Photo Galore - Where did I get my photo inspiration from? - VIBE MAGAZINE

So for my initial 'photo taking' process I needed to come up with an idea of:

- WHAT was my magazine genre going to be & what was my magazine going to be called
- WHO was going to be in my photos and part of my entire magazine production and its process
- WHEN was I going to take my photos and HOW
- WHERE was the best place to take my phots

After a lot of brainstorming I decided that before I took any action I would first look at magazines in my chosen genre of HIP HOP and observe other existing material to aid me in my long process of making a music magazine.

I got my inspiration from 3 key VIBE magazine covers:

1.) After looking at this photo of JANET JACKSON I wanted to experiment different shots and angles. Therefore I asked my talent to pose in the same way to see if this could work. - Although this photo didn't quite make the front cover cut, it was definitely interesting to see various ways of taking photos and get a glimpse of the struggle of photographers when trying to get 'the one' for the magazine front cover.

2.) I used these  magazines to help me create my own in terms of the colour scheme, I used the bluey green backdrop as a stepping stone to get out of the typical white backgrounds that are commonly used on any magazine front cover (not just music magazines). After looking at this cover I was assured that it was okay to test out conventions of magazines, and go against them sometimes! I also used the style of dress in the second images of KELLY ROWLAND and asked my talent to wear a dress that was simple and elegant like the one above to create a sophisticated look on my cover.