Photoshoot #3 - Magazine Cover

[Rachel Bilson]

Okay so both covers have two different looks. Which of course is important.

Commerical:



Friendly, fun energy in the photo. Huge smile and a commerical pose. I think this nails the commerical cover. Hair is curly and natural.


High Fashion:



This was very risky and will not be surprised if any of you hate this. This is very edgy and what LA fashion is. I think the tilt captures your attention and it is very unusual for a magazine cover.

[Amanda Lee Kimmel]

Amanda: Your commercial one is good, but not incredibly striking - you have a great expression and your hair works, but the dress is boring and there's nothing that helps you stand out from the pack.

The high-fashion cover strikes me as almost commercial trying to be high-fashioned. I mean... leopard print pants? The pose is high-fashion, but I'm not sure how well it does you justice. It's not as artistic as it could be. I like your hair, but don't like how it covers your eye - you're almost trying too hard. I want to like this more than I do, but in the end... it's just good, and almost too commercial.

[Lana Del Ray]

Lana: I like the commercial one. I think you look very fresh and energetic. You look very commercial in the photo. Love the styling. As for your HF one, I can see that you tried to inject more HF element in it, but it just didn't work well. Your main problem this week is your look which is too commercial for a HF photo

[Janice Dickinson]

Janice: Your high fashion photo is a hell of a lot better than your other high fashion samples this week. The high fashion is all in the angle of your face here, and you're one of the rare girls who can work that angle. As for your commercial one, I wish you added a bit more energy into the shoot.

[Morgan Freeman]

Morgan: Damn you have a awesome body, you look like you are modelling head to toe in your commercial cover. Your pose is very strong and you have a sweet smile. I do think there is energy lacking in this, and I agree with Janice in that the angle of your face could be improved in this shot to look more like the one in your high fashion cover.
In your high fashion magazine, I love the fact that you look like your spreading yourself out across the cover. You look great and your face is very strong, definately your strongest point in this cover. This is lacking the uniqueness that usually comes with high fashion photos, your fashion isnt too unique and the styling overall isnt that unique. But your modelling is great in this.

[Zooey Deschanel]

Zooey: Ok, I've been trying to get started on your critique for a while now, but any time I look at your commercial shot, my mind drifts off and i start thinking of something else. It's just so boring. Which is strange cause looking at a couple individual parts of the shot, there is some energy there. The hair has some energy to it and your slightly devious smiling and eyes have some energy to it, too. Your pose, however, is probably what is boring me about this picture. Sorry, lost my train of thought. I know I mentioned the pose and then I started thinking of other stuff again. I'm just going to move on before I get distracted again.

So, let's get to the High Fashion shot. Or at least, the high end commercial shot. I do like this picture and I think it's reaching for high fashion, it just hasn't quite hit it. It actually is high fashion from the neck up. I love the look on your face, love the unique angle it's at, and I like how your hair is covering part of your face. The clothing used for this shoot just needed to be ramped to make this fit the theme better. Still, it is a nice, edgy look and I like that in a model. And this photo is definitely a lot more interesting than that commercial shot with the boring po... oh look! My kitty wants to play!