Image Planning

Front Cover:

The image I plan to feature on my front cover involves a male model, therefore I will have to consider their positioning before doing so. As I would like to have an active cover page with an action shot, I would like to use a mid to long shot in order to show the elements that are necessary. I would like to work with these shot types as it will allow the audience to understand the concept or message I am trying to convey. I would like to organise a photo-shoot of either; surfing, rowing or rugby so I would have to be able to show the model and the features around him, making his activity clear to the audience. Depending on the day in which I choose to participate in my photo-shoot will decipher the camera settings in terms of the lighting. As the sports I want to be photographing are partaken outside, the natural lighting element will be key. I hope for my shot to be taken in the sun, giving the image a brighter look, however I do not want the colours to become over powered. In this case I will need to play around with the aperture and exposure levels when taking my photos.

Double Page Spread:

 The image I would like to create for my double page spread would be a long shot of again, something active. This time I intend to capture an activity that is busier therefore involving more elements ie. colours, people, objects, surroundings. I feel a long shot would fulfil the criteria of fitting the necessary aspect of the image onto the page. I will consider that lighting just as much as my front cover image, yet there will be more to focus on as the picture will have more content. Despite this I consider the natural lighting to be a good basis for my photo-shoot and to then adjust the settings according to the weather on the day. I want to give a  bright fresh and crisp connotation to my audience, so I am aiming for a high quality balanced feedback of aperture, exposure, shutter speed and IOS levels.

Contents Page:

As I plan to have more than just one imagine on my contents page I will need to consider the composition of each imagine. I will aim for all of my photos to be of the same quality, firmly setting a production value for the audience to feed of. I would like to feature an range of shot types, to keep the audience engaged. By doing this I feel it will show diversity throughout my magazine and make to consumers more susceptible to buying my brand again or alternatively recommending it to  others. In these picture I would like to show more close-up/ macon shots as this type will not have been evident much throughout the previous part of my magazine. A lot of regional magazine use close-up shots of nature or animals to entice their audience, I am going to loosely follow this convention in my contents page. Just like the other two design elements of my magazine I intent to use and manipulate the natural lighting present at the time of my photo-shoot. I think this will give the audience a more relaxed and honest connotation, than the use of filters for instance.