Planning the Photo-shoot

Image Planning

Location • For my photo-shoot there are various different places it could take place. For my

magazine cover the photo-shoot can be taken in practically any location with a light background as I am planning to transform the background completely white as seen in my inspirational texts and in my research I found that a lot of covers had blank backgrounds which benefited them. I will be using Photoshop to edit/improve my magazine and will use the wand tool to create the white background.

• I will be shooting in my dining room where there is a plain wall which will be convenient. I will also shoot outside on some steps where my model will sit as seen in one of my image inspirations. There will be photos that I took from a festival included in my magazine to create a new ‘festival fashion’ topic. The beach will also be a location used for my ‘summer wear’ section in my magazine.

Inspiration for Image Location

Make up and Hair • For one of my models I am going to use neutral make up including light

tones and a little blusher to give her some colour. I am going to go with the winged eyeliner as it is popular and my target audience can relate. The colour will go well with the plain white background scenery.

• For the hair, my models will have natural/wavy hair as it represents the different fashion seasons I am including in my magazine. This will make it look windswept and relate to my audience of women. I will change the hair to being tied up to down to maybe half and half in variation depending on which outfit the model is wearing.

Poses and Props• The poses my model will fulfil will complement the clothes and show them

off well. They will be feminine poses to suit the model and to relate the audience of women. I want the model to look happy but still a sense of maturity within it to try portray a welcoming yet sophisticated magazine. This will convince and persuade the audience to buy the clothing as the purpose lies.

• The props that will be used are items such as a scarf for the outfit, steps for scenery, tree branches and leaves to give affect of the season. It will also give more life to the image to make them more eye-catching.

Camera • I will be using my iPhone minimally for the photo-shoot but mainly my

digital camera which produces a high quality, clear photo. This allows the photos to look professional within a suitable contrast to the themes of the photos. They both suit different contrasts of themes and work well with differed lighting and zooming.