Photo-Shoot Attempt 2
After the first attempt at my photoshoot of the two band members and changing some people best suited for my roles around, I became more clear to me as to how I wanted my photos to look and what I was going to edit. I turned to the internet for more inspiration and for cool lighting affects that I could transfer onto my own work. I came across images and videos that influenced my style of images. These videos and images were-
These images and video stood out to me and was something that I hadn't seen being used much in indie band photography. Seeing as I was using a hybrid genre band (indie-pop) I felt that it was appropriate to use these techniques as they had a pop-culture aspect and would help my indie 'basic' images stand out some more.
Therefore, I took to the internet, purchased a pair of Kaleidoscope glasses and asked my teacher whether if I could use the coloured gels with the lighting in the photography studio to take my bands photos.
The following photos are the raw and edited photos that I took with the DSLR Camera in the photography studio with the lighting and the kaleidoscope lens-
(19/02/17)
These images are how the majority of my photos came out. Some of these photos have been edited, some have been left natural. I enjoyed taking these photos as they look unique and make the band members pop out from the black background. They look unique, which makes the photos that I intend to use for my digipak, website and social media look different and extremely interesting. The images still stick to my Indie Pop genre. The way that the band are dressed, their expression, the black background are all elements that help portray to the audience that they are an indie band. The colours bring out the pop side of my indie-pop band. This particular style of editing and photography suits the main genre that I picked for my fictional band.
Alongside the use of the kaleidoscope and coloured gels, I opted to go for a more common use of lighting and turned to the use of the soft box. These are the images I took-
I took these photos so that when I got to the editing stage I would be more free with whatever I wished to do with the images and keep my options open. I also wanted to keep the quality of the images if I was to add an affect on the images, therefore I chose to take the photos in a soft yet high-key lighting in order to achieve this. In the afternoon I took the images home and began editing the images on my laptop. I added black and white effects that were very fitting to the indie genre. I also added a faded out effect and increased the contrast on the images so that the background remained black. I also stuck to the indie genre conventions by adding a cold tint to the images.
Whilst taking these photos I kept the age of the demographic in mind. As I had previously studied the young indie pop band Ratboy I decided to mimic their young and rebellious images. The band members are seen making offensive hand gestures. This is extremely fitting for their age group and young and free image. Most indie bands are seen doing something rebellious, e.g. smoking and drinking. These images of the 17/18 year olds in my band were a way to portray this aspect of the band. Here are the edited images of the 3/5 members of the band.
Please do not take offence to these images. The images are purely for band image/school work purposes only.
These are some similar photos used by genuine music artists.
Years & Years- Indie Pop
Bastille - Indie Pop
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