I noticed the photographer

made Rihanna’s face lighting and colouring

the same as the background, so they clash

but at the same time really work well

together. I focused my double pages spread

image of my model, around this image of

Rihanna, as I wanted a very basic look for

my DPS, but at the same time have a bold

and different effect, keeping with the

house-style of my front cover image.