This photographer summarized their attempts at a photo shoot for the front cover of their indie magazine. In the first shoot, they did not find an image that had the right lighting, facial expression, or background. In the second shoot, most images were too far away, had awkward poses or gestures, or dull backgrounds and outfits that did not match the magazine's style. Ultimately, they chose one image that conveyed the right indie attitude through facial expression and hand gestures, and they were able to edit it to improve the lighting and background.

1. Photo shoot one
This was my first attempt to a photo shoot for my magazine front cover.

2. I did not use this image for my front cover because
mainly the background is very dark so it does not give a
sense of where she is. Her eyes are too squinted so her
face does not convey the correct attitude for my Indie
magazine. Also the guitar is not fully in the image
mistaking that it was not purposely meant to be there.

3. In this image the model is not
giving direct address. This will
not attract the audience and pull
them in. As well as that I think
the camera shot is too long, so
the audience wouldn't get the
right feeling of the magazine.

4. This image is very disappointing as I really like her facial expression. As it conyed an indie attitude
very smug yet suttle. However there is too much space above her head so the image looks very
small and squashed. The medium close up was the wrong choice for this image as I would of liked
her outfit to of been seen. Due to the colour “red” being a popular colour with the Indie fans. Along
with that the strap on her arm was not meant to be shown. Her hair also fades into the background
and because the background is very dark, so she does not stand out. Lastly her hair on some of the
shots is in her face.

5. This shot is too far away. Cant really capture her
facial expression due to the model is not giving
direct address. As well as this her facial
expression looks very dazed and that is not the
attitude I want for my magazine. There is too
much space above her head . And captured and
un wanted speck of light in the background.

6. In this shot the model is standing quite awkwardly
and conveys a sweet attitude also due to her smile
being very wide. The lighting of this shot makes her
skin look very ghost like, too pale. Also she looks
very small compared to her surroundings and I
would like my artist to stand out.

7. These images I did not use because they can easily be mistaken for a fashion magazine . As you can
hardly see the guitar she is holding and the bag is a lot more noticeable. The images above are also very
dull with the dark background, in some cases it would make the model stand out but because they
contrasting. But in this case the images are too far away ,so again she fades into it. There's nothing very
attractive and appealing about these images as her attitude could be stronger.

8. I did not use this image
because there is too much
space above her head. Her
head is not positioned in
the correct way to get full
affect of her facial
expressions. The low angle
shot gave the effect of the
artist having power which
was good for the image but
overall she looks awkward
and out of place.

9. I can not use these images as the flash has caused an unwanted shadow. As
well as that I do not want to use images as it is too far away and it does not
capture an indie attitude as much as it could.

10. I did not use these images because the background is too
dull, and she does not stand out as much. So these
photographs do not have much appeal. Lastly the
photograph on the left does not have enough space above
her head. And the image on the right has too much.

11. I did not use these photographs because none of them look interesting enough to go
on the front cover. None of the these images are conveying the indie attitude I
wanted. Also the clothing choice is quite dull and boring.

12. Photo Shoot 2
This is my second photo shoot attempt for my front cover magazine.

13. These images didn't convey an indie attitude so I chose not to
use them. They are also quite awkwardly taken this was
another reason I did not choose to use them Lastly they are
too long and far away so it looks quite dull.

14. These images don't look interesting enough, her facial
expressions on these photos are too dull and have to much
space above her head and on these three photos the
headphones are not noticeable, so they just look odd.

15. These images I did not use cause they are also too far away and
her hand gestures are too awkwardly placed.

16. I did not use these photographs because most of them
caused an un wanted shadow but mainly because I did
not like her outfit in the end. It did not match my
magazine.

17. This was the image I
chose to use in the end.
It was my favourite out
of them all. I thought it
looked the most
interesting and eye
catching. There is a
shadow but I easily
erased that in photo
shopped and changed
the background so it
looks less dull. But the
image itself really stands
out and coveys an indie
attitude which fits
perfectly with my
magazine. I also like the
hand gestures as it
makes it look even more
appealing.