Double-Page Spread Test Shots

Double-Page Spread Test Shots

From learning from the front page test shots that it is good to use two locations to give a better range of images to choose from to ensure that I get the best quality image that fits the description in the best way. Therefore for the main image on the double page spread I had two different ideas for this, I was either going to have 'Emily' looking into a mirror doing make-up or was going to have an image of her auditioning on a stage as the image needed to be long and narrow to ensure that it could fit in the gap I had left on my double page spread.   
The image below are all the test images from the first idea that I had. I needed the image to be narrow and long therefore was going to be taken from a distance from the mirror and needed the image to be taken from the left of Emily to ensure that the title had room to fit on the left side of the image as followed from the inspiration from the magazine brought.

Idea one

Idea one - flash on



Idea one - different view of model


As shown form the test images above; the camera worked at its best when the flash was off to give the image the correct colour and reflection shadow so that it didn't crowd Emily's face. You can see that in the second test shot with the flash on it changed the complexion of Emily's face and made it much lighter therefore stopped the lens from focusing on the lights coming out of the mirror. The last test show is to see the difference from the way the model was positioned and to give myself a range of images to choose form again.

Final Image used for this idea:

After the first set of test shots I went onto the second idea that I had. This involved using a different range of lightings from the lighting panel, including spotlights. This location was in a drama studio with a range of different spotlights and filters that were available for use.  

Idea two - no filter or flash

Idea two- Flash and red filter

Idea two - red filter

 

From the test shots above you can see the differences between having the flash and the filter. In the end I decided that no filter or flash was needed as the spotlights clearly highlighted the models for me. The final image also wasn't taken from a higher angle this was used to purposely show the different location of each spotlight and filters for the test shots.

 

The final image selected from this idea: