Contents Photoshoot

For my contents page i had to take appropriate photos that would be suitable to my genre and work well with the codes and conventions of my magazine. I chose to take photos of the lead singer of a band for the contents page of my magazine. This was because i felt that he would be the main influence to the fans that he is the one who gets the most publicity. Therefore by putting and image of just the bands front man on the contents it means that my particular target audience will have someone to look up to and someone that stands out as what they want to see when buying this particular genre of magazine.
For the photos that i took i did not take them in a studio location i chose not to do that because i felt because of the Indie genre that i am making my magazine appeal to i wanted the photos to portray this in an affective way. So i chose to take the images on just a casual night out. By doing this it meant that it not only shows how the front man dresses and get its style across in that way but also the way in which he behaves. Showing how he behaves is a great way of showing the genre, it means that people buying this magazine will look at the photos on night out and notice how much of a good time he has because of his lifestyle and the way in which is his music influences this in many ways.

This is a mid shot , location photo. I thought that this photo was affective because of the way he is looking at the camera and this will make the audience feel alot more engaged with the magazine. Although this photo is affective as it captures the partying moment i dont feel that it would be the right image to use on my contents page. The iconography in this photo is the beer that is slightly out of shot. This is another reason why i chose not to use this photo. It does have the codes and conventions for a photo but i feel as though when i have cut the lead singer out due to loosing all of the people that are gathered in the background that the photo will loose its feel and not convey the same message of the 'messy' night out as it did before it was edited.

This photo is the image that i am going to be using on the contents page of my magazine. This was taken from a selection of photos that were taken on a night out meaning that it was a location shot rather than a studio. I chose to use this image over all the other images because of the way in which it conveys the message that i want to get across. This is the photo before i have edited it and made the background white. I felt that this medium close up photo was an appropriate one to use because it showed the clear codes and conventions and style of my particular genre. By using this singular image of the front man from the band people can easily gain and idea and concept about what this magazine is all about and the sort of people that it is suited to. For example the way in which he is holding a beer in one hand shows clear iconography and suggests that he enjoys going out , partying and living the rock and roll lifestyle. Also the way in which he is looking straight out to the audience shows the way in which he is engaging with his audience and wants to be involved with his fans.