Photo Rehab Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Makeover #5

Alternative cover for Simply Red album, Simplified? Photo: Su Leslie, 2015

This week’s #PhotoRehabCoverMakeover challenge from Lucile (bridging lacunas) and Desley (Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist) is the Simply Red album, Simplified.

I live in a house full of musical instruments and other gear, and my first thought was to try and capture an arty shot of a microphone — a nod to the distinctiveness of Mick Hucknall’s voice. But none of the resulting images really worked, and the idea was in danger of being too much like the real cover.

So I’ve gone back to basics. Let me know what you think.