Preparation

Preparation

There are a few things I will need to decide on and plan before taking photos for my cover image, such as:

• who I choose for my model
• where the photo-shoot will take place
• what the model will wear
• type of poses the model will perform

I think it's key to choose the right model, especially seeing as the model will be the main focus on the magazine cover. My magazine genre being hip hop, I think its important to find a model that could easily persuade the audience that they genuinely are a hip hop artist. For example a female model dressed in very formal clothes and only politely smiling will not give this persona.

It's also extremely important to find somewhere suitable to have the photo-shoot. I hope to use a plain white background, I plan creating this by using rolls of paper stuck against a wall, then any marks or lines visible I hope to edit out. I plan to do this in an available class room during school.