Planning for Original Photography

This is the person I am using for my front cover, she doesn't usually dress in a way that is associated with my chosen genre of music, as she is wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.

While trying to make her look more like a person what would be associated with alternative rock I tried different hair styles, this is one that I tried.

This is the second hairstyle that I tried, both of the first two that I tried both involved having her hair tied up but after seeing these styles it was decided that it would look better if her hair was not tied up and was down.

After trying the different hairstyles and finding the best one I used makeup on her to make her look more associated with the chosen music genre. I didn't want to use lots of makeup so I only used black around her eyes, as eyeliner is often associated with the bands I researched, and some dark lipstick, which is also associated with the women in this genre of music.

After completing the hair and makeup we tried different outfits to see which would work. I based these outfits from my research into the music genre, from my research on magazine front covers, and from my outfit design. I chose different outfits to give a range to the photos that I would end up with. First was just the plain black shirt, black jeans and boots, then the red plaid shirt was added over the top. The plaid shirt was worn with and without fingerless gloves and with the sleeves rolled up and down. The same was tried with the leather jacket, then both the shirt and jacket was used. After all of the different outfits used I decided that all of the different versions would work and I would take photographs of her dressed in all of them.