Music Album (Part 4)

How to Shoot Music Album Covers

Written on the 26^th of February, 2023

I continued my photoshoot with my friend rapper Hussein Romani aka Manello.

The fourth theme is a silhouette close-up using a one-light setup. I pointed the light toward the background to create a silhouette effect. Later, I revealed some details in the dark area using the Shadow Slider in Adobe Lightroom and converted the image to black and white. Then I reduced the contrast. The final result looks amazing.

I cropped the image to get a 1:1 aspect ratio, the standard for a music album cover.

The Gear I Used

Here is the lighting setup for this image:

I hope you learned a lot from this blog. If you are interested in a one-on-one training session, drop me a direct message on my Instagram account.