Contact Sheets

   

Reflection

Here are my contact sheets for my cover shoot. I chose to use the black studio for my photoshoot as I am envisioning my front cover to have a dark background so this gave me more of an idea of the final result. My models are Megan Simonet and Saul Falla. I decided to have two models as I wanted my cover to create a party image as EDM is a party genre. Therefore I thought that this vibe would be easier to create with two models who could interact with each other.

I am happy with how my models costumes and make-up turned out and think it is similar to the image which I created on my cover shoot plan. The accessories like Saul’s bum bag and bandana gave the festival vibe which I was looking for and Megans pink eyeshadow also stands out as a feature. When taking my photos I also ensured to take them in multiple different camera shots including long shots, mid-shots and close ups. This allowed me to have selection which I can chose from at the end and see what works best.

When looking at my images now I think that then close-ups work the best as they show the emotion of the model more and allow their eye-contact to interact with the audience. It is important that these close-up images still showed enough of my models costumes though otherwise I would lose what connected these models to my genre

After taking all of my photos I realised there were a lot of black images which I chose to keep in to show my errors which I have learnt from fro my next photo shoot. This is due to having the shutter speed too slow and so the flash was not on for these photos which is what resulted in a dark image. You can also see from these contact sheets that the photos at the beginning are not as good lighting and quality as the ones at the end, this is also due to me recognising my mistakes of having the flash and exposure too low during the shoot and correcting them which resulted in much better photos at the end.

Overall I am really happy with how my photos turned out and I have a good selection of images with, successful use of mine en scene, to chose from for my front cover.

My Favourite Images

After going through all of my images and contact sheets I had to choose 1 or 2 favourites which I want to use as my front cover image. I chose to use an image which was more of a mid shot rather than a long shot in order to show more emotion of the model but still capture Mise en scene. It was important that the image I chose displayed body language reflecting my genre, EDM. Therefore I chose images where my models looks positive but also professional as they are DJ’s swell as using hand gestures to portray body language. Lighting was also an important factor when choosing my favourite images as some of my photos did not come out well due to the lighting being too dark or too bright whereas these ones came out very well.

I think that I am going to use the bottom image for my front cover as the Mise en scene is more exciting than the first image and tells more of a story relating to my genre than the other image. This is my favourite image as it shows the costumes well and the models are interacting with the audience by looking into the camera. There body language portrays a fun vibe which is associated with Electronic Dance Music and this was important when choosing my main cover star image as the models have to draw in an audience from a first glance.

 

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