Unit 57: Photography and Photographic PractiseProject Proposal

(P2, P3, M2, M3, D2, D3)

Candidate name: Callum Wallace

Theme: Music Magazine Portrait Photo Shoot

Predicted final outcome

I will take approximately 50 portrait photographs, which have to look like they would belong in a music magazine. I will use techniques inspired from magazines I already look at and enjoy such as NME. I will then choose my final 10 best images to bring forward for further editing or touching up (If needed).

Reasons for selection of theme (including inspiration from the work of others)

I want to take these images to practice my techniques and because of my interest in music and the photography of bands I like. I will use these as inspiration when taking my photos, a music photographer I like is Daniel Harris (who works at NME). Here is some of his photos I like of one of my favourite bands:

I will use the techniques used and ideas as inspiration for my own work to hopefully achieve the same quality.

The photo imaging equipment and medium that will be used and why The camera I will be using is the Canon EOS 7D the specs of the camera are:

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www.cnet.com/products/canon-eos-7d/specs/This camera will be able to achieve the photos I want to take in a high quality. I may also need to take a tripod if I want to take slow shutter speed shots, to ensure there is no unwanted movement of the camera.

So the motion blur is clean and crisp.

Techniques that will be used and how they will help convey the visual message

I will be shooting in a mix of different lightings so I will need to be actively changing the settings on my camera to achieve the most attractive shot. When in low key lighting areas making the shutter speed slower and opening the f stop to make the photo a bit brighter than it would be naturally and vice versa. I will most likely be using black and white filters on my photos as Daniel Harris (NME) did. So I need to make sure the shot isn’t too dark, so when the filter is applied it doesn’t differentiate the colours and the majority becomes black. I will also try framing the shots so the singer/ band are always the focus point.

Location of shoot I want to take photos that would be suitable for NME so I will research how they make bands or singers look in photos and take inspiration from that. I will also look at the location they were taken and use some of the same ideas for my shots to achieve a NME look.