Photography: Steven Horry

Double page spread shots: For my double page spread I have positioned my model to sit on a chair whist playing his guitar. The setting I chose shows key iconography of the Indie Rock genre. In the background audience can see shelves of records. I chose the guitar in which my model used for the pictures, this was a vintage Gibson 1964 guitar. This certain guitar is typically associated with the Rock and Indie Rock genre. I chose to use this guitar for my photographs because of what genre it shows. Also the fact that it is red was another reason for my decision. As in my beginning draft designs I had used a lot of red within the designs, in things such as title, copy and shapes. So I thought this would be my best choice for an instrument.

Front cover shots: I decided on the compostion and clothing style that my model had. I chose a brown tweed jacket, white shirt and tie, casual skinny jeans and smart brown leather shoes. Typically this is the way which a person interested and linked into the Indie Rock genre dresses. I knew this is the type of style that i wanted to use, this was infuenced by my research into the representation of the Indie Rock Genre. I tried 3 different kind of compositions which were a white background with the model standing and posing. The next was one where the model sits on some steps posing with the guitar. And the last one was the model standing up against a dark wooden background.

Test Shots

I took some test shots at my chosen location and some of the surroundings. This was done to test the lighting within the room to see how the photographs would come out. In the first shot the flash was not on and you can see how the photo is not very clear or sharp, but in the other shots when the flash was on it made the location look better. My chosen location is my cousins flat, which is...... and has been refurbised into flats. Most

Previous Gig Photography

In the past I have been to many gigs and taken photos. Here are a selections of photographs from the different gigs that i have been to. The bands within these photos are: The Kooks, Tribes, The Wombats, Noel Gallagher and The High Flying Birds, Static Jacks, Graham Coxon. All of these bands are within the Indie Genre so I could use them in my magazine contents page to enable to fill up the space and show variety of locations. Sometimes it is very hard to take clear photographs at a gig when you're in a crowd of people because the camera is unable to stay still. If I do use any of these photographs in my magazine i will analyse which ones are the clearest and would work will in my magazine.

Location Choice

These are some location photos which were taken previously to the shoot. It was previously a vicars parish which has been convented into flats, outside there are old 2 listed folly's which had been build in the past. I chose this location because of the dark wooden wall panelling, wooden floor boards, fireplace and vintage furniture. This certain style of setting is perfect for my double page spread shoot because of the key iconography that it shows which represents the Indie Rock genre.

Image Composition Ideas

These are my ideas for the composition and layout of my images which I will take. This research has helped me develop my ideas which I will go on to produce behind and infront of the camera.

Draft Designs 2

Here are my second set of draft designs for my Indie Rock magazine which I am going to create for my task. Click on the image to view the annotated version of it on Flickr.

Draft Designs 1

Here are my first set of draft designs for my Indie Rock magazine. Click on the image and it will open the annotated version of my draft on Flickr.