Planning for photography : planning, casting and protection

When I first thought about the type of model I wanted for my magazine I had to think about my audience what type of image I want to convey about my magazine. Looking around at most peoples photos for there final design, in my opinion where pretty bland, with just a similar mid length shot of them standing behind a green screen. In order to make my magazine appealing to my audience I wanted to take the images in a different location instead of inside the college grounds.

When first thinking of ideas I thought of very exciting unique poses that the model was going to be positioned in and while many other peoples ideas ending up being in the café at college I furthered my original plans.


I wanted to my model to be a hedonist and for their personality to shine through in the pictures, without the image looking forced or fake. Finally after a few weeks of deciding I found the perfect model, which had a good understanding in photography and the media industry so she knew exactly what I wanted.

I used minimal make up, and also minimal clothing, to portray a sexy but sophisticated theme. Because of the nature of my photographs as some of them are with the model partially clothed, I had to make sure that the model understood that the pictures will be displayed on the internet for various people to see. The model I took images of has emailed me, stating that she is over 18 and therefore does not need parental permission for the images to be displayed and used by me for my music magazine. While taking the pictures it was just myself and the model; I insured they were comfortable with the images I took.



On the left there is an email from the model.