Reconnaissance and ideas

1. This is the location where I have taken my
photographs for my Pop magazine. Like
professional images, they were shot using a
backdrop and a white screen. Doing this as well
as having high key lighting and a professional
canon camera allowed me to take images that
looked more professional and that of what a top
end company would produce.
Using a photography studio to take photos allows you to control the shadow in the shot. For
instance the shadow has been purposely used within the double page spread to create an
eerie, effect on Ollie, this has worked well as the page is all about him leaving the band to
make a solo career. Another advantage of using a white backdrop includes that it allows the
text on the front page to stand out on the newly made background, making it easy for the
reader to view.
Professional magazines also shoot their photos in a studio with equipment similar to this, this
is a common convention as this way they are able to add backgrounds and effects at their
will. Usually, they only shoot outside if they have a special article relating to a specific setting
for the artist, even so, they can use effects and backgrounds anyway to create this without
event going there. This can be done on photo manipulation software’s such as Photoshop.
Considering this, when creating my images, I shot on the white screen and edited in my light
blue background using the colouring tool. Using a plain background without any effects on it
allowed my image to stand out more, this is because the band are wearing bright and
different coloured clothing to the background. Having this new background with the easily
cropped image allows me to place it and resize it to an area that allows all of my sell lines to
fit in.
Having a white backdrop allowed me to easily cut out the band and place them on a new
background, this is also a common convention of pop magazines. Pop magazines such as
We love pop and pop party use this as well or sometimes leave the background white and
minorly edit it. When they do this however, they make the page full of content to ensure it
does not come across as dull to the audience.