brian's photowezk

I have met Nick last week to talk about the last studio shoot we had and also to go through the some of the shots. We also discussed on some of the concept that I have in mind and roughly how the lighting should be positioned.

One of the biggest advantage of shooting in a studio is that photography is carried out in a controlled environment. The lights are pretty much dictated by ourselves. The very recent studio shoot was my personal second and indeed, that is one area in which I think I still have a long way to go.


That's Liyun & Nick posing while I sneak a shot from nowhere. :P

I love highkey. It is a personal preference. I am a big fan of highkey pictures. With studio, I can literally light up my subject, removing shadows completely out of my shots. Comparing the shots from this recent shoot and that with the first, I'm more or less satisfy with what I have got, though it could have been better

As already mentioned, from logistic stand point, it was way too rush to shoot 4 models in 2 hours. We did not have too much time to adjust the light and merely shoot from the existing arrangement of the lighting. This I thought was a pity. Rushing through the shoot and to shoot for the sake of shooting is I think really a waste. Also, in the midst of rushing, we did not review our shots, or at least in a more extensive manner.

When it comes to studio photography, I have this preference of thinking up a certain concept, in terms of lighting and theme and then try to work on it in the studio to materialize it. And so, in the next studio shoot, it would probably be highkey again. But this time, I'm gonna discuss with Nick on the lighting technicalities before we actually conduct the shoot proper. Hopefully this time round, I can really get what I have in mind.

The studio shoot over the weekend for fun. We had 4 models and 3 photographers. It was a good session in that after the shoot, we had some discussion over our mistakes and areas in which we could have done better. The unfortunate thing is that it was way too rush to have 4 models in 2 hours. It was make worst by the fact that we had issues with the light meter sync cord initially and that took away about 20 minutes of our time. By the time we figured out the correct settings to use we are left with slightly more then an hour to shoot.



Moral of the story, 4 hours would probably be better. 20 minutes to check our setting, probably another 30-45 minutes to adjust the lighting setup to achieve what we want. And then another 15 minutes for test shot. 1 hour for each backdrop color. That should keep the progress at a reasonable pace.

Stay tune for the pictures!