Evaluation

Overall I am pleased with my final edits of the photos as there is a variety of different styles. I like the fact that the edits I done with one photo on top of the other look effective and in some of these edits it is as though you are looking at a memory because the album name is To Kiss, To Love, To Die. And in a couple of these edits you can see them about to kiss and then in the background him cradling her as she has died so within that edit it is as though you are seeing the past and the present. Again like this in another one of my edits you see the start of their relationship (To Kiss) and then in the background how it has grown into something special (To Love). 

I think that the photos I took in the studio are good because in a way they are quite passionate, the lighting is romantic, which is the impression that we were trying to give, and with having the light in the background in the photo it is as though they are standing under the moonlight, which is a typical Hollywood movie type thing to do and I think that it works very effectively, I particularly like the photos with the light shining between them as they are about to kiss as there is shadow on their faces as the light is focused on their features and then fades to black around the sides. Also there is more light shining on his face as he is the musician so I didn’t want the photo to distract from the fact that it is an album cover for a solo artist.

I think that my location shots by the river are also good as again I got a variety of different angles which makes photo shop a lot easier to work with. For the shots that we wanted the location was very good as there wasn’t that much going on in the background that would distract from the subjects, also the background was plain enough for me to add text to in the edit and it wouldn’t look messy or out of place. When I was on location and he was playing his guitar I managed to get some interesting shots of his guitar whilst he was playing and at different angles, with the different lighting that we had we were able to create a nice shadow, which I was then able to photograph and was able to use it for one of my edits.

If I was to do this assignment again, I honestly don’t know what I would do differently because over all I think that all I had a good variety of shots both in the studio and on location as we were prepared and knew exactly where we were going on location and what it was that we wanted to get from these. I was able to edit my photos to a standard that I am happy with and I think that because I had a variety of shots to choose from it made it a lot easier for me to come up with a selection of final edits.

Finished Edits

Planning for my photo shot

For my Photo shoot I will be doing both studio and location shots. My music students album is called, To Kiss, To Love, To Die.

For To Kiss, it will be a studio shot, with Aaron (the music student) and Lottie's (the helper) faces very close together as though they are about to kiss with the light shining through, which their faces will then be in shadow, another idea is to have their lips just touching again with the light shining through.
For To Love, one of the ideas is to have an out of focus shot of Lottie lying on Aaron's chest looking up as thought they are looking into the distance. Another idea is to have Aaron standing behind Lottie with him looking forward and Lottie looking up at him as if to show that they are in love.
For To Die, is another studio shot with light surrounding the two, Lottie will be lying on the floor dead and Aaron lenaing over her, morning her with his hand on her heart.
The final photo will be on a location that Aaron has found and wants to use, it will be a long shot with him standing under a tree.

Research

Michael Roberts Williams

Michael Roberts Williams grew up just outside Manchester, he moved to London with his camera after he got his photography degree. Michael is still based in London and has since made a name for himself doing music portraiture. He has done photographs of people such as; The Killers, Kasabian, La Roux, Ian Brown, Ellie Goulding, Pixie Lott, Biffy Clyro, and Kaiser Chiefs. He has also done portraits of celebrities in film, music and sport.

Over the years Michael’s portraits have been published in Filter, Clash, Uncut, Time, Die Zeit, 944, FMS and NME. He has also produced artwork and images for record labels and artist management. As well as all of this he has done some work for commercial clients such as; Philips, Adidas and American Rag Clothing. And on top of all this he has written a book called Chromatic which is out now.

Micheal Roberts' photos are portraits of the artists, and are all posed which allows the artists to be portrayed in any way they like.

Here are some examples of his work:

The Killers >>

<< Kasabian

Pixie Lott >>

<< La Roux

Benjamin Harte

Benjamin Harte is based in London and specialises in digital photography of classical music. He also does; Orchestra/ Stage, Portraits, Book Covers, Corporate and Wedding photography. When he takes a photograph for a Book Cover he has his own style which is aimed for the genre of Thrillers, he creates an eerie mystery feel about the book.

He started as a music photographer whilst working as a classical musician, and because of being a musician it meant that he can understand the subject a lot better than any other photographer, and can therefore get some more interesting photos. Benjamin works in the studio, on location and as a reportage photographer.

Benjamin Harte's photos are a mix of both posed and live photos but they include the atrist playing their instrument. This then doesn't feel as though the artist is trying to be something they are not, they are just being themself.
Here are some examples of  his work: