Construction Post 4: Promotional Photo Shoot

After we had finished shooting all of the necessary footage for our album cover, we had another week to use for promo and album cover shots. This is extremely beneficial to our project as it has allowed us a lot of flexibility to experiment and test different ideas.

Our scheduled shoot
sessions are highlighted

During this week, we were able to schedule three sessions in the studio for our photo

shoots:

• Monday 23rd November 9.30 -12.30
• Wednesday 25th November 11.10-12.30
• Friday 27th November 16.00-18.30

Monday 23rd:

For our first shoot session, Shay and I were the only ones available. Nevertheless, this session was invaluable to test different shot types, lighting and make-up.

After a bit of tweaking, we
were able to achieve lighting
which was much more suitable

This was one of our
first shots in which
the lighting was
too harsh

After a little while we were able to light our shots quite effectively and we attempted to create various shadows. Once we were happy with our different lighting setups we decided to get as many good promotional shots for Shay as possible. This included costume changes as well, since we wanted to have as many resources as possible to make the website material look more authentic.

We tried to experiment
with a shadow across
half of Shay's face in
this shot

Wednesday 25th:

Our priority during this session was to shoot any paired shots we plan on using on the website and social media pages. We started by shooting pictures of Seb and Luke, as they needed very little hair and make-up. With our remaining time, we took individual pictures of Amber, Seb and Luke 

We liked this shot as
the angles of Seb and
Luke's head is quite
typical of the indie genre

Luke's quirky nature is
more apparent in this
picture

Whilst we were waiting for Amber and Shay to finish their make-up, we gathered more individual shots with different costumes.

We tried putting Luke in a jumper, as we had seen this look worn by Conor Mason of Nothing But Thieves. We decided that we won't have Luke wear this for the album shot, but that these shots could be useful as other promotional material.

After Shay and Amber had finished their make-up, I took some shots of them as a pair. Below are some examples of the shots we took:

Friday 27th:
Our last session was used for group photos; including the album cover. However, we wanted to try and get a few more paired shots as well.

We took this shot for our website and social media
pages, as it demonstrates the unity and friendship
between the members of the band

This was our best shot of our planned album cover

This picture can be used as a back-up for the album
cover or as a general band photo

Though we were pushed for time, we were able to get a couple more paired shots as well. These can be seen below:

Overall I am quite pleased with the outcome of our promotional shoot. We were able to get all of our planned shots as well as several extra shots. This will give us a lot to work with when adding to our website.