Assignment: "Album Cover" July 29 - Aug. 12

[skyisthelimit]

On August 1st, I was in Philadelphia at the FACE to FACE Concert with Billy Joel and Elton John and sat center stage 29th row. I "smuggled" my 12 X zoom camera in the concert -- my old Panasonic (6.0 mp) and managed to catch a great shot of Billy Joel on manual exposure. Love the Leica lens! I'm pretty sure the ISO was 100. Unfortunately, I formatted my card before I could download the specs. I wasn't expecting an album cover assignment. The last song of the concert was PIANO MAN.



Panasonic DMC-F27
ISO: 100
Shutter speed- ?
Aperture- ?
Zoom- 12X
Software editing: Adobe Photoshop Element trial version 6.0 for Mac
-applied blue tint
-plastic bubble
-text

[Miss Mae]

Taken July 31, 2009
Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/4.2
Focal Length: 55 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[Mistywoods]

Assignment: Albumn Cover

From Drop Box

Date taken: 6th August
Sony A300
Exposure: 1/160
Aperture: f8
ISO 400
focal length 75mm with +2close up filter
Flash: no
manual settings

[pixelens]

Did this last year for my 365, so not valid for this assignment but wanted to show it off



(original cover on the link above)

[wulf]

Originally Posted by wchamilton

Am I correct in assuming that the album cover can be a reimagining of an existing album? So if I wanted to, say, make up my own Beatles album?

Yes - it is open to interpretation. It might be useful to say what "brief" you had in mind. I like some "why" in every assignment but particularly this one because album cover art tends to be picked on grounds that go beyond "pretty picture". For example, what mood does the cover portray? Does it fit with (or deliberately contrast with) other work by the same artist? Is there space for the necessary text to go without covering up key parts of the picture?

You do need to remember that the artwork needs to fit a fixed form - measure something from your collection to get the dimensions. You could also present an image that is designed to go across several panes - for example one image for the front but another, contrasting one that twists the overall message when you open the CD case, pull out the booklet and unfold the second part. This is one of those weeks when a diptych or triptych might be an appropriate entry, as long as the panels bear some relationship.

Don't feel that you have to do the lettering for the album, as long as there is sufficient space for the lettering to go. If you want to, that's fine, but remember that the lettering becomes an integral part of the overall design so splatting a band name and album title on in Comic Sans probably won't enhance it. We're interested primarily in photography not typography (worthy as the study of letter layout is).

Wulf

[Fodus Empire]

Date Taken: 06.08.09
Camera: Nikon D300
Aperture: f/4.8
Focal Length: 42mm
Exposure: +2
ISO Speed: 200

This is my first time entering one of these competitions, I'm sure it shows! I don't have any idea what I did in photoshop so apologies if anyone is curious. I just wanted to give it a QOTSA/Kyuss/run down studio jam feel.

[oldone]

Camera: Nikon D60
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Taken on
August 4, 2009 at 8.02am ADT

Moonshot


Taken on August 5, 2009 at 10.30pm BST
Camera: Sony DSLR-A350
Lens: Sony 75-300
Exposure: 6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal length: 90 mm
Flash: Off, Did not fire



Having wandered off on my tangent, creative with gloomy bluesy cloud and cryptic about night photos being shot in the dark, I now discover that there is actually a Skyla Burrell Blues Band, and they have in fact released a track called "Shot in the dark". Good grief.
bandVillage :: Skyla Burrell Blues Band

[rolleh]

Got a chance to snap this last weekend. The guy is indeed a musician. Didn't redo it into a cover format, because I'm not a graphic designer.

[DarthOpto]

Did this last year so not for the assignment, I was just really happy with how this turned out. I have an idea for this assignment that I am working on. Will post that shortly