Photo Research

Before I take my photos I researched some shoots that other pop or indies artist and bands have done. I chose two artists from both genres that had the most votes on my poll to research photos of. However, as Ollie Murs is a new artist, there was not many photos of him and so I chose the next best instead.

POP From the photos of The Saturdays and Pixie Lott, I can see that the look pop artists go for is extremely mainstream. They all have perfect hair and makeup and also wear tight fitting, colourful clothing. Also, the poses they do are done to make them look happy and attractive so that it draws everyone in

Indie From looking at the photos of two Indie bands, Kings of Leon and Paramore, I have found that the poses they do make them look quite moody apart from the photo of Paramore where they are joking around. Also, their styling is dark colours like greys and blacks, but also it is not revealing in the way that pop artists clothes are.

Overall I have found that as I am doing a pop/indie magazine I will have to style my band carefully with them wearing dresses and skirts but not in bright colours so that it represents the cross over of genres. As well as this, I will have to try several different poses, some where they look happy and some where they are more moody. Also, from my photos I have found that as well as having them stand up to pose, having them posing whilst sitting is down is a common in photos.