AICE Media Studies

"Body Identity" Photoshoot 2

"Body Identity" Photoshoot

For this shoot, I contacted one of my long time friends who I know has had a rough time getting accepted and transitioning. The direction I gave her was to "just act like yourself". The shoot was really fun on our first day since we shot at my house. The downside to shooting from home was the limited time and space constriction we had.
After taking the picture I had noticed another detriment to our shoot. All the pictures had come out extremely blurry and warm- toned. The reason I called to notice earlier was because of the size of my camera which has a screen around the size of a credit card. We're going to be doing a reshoot next weekend.

Pictures from the shoot:

My favorite shot; It's one of the most fixable from the shoot

One of the only usable shots and another personal favorite.

"Short Kings" - Color Palette Ideas

In my swatches, I visually show how much of that color I'm planning on using and what my paint stroke assets would look like. To establish a cohesive palette I took sampling from the pictures.

This one is based off the shots
The light blue and red could work very well with blending the pictures together as the page's backdrop.
It does not make the dark red and white assets look jarring.

Based off my original ideas for the section.
Originally I wanted to do a completely green page using only neons and dark greens.
Very monochromatic compared to the other swatch.

"Short Kings" Photoshoot 2

"Short Kings" Photoshoot Continued...

Now it was Joseph Nieve's turn.

I had planned to take pictures of him 4 weeks in advance from when we actually shot it. Thankfully, we got the opportunity to convene at the gym, we went outside for a better composition.

All the shots came out good in my opinion. When I was photographing him the only problem I ran into was my own indecision. I wasn't sure about what mood I wanted him to convey nor what I wanted to include or elude in my shot. In this case, I just let him do his own thing, the only direction I gave him was to "look casual" Another problem I ran into was the overexposure I was getting because of how evenly bright it was outside

All the images from that photoshoot:

My favorite pic from the photoshoot because of it's authoritative nature which plays on the section's theme.

"Short Kings" Photoshoot

As is going to be a common theme with these photoshoots, time was of the essence due to the heavy workload from other classes and many of my afterschool responsibilities.
After a 2 weeks of planning with my good old friends Alejandro and Ruben, we had finally lined up our schedules. I shot the photoshoot at the Checker's 5 minutes away from the school. While we were enjoying our pizza before the shoot, I was examining what sort of compositions I can pull off with such limited scenery.

This Checker's is very retro and picturesque. It's built to only be a drive-thru with no actual restaurant qualities besides the very limited and unclean seating. Then, there are other factors beyond our set, was the boring street-view backdrop we had at all angles and the limited supplies I had to make this sufficient photoshoot. I had only brought a camera and a couple white papers to scatter the natural light, nothing to clean the seats or make a dent in the harsh shadows I was getting.

The following series of pictures are all the ones I took for the duo shot, as you can see I was trying out different angles and waiting for the wind to pass

at a bit of a Deutsch angle but with relatively good lighting.
the boys weren't ready for the shot

Still at an angle, very nice lighting, Ruben and Alejandro's anxious phone position mess up the shot though.

No angle, backed up 3 steps, bad lighting on Ruben, who's also not smiling.

Better lighting, frame slightly uncentered, Ruben still has too much of a stern expression, Alejandro blinked.

Ruben is still holding a strange expression.

Not great lighting or centering but otherwise everything else is fine

First Step in Final Design

Asset Creation

In order to begin designing my layouts, there are a few steps I need to take.

1. Take the pictures of my subjects
2. I need to decide on a final color palette. I'm being careful to create my palette based on the composition of the pictures I took.

3. To boost the appeal of my magazine further I want to create custom font titles.

4. Closely reviewing my theme, purpose, and color palette begin to create my layouts using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. That's where I get more technical with design elements. During this process, I plan to experiment with different:

- backdrop fills

- design elements

- cut-outs

Male Model Profiles

Male Model Candidates

For my Short Kings section I had multiple contenders since it was the only male spot in my magazine, additionally, the fact that it is dedicated to short men which are virtually superfluous in my highschool.

Elkin Correa (5'6'')