Today I did my first photoshoot with Abi who is playing the lead singer; Tiffany Queen. I took photographs for both my digipak and advert in the photography studio using my digital SLR camera. Using the studio and and camera it has allowed me to create quality photographs.

Planning for the photo shoot helped me in the process, it saved times as I knew what I wanted but yet I still allowed myself to experiment with ideas.

I dressed Abi in several costumes I owned which I believe reflects a contemporary pop star; this included a sequin bra and genie trousers. I was inspired by artists appearances such as: Lady Ga Ga and Cheryl Cole, their style seems to be: performance, dramatic and individual. I have styled Abi to look individual and glam which creates a persona for our artist which many people decide if they want to buy their album or not based just on front cover. I also applied make up on Abi; lashings of mascara, smoky eyes and a vibrant pink lip gloss to add to the whole glam but attitude appearance we were trying to portray.

Abi took my instructions very well, I briefed her that I wanted her to portray beauty but also attitude. We did two costume changes in an hour and I believe I have captured the digipak front cover and also the advert photograph. I am happy with the photographs I have captured; it took a while to get the desired lighting but I believe I produced some quality photographs. I loved experimenting with this photo shoot, I changed: the backdrops, lighting, costumes, poses and angles to allow me to have a variety of photographs to choose from.