1. Photo Shoot Review
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Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Task 3 Selection of final images &
review

2. Aim of Shoot
• The aim of my
photoshoot was to
produce an image I
could use on the
front cover of a
music magazine. I
wanted to make
the images fun and
interesting to look
at.

3. Description of shoot
The photo-shoot took place in my
bathroom because I wanted use
water in my shoot. I took inspiration
from the Miley Cyrus Rolling Stone. I
wanted to use a pool for my photo
shoot but because I could not access
one so I had to use a bath. I used the
flash on my canon camera for some
of the photos I took. For some of the
photos I took them manually to see
the difference. I also choose a bath
because I like the effect of the water
and how clear It makes the picture
look. Even though I haven't used any
musical items I wanted to just feature
the singer and to let the audience
know that were going to know about
this person.

4. Editing effects
For the image I choose to use on my front cover
I wanted to make it look professional and of a
high standard. I opened the image in
Photoshop and then started to make the
changes I thought necessary. First of all I made
Olivia’s under eyes darker to make it look more
like her make up has smudged in the bath. I did
this by selecting the paint brush and lowering
the opacity to 16. I then drew black smudges
under her eyes which has proved very effective
and to make her smudged mascara more
dominant.
Secondly I wanted to change the colour of
Olivia's eyes and make them more blue. I went
on the mask tool and outlined her eye. I then
went on colour balance and changed it to the
colour I wanted.
Thirdly I wanted to get rid of the shine on
Olivia’s forehead so I used the clone stamp to
take parts of her forehead which weren't shiny
and then place them where the light was
shining.
Also in the right hand corner of the picture I had

5. Capture log
• The setting of the photo shoot was in a studio specially
designed to take photos. There where professional lights
set up all around and a plain clean background which are
mainly used in many studio photo-shoots.
• The F stop for my final image is F/3.8 due to the fact the
image is very bright. This means when the image was
taken the camera was letting a lot of light in which is why it
was so bright. The ISO for this image is ISO-640 which
ones again shows us just how bright this image is. The
higher the ISO the more light the camera is letting in. This
is due to the two artificial lights we used.

6. Final Images
This is the final image for my front cover of my music
magazine. I am very pleased with this image because it
doesn’t look to photo shopped which I find some front
cover images do. I also like how clear the definition in
the picture has become so you can see the water in the
background which I wanted. You can also see a clear
outline of Olivia which makes the picture look really
sharp.
The angle of view for this photo is from above. I think it
has proven very effective because you can enough of
Olivia to see what she's doing and where abouts she is.
I think this would look really good on the front cover of a
music magazine because my interview is mostly about
getting to know Olivia therefore I didn’t want to use any
props to distract the audience away from the main focus
of my interview.
I also chose this image due to the fact the F/stop is f/4
which means there's a great amount of light passing
through which makes the image brighter in general.
The ISO for this photo is ISO 400 which means the
images isent too dull but isent to over exposed. However
I also enhanced the brightness just to make it that bit
brighter.

7. Capture log
• For my next set of images I kept the theme of using Olivia as the
main focus point. This time I had to produce a set of images I could
use inside my magazine. I produced around 50 images I could use
but only choose a select few. I wanted to choose photos that had a
range of shots so the image wouldn’t all look the same. I also tried
to us leading lines, symmetry, and depth of field in my images to
make them more professional.
• The shoot took over an hour and I only used one location to keep
the images more personal and so they connect to one another. I
wanted Olivia to change positions in each picture just so all the
image wouldn't look the same which would make the magazine
boring. I also wanted the images to look classy and respectable
therefore kept them tame.

8. Editing effects
Similar to the first photo I photo-shopped I
changed Olivia's eye colour to make them
bluer and to make it the same as the front
cover image. I did this with the masking
tool by drawing around her eye, clicking on
colour balance and making them bluer.
Secondly I made her under eyes darker to
keep up appearances with the other
photos and to make it look like her
mascaras very smudged. I did this simply
by selecting the paint tool and decreasing
the opacity.
Thirdly I used the masking tool again to
highlight Olivia's lips and make them a
brighter pink to give them more of a fresh
feeling.

9. Final Images
These are my two final images that will feature
inside my magazine. I choose these images for
a number of reasons one being that the image
themselves are very clear and have sharp
edges.
The first image uses depth of field by giving a
clear view of Olivia and blurring the background.
This shows the depth of the picture. The image
is also symmetrical when we look at the
background and the face which creates a strong
visual effect. We can also see that the image
uses leading lines which leads the audience to
the back of the photo also.
The second image also uses depth of field by
focusing more on Olivia than the background. I
also think that the spaced is used very well in
the image and doesn’t leave any blank white
space.

10. Rejected Images
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This are the images I thought weren't as
professional as the other ones I shot. I think
these images are more for comedic value
than for a serious music magazine. In the
pictures I have chosen Olivia is also not
ready and therefore it doesn’t look as
effective. Also on the first and last picture I
think the lightings too dull and doesn’t make
the image very clear.
The first image has a f stop of 3.5 however
the water makes the image look darker then
it actually is and therefore doesn’t look as
professional.
I also chose this images as rejects because
I don’t like the angle they were taken from.
For one not of them any depth of field or
any leading lines which makes an image
more professional.

11. Aims for next project
From this shoot I have learnt all about the
different kinds of camera angles and that there's
much more to a picture then meets the eye such
as depth of field. However in the next photoshoot
I do I will spend more time testing out different
angles and lighting so the pictures look different.
I also have come to understand how important
lighting is in a photo-shoot. The right setting
needs the right lighting and can make a massive
difference to the sort of message you want you
photos to create.