Pre-liminary Task: Planning Pictures

After deciding on the set up of my cover, I drew the desired product on paper. From there I knew what pictures I wanted and how and where I wanted them taken.

This was the final design I wanted

I took ten photos. I took this many so I could be sure on what I wanted and how I wanted the subjects to look and where to position them. I took many pictures, some of them I took from further away so that I could crop them down.

This was the test shot for when I was deciding where to shoot my pictures. I choose here due to the clean look of the school. However, I took my pictures slightly angled away from the building due to lighting complications on the day I took my pictures.

From there, I took my pictures. Having got consent to take the pictures from all subjects within the images.

This would be nice, but the subjects are too spaced out, and the pictures is too wide.

This wouldn't be suitable as Allan is in too much shadow.

There is too much shadow again, and the picture is too bleak.

Again, not suitable due to Allan blinking.

This could be an option, it would be easy to crop down but the text would be a hard to place.

The subjects are too close and the picture is too wide. 

Harry is standing too far away from the other two subjects, so this wouldn't be suitable.

This would be an option if Allan wasn't making a face.

There is too much shadow for this to be an option.

This is the picture that I have chosen over the others. The lighting is nice, the image will be easy to crop and manipulate and the subjects are all close together and hold the right look for the image I wanted to convey.

After choosing the picture I want to use, I now have to go on to making my front cover.