Magazine Research: Different Types of Lighting used on the Cover Shot

Magazine Research:

 Different types of lighting used on the cover shot

In this blog post, I will be researching the different types of lighting that the photographers and editors use on the cover artist. I noticed that they tend to use lots of different techniques and strategies to make the subject be presented in different ways.

1 In this image, there is a lot of use of shadowing and enhancement that can make the target stand out with the overall idea to make them appear menacing or mysterious. Also, with the all-black background, it makes the subjects pop while adding on to the strange mood.

 2. With this picture in comparison to photo #1, yes, it is all black and white, but this time the subject is also black and white while the words follow the brand's color scheme. In this case, they could be using the black and white to add the same menacing same feel as the previous one but also to add a more vintage and old school feel. In this case, it would go in correlation with the heading because while the lighting provides an old school feel hinting that he has done this for a long time, the text also says, "Nothing left to prove."

3. In this photo cover, the use of lighting can be seen to make the subject stand out and pop out at someone interested in buying the magazine. Since his skin color pops out exceptionally with, the lighting could be used to make him look more appealing. This also would go good with the heading since it reads "eye candy of the year."