front cover and contents shots for Good Vibes

The images above are the shots i took for the front cover and contents page of Good Vibes. I made sure to include enough room for the left third as well as the masthead, cover line, puff and plug and other small features such as the bar code and price. For the contents page, I made sure to give enough space around the guitar for the contents column and the title of the page. The clothing of the model has been purposefully created to match the colour scheme of Good Vibes; it is another small factor which makes the magazine look increasingly professional.
The location of the shots were also planned with great care; the woodland being a representation of the calm, Indie side to the genre and the electric-acoustic being the Rock aspect. The images were relatively difficult to capture as the sun was setting which means we had little natural light, also it was hard to pick a day where it hadn't been raining. It was also difficult to capture a picture where my shadow wasn't present, as you can see in the examples above, my shadow creates a huge draw back when capturing the image.

Overall, the images taken for the cover and contents of Good Vibes are meant to promote the Indie ideology to Indie-Rock and let it be a factor which enables the magazine to stand out from the conventional shots of celebrities up close. The images were a great difficulty to take, however, they will be of great use in making Good Vibes.