- CD cover photography
When you go to buy a CD in the shop you always see the cover of it before anything else, and if it is interesting enough then you pick it up off the shelf and see what songs are on the album and then buy it. Like with everything if it is presented well and appealing and doesn’t put you off buying it then it is a successful look.
It is hard to narrow down to the final image to use as the album cover, it needs to represent the artist in a good way and in the way that they feel is right and truthful to whom they are. The process of narrowing it down takes a while and includes a lot of mock-ups and approvals in order to get the right one.
Before a photographer goes to photograph the artist it is a good idea that they listen to their album before they meet to be able to get a feel and understand what sort of music they play and therefore they will be able to represent them and photograph them in the right way, for example you wouldn’t expect a heavy metal band to have the album cover of a pop album, all bright colours and fun and vice versa.
It is hard to narrow down to the final image to use as the album cover, it needs to represent the artist in a good way and in the way that they feel is right and truthful to whom they are. The process of narrowing it down takes a while and includes a lot of mock-ups and approvals in order to get the right one.
Before a photographer goes to photograph the artist it is a good idea that they listen to their album before they meet to be able to get a feel and understand what sort of music they play and therefore they will be able to represent them and photograph them in the right way, for example you wouldn’t expect a heavy metal band to have the album cover of a pop album, all bright colours and fun and vice versa.
The posing on the cover is also important as it when you are taking the photograph you must imagine where the text will go and position them around that. It is also a good idea to position them in the way that they perform on stage if they are in a band.
Location is important as it relates the artists’ image and the music they play, as the photographer it is vital to get this right as it can be the difference to a good or bad album cover. It is also an idea to ask the artist if they have an idea on location as after all they most probably wrote the songs so they will have a good idea what the meaning and inspiration of where the lyrics came from and then the album can have a meaning behind it too. Also if they have a music video that goes with the songs on the album then you could use that location.
< This is the cover for Rihanna’s single ‘Only girl in the world’ and in the video she is in a field singing and this is reflected in the cover, and by doing this it makes people remember the video and the song and then they will hopefully buy it.
- Book Cover Photography
‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’. When you go into a book shop the first thing you look at is the front cover, and if it looks like a dull, boring book then you won’t want to read it. So the front cover is very important.
There are many different genres of books such as; Children’s, Fantasy/Horror, Biography, Autobiography, Romance, Poetry, Science, Humour, Sport, Computing, History, and Music to name a few. The front cover of any book indicates what the book may be about for an example a biography will have a photo of the persons face on it so that you know it is their book without having to read the title. And a Horror book may have a weapon or blood on the cover.
