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The picture below is my band on my front cover and the article on my double page spread, i tried to give the band a quite unique style but at the same time i tried to keep the indie scene and genre key. The posture that each of the models have is very basic and nothing fancy, i personally think that it gives off a casual vibe to the photo. The angle of the shot is key, i tried many different angles before i got to this one, at this point im to the side of the models so that they turn their heads to look into the camera i also told them not to smile as it adds to the tense aggressiveness of the photo. I tried to go slightly more professionally on the lighting on my photo, i used an off camera flashgun around 45 degrees to the left of the camera, this allows the whole shot to be lit up but still create harsh shadows around the models and on the background behind the models. In the top photo, the photographer has used two soft boxes on the left and the right hand side of the subject, the soft box on the left is higher power than the one on the right which allows the photographer to create shadows around the right hand side of the models but also allowing the right hand side to still be lit up, this adds to the gloomy effect of the photo as to which the sky accompanies.
I went for a very plain and simple look with the costumes, chino/suit trousers with a plain white t-shirt with a cardigan or suspenders, this really finishes off the look of the photo along with setting of the photo ; long grass, old steel container(behind), rusted steel in the photo ect. The facial expressions are pretty straight forward, i asked the models not to smile and to have literally no facial expression what so ever, hair was also key in this shot, i wanted the typical indie style hair to be portrayed but at the same time i wanted it to be different.
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