Location Shoot Research

These are some examples of places and techniques that we could use to shoot the album cover.

Nature Shots featured quite heavily in some of the images that we looked at, not necessarily with the artists in them but some of them just had the title on them. i like the spiderweb effect of the branches and the light streaming through the leaves. The lines although not leading in create a lot of texture in the image. There is also a lot of texture in the bark. This image would look good in black and white or greyscale.

Although not very usable in the actual shoot as it is a memorial, landmarks did feature in some of the locations used in original band shoots. We could use this as an idea and produce a whole series of landmarks in graphics and then photograph the band in the studio. The band could then be pasted onto the graphic background.

Wide shots of landscapes were popular in the research. Like this one they had lots of contrasting lines that lead in and out. In this photo there is plenty of options as to where the band could be placed. it would look better with the three bushes in the foreground so that then it follows the rule of photographing things in threes. The photo also follows the rule of thirds in that the bushes are in the foreground, the paths leading in and out, of which there is three, is in the mid-ground, and the war memorial is in the background.

I liked the stairwell shots that were found in the research. although with the research shots there were wide stairwells with not a lot of harsh colouring or lighting. The stairwells were wider but i still like the depth achieved with this shot.

Some of the research included pictures that were taken by the river. I think although this may be a little difficult for the actual location shoot we could still use the area. I like the texture of the shots because of the autumn leaves. The rule of thirds has been obeyed to a certain extent as there is another bush in the mid ground, although there is a lot of colour in this picture as it is autumn I don't think it would work in black and white.

A plain shot of some leaves but it works. There is a lot of texture and colour which could work in black and white. There is no rule of thirds involved but I think thats what makes it work. This would look good if it were lots of different leaves in the Autumn colours arranged over a nice background, this would make it more of a studio shot than a nature shot but it makes it more effective.

Overall I like these shots, the ones done outside on location would really work well with the band, I like the idea of the landmarks done in graphics for which we would need the photos of them, we could still do studio shots of the band and impose them onto the graphic background. This would incorporate aspects of both studio work with the band and graphics. We could still be playing with perspective and rule of thirds when we photograph the band and with the overall piece.