Medium Close-Up Examples

Medium Close-Ups 

These are my 3 examples of Medium Close-ups which I took on my phone. I took these photos so I can have a perspective of how I will be taking the photos for the front cover of my music magazine if I decide to use my own photography.

If I do use my own photography then I will use a more professional camera as it will help to fix the lighting in the photos and it will also look HD which will make the magazine itself look more professional.

When making my music magazine, the main image is most likely to be a medium shot as most magazines main image are a medium shot. However it does depend on the perspective view of the person, such as if the person is on a stage then I may decide to do a long shot of the person therefore I will be using more examples of shots so I can decide what shots I will do when making my music magazine.

Whilst taking the medium shots, I also thought about the objects they might have with them. These boys don't have any objects with them on the image which is best with a medium shot, but if I did want to include an object such as a guitar, then I may have to take it from a different shot such as a long shot.

Another thing I thought about when taking the medium shot is the colours and the background. If I was to take a medium shot then I would most likely be cutting out the background therefore I could do the image black and white which would fit with an R&B music magazine which I am making, but if I decided to do a long shot then it would look best with a background so I would have to set the scene.

If I was to use my own photography for the main image and do a medium shot then I also need to think about the angle I take it from. I felt that with these 3 examples I may of took the photos quite low down, therefore if I was to use a medium shot I would need to take it from higher up.