Digital photo's I have taken for my Digipak

Below are digital photos which I have taken to use for my digipak cover. They are currently in raw form and will be manipulated in great detail in order for the photos to be suitable for the genre Indie for our band The New York Fund. Furthermore, Tamas, our male protagonist, will be on the front cover to promote our band because I and my group were unable to meet our band to take photos of them. However, using Tamas will still promote our band successfully. Moreover, each image will aim to portray Tamas looking lost, because the title of the album cover will be "Nobodys Home" - the name of our song. Therefore the image will try and capture Tamas looking lonely and in deep thought. Furthermore, each picture will be manipulated and contrasted into a suitable background, which I will take with my digital camera. I will also use special effects to make the album cover almost look unrealistic and quirky, so the front cover wont be boring but will capture a passing audience.
The above photo is a mid shot of Tamas slouching next to the iconic Indie image of a guitar, an instrument which is if course played the most in our band The New York Fund. Tamas looks appropriate to promote our band, especially in terms of costume. For example, the check shirt and skinny jeans are a reflection of popular culture, which many teenagers of our society wear, alongside members of The New York Fund. Also, Tamas is wearing similar style of costume in our music video, meaning it is being promoted well.

This shot is one of two of Tamas sitting on a sofa, however I doubt that I will use this photo for my digipak because the other one is better quality and allows me to manipulate the image in more ways and contrast Tamas against a suitable mise en scene.

The aim of this pose was to make Tamas look natural and happy. This is because, in every cover of my digipak if Tamas is featured looking unhappy, then this can produce a negative image upon the band. Therefore this can result in audiences perhaps not purchasing in the album because automatically audiences will think that the band will only produce depressing songs which audiences can't relate to.

This image is a clear mid shot of Tamas, which enables an audience to familiarise themselves with the image of our male protagonist. Then, if audiences watch the music video they will recognise Tamas on the cover. As a result, if they enjoyed the song then they will be likely to buy the album if the cover relates well to the music video.

Despite this image looking raw so far, I personally think that a lot can be manipulated with Tamas and the way he is slouching against the sofa. For example, with the use of photoshop plenty of effects can be applied to make Tamas look as if he day dreaming about the girl he loves. (This being the female protagonist in our music video.) I also like the way his arms in stretched out over his head to make his pose look effortless.

I took a photo of Tamas looking like this because of the way he is crouching. This looks quite effective because it conveys the idea of Tamas looking out into space and lost in his own thoughts. The way Tamas is crouching down on the ground conveys an idea of Tamas in pain and lost the ability to carry on searching for our female protagonist.

The purpose of this image was to capture Tamas close up, in order for the audience to capture a close look at his face and body language. His body language in this photo suggests that he is in pain from being separated from his girlfriend, which therefore relates to the title of our album well.

Again this is another pose of Tamas crouching to the ground, which again signifies the theme of lost love. The way that Tamas has his hands clasped together again conveys an idea of Tamas concentrating hard, yet whilst he's also trying to keep himself together.

This final image enables the audience to capture a full length image of Tamas, which allows his costume to stand out to an audience. Tamas looks stylish here, therefore he would appeal to female fan base. Yet, whilst also appealing to males because they can relate to his style of clothing.