I had a great time this morning doing a "proper" photoshoot for a local school. The brief was to create some simple head and shoulders shots to update their website and school notice boards.
I spent a fun hour putting a lot of what I have learned into practice and look forwards to posting more of the resulting photos to my Flickr account soon.
This experience was invaluable and helped me to learn a lot including..... how difficult it can be to get some people smile.
I spent a fun hour putting a lot of what I have learned into practice and look forwards to posting more of the resulting photos to my Flickr account soon.
This experience was invaluable and helped me to learn a lot including..... how difficult it can be to get some people smile.
- Knowing your gear, how it works, dialing in settings gives you confidence.
- Checking and readying gear (according to a checklist) the night before gives you peace of mind and lets you focus on the creative process vs technical issues.
- Turn off ambient lighting sources to avoid colour casts.
- Having a few poses in mind prior to shooting saves time and puts you in control.
- "Narrow" lighting is more flattering than broad.
- Interact with your models to make it less scary (for them) and a fun experience.
- Seperate the subject from the background more (difficult due to space limitation)
- Show people the shots you got on the camera LCD to get initial feedback.
- Some people just don't like being photographed OR the result... even if others love it.
- The strobist website has been invaluable in my learning experience.
- I am able to turn theory into practice and get a pretty good result.... judge for yourself when I post the images.
- A large school whiteboard makes a great background.
- I need more lighting gear !! (to blow out aforementioned white background)
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