Photoshoot 2

The second photoshoot I took consisted of my colleagues Mamuda, Ade and Josh. I felt that they could enhance the magazine in a more positive as they seemed to have more a 'hip-hop/rap look' than the models I had used in Photoshoot 1. The black/white backdrops helped me get very professional pictures that I intend to use in the magazine. From advice of my colleagues, the white backdrop seems to be more sufficient for my front cover, wheras, the black backrop pictures would be more efficient on my 2 page spread. The clothing worked out very well and I'm very pleased of the contributions that everyne made to get these photos. This involved my colleagues and I brnging clothes that we felt would be efficient for this shoot.

This is one of the photos I took of Mamuda and Ade. I feel that the light was efficient due to the complications of bad pictures and complications seeing the models when we tried without the light. Most of the pictures seem to have quite distinct shadows which may be due to the positioning of the light as the light was quite close to my models. The shadows are quite annoying and I wouldn't like to see them on my front cover. I may try to solve this by using the magic wand tool which hopefully would be able to remove the shadow.

My colleagues seemed to like the white backdrop as oppose to the black backdrop. This wasn't the case for my models and I however, who preferred the black. Nevertheless a number of my colleagues have advised me to use this particular photo as the cover photo for my magazine. I like the idea of this and can see the black backdrop photos incorporated into my contents and 2 page spread.

This photo I particularly liked as my model has done an impressive job in connoting the 'serious' look I was going for. Artists in my genre don't usually smile or gleam their teeth they seem to keep a very stern look as we can see. The direct look into the camera with hidden emotion shows professionalism and will definitely be used in my magazine. I feel that the lighting work although there is an evident shadow in the back that I may need to try sort out. However this photo is one of the many that I was very happy with.