Chosen Images

These are the collection of images that I have used for my first draft; they are all indoor shots so in order to make mine stand out from the rest I plan to take more photos in a variety of different locations. I tried to incorporate varying looks and concepts and experimented with different backgrounds as well as poses. I think my photos will attract my target audience because the model looks mischievous and captivating. As I have used a female, I ensured to cover different kinds of concepts so that my target audience are not just confined to one gender. Having my model appear girly and fairy like will attract the younger female audience as they have the tendency to go through a phase where they enjoy dressing up whereas the pictures where my model is wearing dark coloured clothing and accessories would attract both females and males as they like the ‘bad girl’ image. Using stereotypes in this manner can be advantageous as it allows me to create something that would be liked by the vast majority of my target audience. I can work well knowing what kind of approaches everyone likes and ensure I have included elements from this into my final product. Gel lights were used as it was something new that I hadn’t worked with before; by using them I thought not only was I able to get a nice collection of images but expand my skills and techniques. The gel lights in this instance were of the colours pink and blue; both stereotypically colours that represent one specific gender, however I picked the two together because it creates a soft light colour that captures the models overall pose well. In all three gel light pictures I have chosen, my model seems like she is in thought and portrays her as a very open-minded person. Giving personality to a picture is vital as otherwise the target audience will not be able to connect with the magazine nor get an understanding as what the model is truly like. The pictures capture my model looking away from the camera and to the side; this connotes that the model is a shy and sweet yet again reinforcing the femininity appearance. There is one image I have chosen to keep in black and white as I felt the background was the wrong choice and adding any other effects would not work. I had to therefore compromise and go with the black and white effect, which despite not being what I initially was going for still worked well. It makes the model seem fierce and also grabs more attention to her face. For the picture where my model is holding light bulbs, I encountered some difficulty getting them to show up properly when taking the pictures, and once I managed to take them, I realised that the background was too washed out and made the whole image look dull and gloomy. Using photo-shop I tried using different techniques to fix the washed out background and managed to edit it in a way that worked.