Organisation: Photography Planning

Looking at example photography (above) I know that when it comes to taking photographs for my magazine by looking at 3,4 and 5 you can see the many different ways bands are positioned on the front cover of different magazines. 4 goes for a more “in your face” type of shot – usually taken from a low angle. 3 goes for more of a straight on shot with the lead singer at the front, and 5 goes for a wide angle shot with each member of the band on the same level – almost as though not one is more important than the other, however 5 again uses a low angle shot which shows the many ways a low angle shot can be effective.

1 and 2 are more suited to double page spreads or contents pages, this is because they are more designed to show the surroundings. These two images look like they are designed to portray the artist’s style and tone – for example, shot 1, of Green Day, has a warmer feel to it due to the warm, yellow lighting that has been used. Whereas shot 2 uses more cold, dull colours which portrays Linkin Park’s tone.