Photos

All the performing band pictures are of a local band which I am close friends with. I attended a few of their gigs and took photos of them. Because of this I couldn't decide on clothing for them or tell them to do specific poses. However, I managed to get some good photos at points where they did their own poses and positions. I used these pictures on my magazine under different band names, for it'll be hard and time-consuming to get lots of pictures of different bands. But this isn't really an issue for the pictures aren't that clear of the band member's identity, so I could easily pass by saying they are from different bands. I took pictures of this band because the genre of their music matches the genre in my magazine. This is shown by the drums, bass guitar and electric guitar - the iconic instruments of the rock genre.
The one picture I did set up is the one with 7 people walking away from the camera. I used this picture for my front cover. Normally, a front cover picture consists of a couple of people facing into the camera, but I felt this picture was suitable for the band I'm putting the faces to. Rise Against is all about walking away from modern day and rise against to everything wrong and standing up to everything that's right. The picture shows all of them together implying that we should all stand up and fight together. It also shows the meaning of Rise Against; that they don't care about publicity - they turn their back on it. I also believe for its originality this will stand out and show that there's nothing like this magazine.
The picture of the man on the stool playing guitar and the stage photo with the smoke machines going off, were both taken from the concert Nickelback which I attended. Both of these photos feature on my contents page; they give a clearer image to what's inside the magazine. Obviously, I took these photos myself. I chose them to put in my magazine because I thought the two pictures aside each other shows good contrast and diversity in the rock music in the magazine (Rock - Smoke machine + electric guitars - Acoustic - Acoustic guitar + spotlight and single man on stage).
Another picture I chose from the same concert was the one that covers my double page spread. No members of the band are seen in this picture when I placed it on my page, but the fireworks and lazers are. This gives my double page spread an 'explosive' feel and drawing effect.