Front cover, cover page and dps (fixed according to audience feedback)

Cover page

Left hand side of contents page                                    Right hand side of contents page

Double Page Spread

After receiving the feeback and taking it into consideration I changed parts of the magazine, I tried a few different blue and purple tones for the text on the cover page but from a distance I wasnt able to read it so I kept it the goldy colour it originally was. Many magazines feature an editors note and it had been said that it would improve my magazine if i were to make a landscape contents page so i took that on board and made that change.

Task 9 Final Magazine - Cover, Contents and DPS

Task 8 Cover Page

This is my process towards the final cover page for my magazine.

I've decided to change the blue writing to white as it was very hard to read the coverlines from a reasonable distance as a person would be doing in a shop, also ive made the price smaller and moved the barcode onto the left hand side. I've also included more coverlines and adapted my skyline so it attracts the reader. I've made the mast head larger so that it fills the whole length of the page and I included the website of the magazine in the bottom right hand corner.

Task 8 Planning and shooting

These are thumbnails from both of my photoshoots.

This shoot was for the contents page, I shot him with a saxophone because this is an instrument commonly known throught out the jazz music scene. I also got him to wear a black shirt and trousers as jazz musicians tend to do. I used the top left picture because the model is showing true connection with his instrument which makes him look like a professional saxophonist.

 

 

This shoot was for the cover page and dps. I attempted to make her look like a jazz artist with the big hoop earings and the vintage looking jumper. My inspiration for this was the singer sade. I also shot her in simliar poses as what sade had done in pictures. I used the bottom left pitcure of Noreen and the top left this is because these pictures her eye contact with camera is strong and her positioning works well which creates a bigger impact when the audience look at the picture.

Call Sheet - Second shoot Conrad

Jazz Kamara-Marsh

Photographer

Photoshoot assignment/Call sheet

 

Date: Tuesday November 20^th 2012             

       

Time: 13.50 – 3.00

 

Assignment: Music magazine

 

Location:

Photography studio

Concept: A jazz musician, who plays the saxophone.

I had the model dress as many jazz musicians

 I’ve seen wear black. I had planned to have

pictures of him standing and seated to see which

ones worked best. The saxophone played an important

part as it’s a well know jazz instrument so it fit perfectly

 with the genre I was portraying.

Client: N/A

 

Media: RAW capture

 

Primary shoot of contact:

Jazz Kamara-Marsh

Photographer:

Jazz Kamara-Marsh

MUA: N/A

Hair stylist: N/A

Wardrobe stylist: Zenab Bukkar

Model: Conrad Nicholaou

Call Sheet - First shoot Noreen

Jazz Kamara-Marsh

Photographer

Photoshoot assignment/Call sheet

 

Date: Monday November 19^th 2012                    

Time: 11.25 – 12.50

Assignment: Music magazine

Location:

Photography studio

                                                  Concept: I had planned to do portrait shots at various angles and poses inspired by Sade and a few other

female jazz singers. In order to portray the jazz/blues

 genre I had my model wear a vintage jumper I had a

change of outfits in case the first look didn’t work.

I took a few pictures in the second outfit but it

didn’t work as well. 

Client: N/A

Media: RAW capture

Primary shoot of contact:

Jazz Kamara-Marsh

Photographer:

Jazz Kamara-Marsh

MUA: Charisse Dawn Mitchell

Hair stylist: Tamika Aboah

Wardrobe stylist: Tamika Aboah

Model: Noreen Adjei

 

Photography Studio Set-Up

We were introduced to the photography studio before our planned photoshoots took place. We were shown the basic set-up you needed when taking photos.
As a class we were shown what we needed when setting up the studio for our personal shoots for our music magazines.

You have the choice of a black or white back drop
There are two flashlights - soft boxes (grids) which diffuses light, the grids channel correct lighting onto model and distributes light equally
There are two polyboards, these are foam boards which reflect light
The model should stand 5-6 feet away from the back of the backdrop
Lighting settings on soft boxes should start at 3 then you can decide if you need to go higher or lower (controlling the brightness of soft boxes)
The camera used is a Nikon d7000, it has 16 mmp, a 3.5 LCD screen, aperture priority  and shutter priority
There was a godox remote control transmitter, which syncs the camera and soft boxes, so when you take a picture the soft boxes flash
Lastly there were reflector boards, these are in gold, silver and white - as obvious from the name they reflect light