The document discusses lighting techniques investigated for a music magazine photoshoot. It describes taking photos with black and white backgrounds using different lighting angles. Diagonal lighting was found to enhance faces and create soft shadows, looking natural for acoustic artists. Both studio setups and lighting directions were experimented with to emphasize subjects' faces and innocence. The white background with brighter lights was decided as most effective for the cover, while softer lighting works better for smaller stories and introducing acts like acoustic performers.

2. What I did to investigate lighting techniques.
- Take a photoshoot using dramatic lighting.
- Use a black background and a white background
- Use different angles to see what would relate better to my music magazine.

6. The diagonal lighting enhances
the lighting in the face and
creates a soft shadow on the
image. This makes it look
natural. For an acoustic artist
this would work very well. I took
these two images to show the
studio partly not just my model
on the background. This gives it
a relaxed effect.
The images I took in the studio
show the conventions of lighting. I
tried several directions of lighting
to try emphasize the girls face and
her innocence.
These are several things I could
include on my cover photo. The
lighting on these images have been
positioned on diagonals.

8. The Photoshoots
- Throughout doing the photoshoots I think that the white background
is more effective but for my front cover I shall make the lights brighter
to have a more striking effect and use the softer lighting for the
smaller stories. This can be used to introduce an act such as an
acoustic performer.
- The harsh lighting would be good for bands and more rock/metal
however the soft lighting would be good for the softer music such as
acoustic, quiet relaxed music.

9. My Magazine Photos
- After taking the photographs in the studio I have planned
to use a white background with strong lighting for my
cover photo. This is then going to draw the attention to
the model if the photograph is bold. The outfit I have
chose for my model is red therefore if I have strong
lighting and a red outfit this will draw the eyes of the
target audience and the readers into buying the magazine.
- For my contents page I am going to add several images
from my shoot with fair harsh lighting. Aswell as that I
am going to add some location photographs of another
model that I am going to use for my double page spread.
These will bring variety to the magazine and entice people
to read further into the magazine.