Callum Wallace proposes to take 50 portrait photographs for a music magazine photo shoot to practice his techniques. He intends to choose his best 10 images for further editing, taking inspiration from magazines like NME. Specifically, Callum admires the work of photographer Daniel Harris and will attempt to emulate the quality and techniques used in his NME photos, such as using black and white filters. Callum will use his Canon EOS 7D camera and tripod to capture high quality shots with different lighting techniques, framing the singer/band as the focus point. He will research NME photo shoots for inspiration on locations that achieve a magazine look.

1. Unit 57: Photography and Photographic Practise
Project Proposal
(P2, P3, M2, M3, D2, D3)
Candidate
name: Callum
Wallace
Theme: Music Magazine Portrait Photo Shoot
Predicted final outcome
I will take approximately 50 portrait photographs, which have to look like
they would belong in a music magazine. I will use techniques inspired from
magazines I already look at and enjoy such as NME. I will then choose my
final 10 best images to bring forward for further editing or touching up (If
needed).
Reasons for selection of theme (including inspiration from the work of others)
I want to take these images to practice my techniques and because of my
interest in music and the photography of bands I like. I will use these as
inspiration when taking my photos, a music photographer I like is Daniel
Harris (who works at NME). Here is some of his photos I like of one of my
favourite bands:

3. I will use the techniques used and ideas as inspiration for my own work to
hopefully achieve the same quality.
The photo imaging equipment and medium that will be used and why
The camera I will be using is the Canon EOS 7D the specs of the camera
are:
http://www.cnet.com/products/canon-eos-7d/specs/
This camera will be able to achieve the photos I want to take in a high
quality. I may also need to take a tripod if I want to take slow shutter speed

4. shots, to ensure there is no unwanted movement of the camera. So the
motion blur is clean and crisp.
Techniques that will be used and how they will help convey the visual
message
I will be shooting in a mix of different lightings so I will need to be actively
changing the settings on my camera to achieve the most attractive shot.
When in low key lighting areas making the shutter speed slower and
opening the f stop to make the photo a bit brighter than it would be
naturally and vice versa. I will most likely be using black and white filters on
my photos as Daniel Harris (NME) did. So I need to make sure the shot isn’t
too dark, so when the filter is applied it doesn’t differentiate the colours and
the majority becomes black. I will also try framing the shots so the singer/
band are always the focus point.
Location of shoot I want to take photos that would be suitable for NME
so I will research how they make bands or singers look
in photos and take inspiration from that. I will also look
at the location they were taken and use some of the
same ideas for my shots to achieve a NME look.