Front Page Pictures!

I have recentley had a 'photo shoot' for the front page picture. I have used 'Jask Paint Shop Pro 8' to edit these photos. This is the first photograph i took and edited:

It shows me, passionatley singing through a microphone, i have my eyes closed which suggest passionate as well as focused. My mouth is also open which suggests im either speaking or singing through the microphone. I chose to wear a white Tshirt which is neutral, and which is what i wanted rather then a Tshirt which could cause the audience to stereotype the magazine. However, in this picture you don't view any of his other passions apart from singing and this is what i love about this picture it's completley focus on the singing. There is strong contrast within this photograph which illuminates the white on the Tshirt, the white suggests, singing has a sence of purity about it, how it's natural, and with the contrast against the black microphone makes the microphone stand out as a strong figure within this photograph. I made this photograph Black and White because it adds realism into the photograph, which links with this idea of being passionate about something, how this is 'real to you' it also creates stronger contrast then with would have done if it were in colour. I editted in the spotlights in this photograph, i feel this gives the main focus point in the photograph dominance, which the camera angle also contributes to. Although the camera angle isn't a strong 'low angle mediam shot' it still contributes to giving the person in the photograph dominance, which is what i first aimed for and explained in my planning work. The wall also behind is neutral toned, there is no personal exploitation of his personality which is good if the magazine is targetting a large teenage audience as it doesn't create an expectation of the magazine and provoke a stereotype.

If i was to improve on this photo, i would have created the lights beam up on him in the photograph, this would have given him a god like light, and made it even more dominant. I would have also took the photo away from anything in the background, because at the far right you can see the door where this photo was taken near. There is also a band visable on the persons arm, this is unneccesary to the photograph and could cause unwanted attention, however, with the band not displaying any colour: it's not promoting anything and is hardley noticable, It's not so bad i'd have to take another photo because of it.

This is a second photo which i took, which is very different to the first photo. First of all the camera angle is a lot stronger which does give such a stronger dominant effect which is again, what i hoped to acheive. The camera angle is perfect, as it looks like the person is performing in a concert on a stage, and this photo was taken from a member of the audience lookling up. You are able to see the vocal movement from the throat so it looks like a strong action shot. The lighting effect i've used has more of a red tint, which contributes to two things:

1) Making it look like a real concert, thus adding reality into the image, which connects which the passion of the photograph as well. It gives the audience a message, if your this passionate, you too could be performing in a concert.

2) The colour connotates to the performer being 'Hot, brand new artist!' It adds excitement to the image. As well as adds more contrast between the Tshirt and the Microphone.

The lighting effect is also shining up on him which gives him a stronger dominance, god like effect, this is the effect i was after in my planning.

The background on this photograph is completley neutral, where as the other photograph had a bit of the door on, this one has nothing.

There is nothing bad about this photograph really, only the fact you can see the band on the persons arm which gives away some personality which i tried not to expose, as im trying to keep it as neutral as possible. However, i believe this shouts out the right message i wanted, and connects with my headline perfectley! And that is 'The WYKE Factor!' It gives the perfect dominant figure i wanted to display and i don't think i could get a better photograph which shouts out the message i wanted!