Advantages and Disadvantages of Studio Photography

Advantages

You are able to control everything when  you are in a studio, you are able to put the lighting how you want and you don't have to worry about weather, the sun could cause glare or squirting of the model, and wind or rain would ruin hair and make up.
It's much easier to get to a set building that a location that may be far away.
You are able to get your image looking really professional by being able to controls everything.
If photographing animals or children an outside location can be every distracting leading to you not getting any good / professional looking images.
You can have a lot more choice with backgrounds without having to move to multiple different locations, and if choosing to use a green screen the options are endless.
You can take almost as much time as you need to get a great photo that you are able to sell.

Disadvantages

Finding all the equipment needed to get the photograph you are wanting can take a lot of time and money and renting out / buying a studio is very expensive.
Sometimes clients that are being photographed have a set idea in there head of a location that can not be recreated in the studio.
There can be a lot of health and safety risks within a studio, especially with children or animals being photographed.

Final Magazine Cover

My first idea was taken from Jordan Keith to use do a music cover, I experimented to make it work with other topics as well, film for example.

^ This is the original image.

I then went into the studio and tried to replicate the lighting, I did a photograph with someone holding a guitar that could have been used as a music cover and one with someone holding a gun that could be used for film. I do like these images but I believe they are too dark to be on a magazine cover.

My second idea was from Jason bell to do a film cover, I went into the studio to experiment with different props and lighting.

 

 ^ This was my original idea to work from.

In the studio I experimented with different poses and props to make it less hard hitting, using the “pow!” prop made it more of a joke but I again think this wouldn’t be a very good magazine cover, although it would catch some people’s attention it could offend others therefore making it less usable.

My third idea was from James King to do a lifestyle magazine. I realised this was be a harder task to do in a studio so I made executed it in a different way.

 

<This is the original image I was going to recreate.

I went into the studio with a projector and a model in a white dress. I projected a picture I took of a nature scene that had taken previously onto a white background with a model in front the background.

This was the final image I got, I then opened it in Photoshop and brightened it and made the colours purer. I also added extra needed aspects to make it look like a magazine cover.

This is my final magazine cover, I like this because it's mysterious and has a lot of colour. A thing I could have changed it changing my projected picture quality so it wouldn't have pixilated, I could also have added more wording and headings to make it more interesting.