Photo Shoot - Miss Miller

 We need to take pictures within our groups as they will be used for our magazine adverts and our own artist digipaks to give the audience a visual aspect of the artist and their music. It is important to take a variety of different pictures as it helps to engage the audience into what the artist is about. For example our groups images contain close-up images of the artists face as well as long shot images to show the artists surroundings which is effective in showing the audience both the artists facial expressions and the scenery that matches their music genre.

I have taken a picture of this particular image to give the audience a clear view of the artists facial expressions and emotions which therefore builds a relationship between the artist and the targeted audience as they get an understanding into what the artist is about. I intend to use thus picture for both the digipak and the magazine advert as my magazine advert only includes one image of the artist which is this close-up to engage with the audience. This close-up I took is conventional to the indie genre as close-ups are typically used to show the individuality of the artist and how they are unique from the rest of the artists arising or currently within the music industry. I think the close-up is good in putting a face to the music of the new upcoming artist so the audience can recognise her and get a visual aspect of the voice of their music. I think this close-up will help the audience build a relationship with my artist as they are made to feel connected to them within the close image of her looking directly into the audiences eyes thus building a relationship with the artist their music and the target audience.

I have taken a picture of this particular image to make the audience familiar with the type of surroundings and location the artist is associated with which therefore gives them an insight into what type of artist she is and what she is about. For instance, the artist is seen in what is visual in the image - a forest as she is leaning against the tree. This could connote that the artist is into nature or is even natural/pure. I intend to use this image within the digipak only as digipaks are supposed to include various different pictures of the artist to involve the audience with the artist and their music by letting them into what the artist is offering and what type of artist they are. The use of this long-shot is conventional to the indie-genre as is shows the nature scenery in which is typically used within the indie genre as indie artists are associated with nature to show their individuality and uniqueness which differs from other music genres which promote artificially and unnatural non everyday things. I think this long-shot image of the artist builds a relationship with the artist by letting the audience in to the different aspects of the artist and giving them an understanding of the things associated with the artist in which makes up their music.

I have taken a picture of this particular image which shows the artist smoking a cigarette to give the audience an insight into what kind of person the artist is. In this case, the artist is seen to have a rebellion side to her which contrasts against the other images within the photo shoot as the artist appears to be pure and a lover of nature. I intend to use this image within the digipak to give away more about the artist in the bonuses a digipak provides the target audience of an artist. This image is conventional to the indie genre as indie artists are normally associated with cigarettes or alcohol to exaggerate the deepness/depression of their music and how they rebel within the music industry as opposed to other music gene artists of whom are purely about the entertainment of their fans and the audience. I think that this image will help to build a relationship between the artist and the audience as it gives the audience an insight into the character and personality of the audience which appears to be rebellious and careless thus what our artists targeted audience could relate to in this realistic stage of the youth.

I have take a picture of this particular image which shows the artist and a male standing side by side in order to give the audience a sense of romance that the artist has to them. I intend to use this image in the digipak as it will allow the audience to capture to concept that the artist is a romantic which unveils more about the artist but this is only available in the bonus of a digipak. This two-shot image subverts the indie genre as that music genre tends to make the pure focus the artist only to show their individuality and independence which a two-shot does not support as is promotes the idea of love as opposed to uniqueness. This image will help to build a relationship between the audience as the concept of a love story and relationship between a male and female is relatable and an everyday situation in which the audience can relate to and aspire to have.

To conclude, I found taking the pictures quick and efficient for my photoshoot and I feel as though I captured the smoking close up particularly well.