Planning

Planning the Front Cover Image

Agency Name	STING  Magazine
Model	Lucy Cornelius
Camera height/angle/distance	Close up
Location	House
Lighting/Macro/Flash	The lighting to this photo will be quite natural daylight coming in from a window in her house. There will be no flash because I want the picture to look natural.
Mise-en-scene (incl. props, costume)	No musical props. She will be wearing a black vest top. A black plain hat. Due to it being a medium/ close up shot it will not show anything below the waist, just like my inspiration magazines.
Background	Plain room. White background because I want the main focus to be on Lucy, I don’t want anything that is too distracting. Also seeing as the background of my magazine is white it would make sense to have a white background when taking the photo.
Attempted connotation	She’s smiling because she is happy that she is back doing what she loves doing. Having her back turned away from the camera says that she is leaving something behind but because her face is turned towards the camera it’s as if she’s starting something new. So it’s not all bad.
Planned denotation	Lacey hart has gone solo; she is by herself in the photo to show she is now on her own and doing things for herself in her career. She is wearing black so that she stands out of the background of the magazine.
Contingency (in case of model absence/weather)	The weather could be a problem if it is not as sunny outside so not enough light will be getting into the camera but, in case this happens there will be a dim lamp that I could have in the room which would give more of a warmer colour to the photo like the natural light would have done. In case the model is absent I will have a substitute (Lauren Cornelius) who would take her place.
Alternate angle	An alternate angle to this would be an extreme close up of just the face and shoulder. I would choose this one because it is the closest one to my original idea, also most of the models from the magazine that inspired me are close up images.
Thinking points: Rule of thirds, White background shot
Comments: I will be using a Nikon D80 for my photos. The lens is 18-55 mm. The focal length for the front cover will be 26mm. I will make the ISO 1000 and the F stop will be 4. The shutter speed will be made to 1/40 because I didn’t need as much light to get into the camera because it was already quite bright in the room.

Planning the Double Page Spread Image

Agency Name	STING  Magazine
Model	Lucy Cornelius
Camera height/angle/distance	Medium/ Close up
Location	House
Lighting/Macro/Flash	The lighting to this photo will be quite natural daylight coming in from a window in her house. There will be no flash because I want the picture to look natural.
Mise-en-scene (incl. props, costume)	No props. She will be wearing a black vest top. A black plain hat. Due to it being a medium/ close up shot it will not show anything below the waist.
Background	Plain room. White background because I want the main focus to be on Lucy, I don’t want anything that is too distracting. Also seeing as the background of my magazine is white it would make sense to have a white background when taking the photo so I don’t have to edit the background of photo shop.
Attempted connotation	She’s smiling in this photo because she has gone solo and she is back doing what she loves to do which is her music. She is smiling also because it shows that she is a friendly and genuinely nice person.
Planned denotation	Lacey hart has gone solo; she is by herself in the photo to show she is now on her own and doing things for herself in her career. She is wearing black so that she stands out of the background of the magazine. She is the main focus of the page.
Contingency (in case of model absence/weather)	The weather could be a problem if it is not as sunny outside so not enough light will be getting into the camera but, in case this happens there will be a dim lamp that I could have in the room which would give more of a warmer colour to the photo like the natural light would have done. In case the model is absent I will have a substitute (Lauren Cornelius) who would take her place.
Alternate angle	An alternate angle to this would be an extreme close up of just the face and shoulder. I would choose this one because it is the closest one to my original idea, also most of the models from the magazine that inspired me are close up images.
Thinking points: Rule of thirds, White background shot
Comments: I will be using a Nikon D80 for my photos. The lens is 18-55 mm. The focal length for the double page spread will be 28mm. I will make the ISO 200 and the F stop will be 4. The shutter speed will be made to 1/60 because that is a very average shutter speed to use for a normal picture.