Test shots

Test shots from our magazine photo shot.

I haven't chose this picture, as I felt that the positioning of the camera is at to much of an angle, and therefore would of been harder to photoshop and would of been to time consuming forcing me at a increased risk of going over deadlines. I also thought that the poisoning of the prop (guitar) wasn't good as I wanted it to be at a higher angle as it looks better.

I haven't chosen this picture to feature in my magazine as the equipment seen on the left is blocking the picture too much. Although the positioning of the camera is better in this shot compared to the other shot, I felt that editing the equipment out of the shot would be a waste of time as it would be too time consuming and could be doing something else with my blog to improve it. if it wasn't for the equipment in the way of this shot, this could have been a contender for the double page spread.

I decided to not include these shots and therefore, have gone down as test shots. The reason why I  didn't include these shots is because I felt that the positioning of the camera was off or there is to much of the background in the frame and as a result, would have been harder to edit. Therefore, I used these test shots to find out where I should take the picture from to get the best possible outcome. This allowed me to pick the best picture for my double page spread and as a result, improving the quality of my final product as I have picked the correct picture for the magazine


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These shots capture the background setting for my contents page for my magazine. I wanted to take test shots of the surrounding environment as it needed to be suitable for a music magazine as well as suiting my genre which is rock.

I chose this setting as it contained vital props located in the background the link to the rock genre. As you can see, the amplifier and the blue/white electric guitar are placed in the background to give off a rock and roll vibe for my magazines contents page. Both these props are also symbolic of the rock genre as well as the magazine title itself due to the amplifier.

As well as this, we also had easy access to equipment such as the apple macs, where we could capture our photos and edit them on the macs. This was very helpful for us as we were able to utilise the time given to us, which made the process a lot quicker and smoother. Also, if we were not happy on the picture quality, we could retake it straight away.