Thursday 16th October

The shots that I have just recently posted are going to be the front cover. I like the idea of the white background and bright colours contrasting. I am now thinking of locations. I had the idea of a house over looking the beach. These shots would include images of the artist in the house, on the balcony and on the beach, sunsets.
I am also deciding whether to do more then one artist. I would like to do a solo artist, a band group and a solo artist with their family. The styles would be completely different and this would show that I can work with different settings and moods.

Wednesday 15th October

On Tuesday 14th October, I organized a practice photo shoot. I decided to use a guitar as the object, a wacky, indie style and just a white background. Therefore I can change the background easily to what I want. My model was Stacey McGowan.

I like this image because it is a good action shot, however I would prefer it if the guitar was in the shot.

I like this shot because it has great character to it, funny and playful. It would need to be tidy up in PhotoShop.
This is a great action shot of her spinning. It is blurry however, I like it like this, it gives a great effect.
This image looks playful and cheerful. I think it would be better if it was shot portrait, so you can see all her head.
This is a great close up shot, I love the way she is smiling. Unfortunately, the image is blurred.
This is another action shot of her jumping, but a close up. It gives a great effect however it is blurry.
I love this shot. It is a great position, however, the lighting needs to be adjusted. 
Another great action shot of her jumping. This is the sort of thing I want to produce.
I prefer this close up shot of her jumping that the other one because its much more natural.
Jumping again. Needs to be adjusted in PhotoShop.
This is a great stance, I love the way the guitar is center attention. However, if I was to do this then the guitar would have to be facing completely forward.
 A playful picture, full of fun and natural stance. Needs to be tidied up.

I like this picture because the guitar is again center attention, however it doesn't look very natural and I prefer natural.

I am going to choose two of these pictures and edit them on Adobe Photoshop CS2 so I can practice my skills more.

Wednesday 8th October

This lesson I have been looking at magazine covers and thinking about my final front cover. I am going to begin to sketch and design the way I want the final product to be. I will continue to do this until October half term, 24th, whilst carrying on with other things. 

From completing my preliminary exercise, I have now developed skills to use Adobe Photoshop CS2 correctly and will continue to improve my skills I begin my main task.

Monday 6th October

On Wednesdays lesson I looked though all the pictures I took of the school and the students. I choose an image for my preliminary front cover.

The last few lessons I worked on this image in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and recreated into my preliminary front cover.

 

I really like this front cover, it is really simple however very eye catching. It looks professional and very attractive. It hasn't got any information on the front cover because I feel that it looks much better clean and simple.