The document outlines the planning and process for a photo shoot to capture images for the front cover of a magazine, including selecting models, lighting, background, and editing plans to portray themes of fun, youth and friendship through the costumes, poses and final selected image. Test images were taken with natural light and different backgrounds, and the selected front cover image was chosen through feedback from the target audience as best representing the desired themes.

1. Planning- Front Cover Photo-
shoot
THESE PHOTOSHOOTS FOR FRONT COVER/ DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD/ ADVERT/
CONTENT PAGE…. WAS ALL TAKEN ON THE SAME DAY. THEREFORE, SOME
SET UP PICTURES WILL BE THE SAME!
By Chantal Richardson

2. Planning for Front cover Image
Agency Name VIVANT
Model Louisa Tooth and Hannah Sewell
Camera height/angle/distance Eye-level
Medium Shot/ Medium long Shot
Location Studio (in house)
Lighting/Macro/Flash I will hang the Sheet on a window, for the light to go through the sheet to
reflect on the camera.
If inside lighting is not good and the task above does not work, then I will
take the picture outside in the natural light, then edit the models into a
different background
Mise-en-scene (incl. props, costume) Props- There will be a guitar in the image, to show that this is about music
Costume- They would be wearing teenage costumes, and colours would be
fun spring colours, nothing vibrant, as well as being very feminine
Background Background- this will be a light baby blue, or baby pink silk, backdrop, and I
will use it for the floor too, if I have to change the positioning of the
camera to, for example a long shot.

3. Continued….
Attempted connotation (what you’re trying to show through the costume, I’m trying to demonstrate the fun, youth, and freedom of being a teenager
models, etc….)
Planned denotation (what you see when you look at the front cover) The readers would be seeing two musicians as friends, in a happy mood,
because they are sharing their music to the readers (they are looking at
the reader)
Contingency (in case of model absence/weather) If the lighting inside studio is not correct with theme of spring, then I will
have to use natural light outside, and Photoshop the models into a
separate background I would have created on Photoshop
Alternate angle I would use long shot, to show the whole costume, still at an eye-level
angle, because then I will be able to do more with the models movements,
for example jumping in the air with the guitar
Thinking points: I will be using the rule of thirds, but instead the model will be in the middle, whilst the hybrids and cover lines will be on the left and
right side of the rule of thirds
Comments:

4. • Set Up for Photo-shoot FOR….
• FRONT COVER PHOTOS
• DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD PHOTOS
• ADVERT PHOTOS
• CONTENT PAGE PHOTOS

5. • Instead of hanging the sheet on top of a window, I hung in between the doors of the cupboard. This is because you wouldn’t
be able to see the sellotape, which would be obvious and harder to edit if I had the sheet on the window.
• I then added another sheet on the floor, because this would create a studio affect, as studios are usually in a cube shape, to
make the pictures look professional
• There was also a celling window above me when I was taking the pictures, which allowed natural light to reflect on the sheet

6. Taking Picture & Make-up
• I am in the blue jumper

7. Photography Explanations
• Aperture- will be at ƒ/11, because there will be
lots of natural light on the musicians, therefore
the iris doesn’t need to be large
• Shutter Speed- will be handheld at 1/60, because
the musicians will be in still positions, therefore,
the shutter doesn’t need to be fast to capture the
image
• ISO- will be low at 200, because there is lots of
natural light, therefore the sensitivity must be
lower to avoid noise in the picture

8. Decision on Front Cover Image
10% 10% 30% 50%
• These are the 4 images I have short listed, which I judged on facial expressions, how professional they
looked, and if they showed the correct themes e.g. fun, girly and star quality
• I then asked 20 teenage girls which picture showed these themes: fun, girly and star quality, where most
of them chose the 4th image on the right, with a percentage of 50%. Therefore this is the image I will be
using for my front cover.
• The 4th image seems to also be the best, because not only does it appeal to my target audience, but also,
the picture has space on the sides and above for writing

9. Basic Photoshop tools for editing
• Firstly, I will use brightness, contrasting, and
sharpening, because there is a lot of shadows
that don’t look professional
• I will then change the background to make
everything white, but still have the texture of
the sheet. So I will use the quick selection
button, then press Ctrl + U and change the
colour