Photoshoot's- explanation of why I choose my predominate magazine shots.

For my photo-shoot i focused on incorporating key aspects on our magazine genre though the use of semeiotics to symbolize the juxtaposition between the rock/indie genre and the glamorous connotations that are held with the funky house scene.

I decided upon using this image for my frount cover as i belive it was one of  the most effective, visually eye capturing and prevoative, conveys the artist playful but also rebellious strong and powerful personality, which would intern be echoed through her music. The use of the peals as a prop symbolise the glamorous and class connoted with funky house, predominately the genre of STROBE, however by have the artist biting them from her scarlet red lips portray the edge and rock, rebellious influence this issue embodies.

I think the monochrome colour contrast with the bright red lips makes the image perfect for the fount cover as it eye catching, interesting and conveys the fusion between glamorous henoistic music with a challenging and rebeillous rock and indie twist appealing to a wider lifestyle demographic.

To make the front cover image more editorial and appropriate for the front cover i edited the black eye make-up to make it darker and stand out, i also used a variety of photoshop technique to make her lips a deeper red to contrast with the black clothing and eye makeup and also to tie in with the black, red and white colour scheme i have used for my front cover.

I used this slightly high angled tilt shot combined with the strong, dominant pose and body language of the body, for example her direct eye content with the camera and her edgy fist to symbolise power. I also conveyed this though styling her in high laced biker boots associated with the rock genre, which although her make-up and revelling top is quite feminine, give her a masculine twist, which echoes the artists ideology of not only wanting to appear glamorous and sexy but not to be viewed in a derogatory way and seen as equal in terms of success in the music industry, appeal to a feminist audience who want to break the boundary of being seen as just sexual objects in the media.

I think the shadows created by the lighting used in our photo shoot aids the the professional appearance of the photo, however when using it in my contents page I edited the image in photo shop, manipulating the image taking away the imperfection's in the shot, for example the light switch in the background.



Here are some other images I have taken to convey to the rebellious and dominate ideologies of the artist and also the fusion of glamour and fashion embodied through out my magazine.