After looking at different album cover examples we went to look for a suitable location to shoot. We found a field behind our college that was exactly how we wanted the setting to look.
The long grass and rural picturesque scenery suited our genre of music and we felt it would create a tranquil image. We wanted the setting to be relatable to our audience and so didnt want to confine ourselves to a studio photoshoot.
Our images
These are all our images from our first photoshoot. Out of these images we then selected our best ones. We experimented with different settings such as the field, the river and the tree however after looking over them we decided to stick with our original idea of having the photo shoot based in a picturesque field.
Best photos
These are the photos I am going to work with when making my album print as they are all clear,sharp photos with good lighting that compliments the artists profile. The artist has good varying poses:
- close ups
- far away photos
- looking directly in to the camera
- staring dreamily into space
There are photos that are suitable for the album cover - close ups that focus on the artist face and photos that are more suitable for the back cover - ones with the artist stood far out to the side where there is room for text
Photoshoot 2
These are our photos from our second photoshoot which we decided to do in the studio at our college. We had already got the photos for the album cover (see photoshoot 1) and we now needed new photos which we could use for the lyric book. We wanted these photos to be in a completely different setting so as to vary our digi-pack and so we began look at exisiting lyric books to get ideas. As a group we came to a decision on the idea of the lyric book being photos from the recording studio and when the artist was writing her songs, we felt this would create a casual, relaxed look, fitting with the overall theme of our album.
After taking a number of photos in different situations we chose our favourite photos that we thought would look best:
