This document discusses the use of photos in an indie magazine. Several photos are selected to illustrate articles and layouts because they fit the magazine's style, show musicians appropriately, and depict subjects like festival fashion clearly. Other photos are rejected for being unfocused, having hand gestures that don't fit the genre, or not looking positive enough. One photo works well once edited to be brighter and show the model smiling confidently.

1. Photo evidence
Imogen Bavinton

2. • I have used this photo as the main
image on my front cover because I
feel the image gives an indie feel to
my magazine. The layout of the
photo is perfect for the layout of my
magazine as most of the picture is
on the right and most of the cover
lines are in the left third of the
magazine. As well as this the
background of the image is mostly
one colour and also plain which
doesn’t draw your attention away
from the main part of the image.

3. • I used this photo as the main
image on my double page
spread. This is because it is big
enough to fill a full page. The
colours go with the house style of
my magazine, and the font and
colour of the font I have used,
goes well with this picture and
stands out without drawing the
target audiences attention away
from the picture. It also applies to
the style of my magazine as it
shows a photo shoot with a
musician.

4. • This picture, I have used on my front
cover to demonstrate one of my cover
lines. I used the picture because it
shows clearly the title "festival fashion”
The picture is in focus and the setting
is wooded which is often an option for
where people choose to camp at a
festival. The dark colours on the
picture also go well with my house
style. The connotation of the picture is
a girl sat in a woods displaying
fashion, however the denotation of this
is how the clothes she is wearing are
suitable to be worn to a festival and
the background make us think of
nature and the outdoors, which is
where festivals are.

5. • I have used this picture on my double page spread. I
believe the image is suited to an indie magazine because
the picture shows more of the musician approach. We can
see her full face in the shot which makes the photo more
life like.
This picture I also used in the double page spread.
The connotation of the picture is a confident girl
posing for a photograph. The denotation of this is
that the musician is self assured and looking forward
to a positive career in her future.
I have used this photo in my magazine as it shows
the model who is the musician. We can see the
models face in the photo which makes us realize that
the photo shows the musician is having a
photoshoot.

6. This picture, I have used on my double page spread of
my magazine. It shows the singer taking part in a photo
shoot. The model is the same girl I have used
throughout the making of my double page spread so
that it is consistent. However as well as this, the picture
is taken from a different photo shoot I arranged, which
gives the page more of a variety of pictures.
This picture is taken from my contents page of the
magazine. The model is smiling confidently and looking
straight at the camera which makes the image have a
positive impact on the target audience. It also relates well to
the article the image is illustrating of “festival fashion” This is
because the girl is in a simple t-shirt which is what people
would wear for a festival.

7. I have not used this image in my magazine as I feel
it gives of the wrong impression about what the
magazine is about and who it is aimed at. The hand
gesture is often seen as a punk rock symbol and my
magazine is of the indie genre, therefore it is not
suitable. As well as this, the picture is slightly out of
focus and the model isn't smiling which may not
give off positive vibes to the audience.
I haven't used this picture in my magazine either as
I personally don’t like it as much as the other ones. I
find the camera angle is the same as a lot of other
pictures used which makes it lightly boring and the
picture itself is out of focus and slightly blurry.

8. This picture I feel, turned out well to use for my
magazine. Although the unedited version of the
image is over exposed and too bright, once edited it
turns out well. The model is smiling positively at the
camera, and looks confident. This gives a good vibe
to the target audience and therefore persuades them
to read the article. Moreover, the lanyard round the
girls neck shows she may be a student or at work,
which goes well with the article of “readers giving
their opinions”