Technical- First week back

My first week back in the studio, my thoughts and what I learnt...

On our first week back in the studio we went through how to set up the studio to really get the perfect beauty shot for our Beauty advert we'll be producing in the coming weeks. 

Setting it all up and seeing the images he and others were taking and even myself, it was exciting, I was eager to learn more and get stuck in.

With Digital image I haven't felt the most comfortable with it, I find it quite daunting, because it's so new to me still and I pushing through that fear and ready to give it my all this term.

Moving on, Chris made it important and clear that we need to be clear and work to the word that we have been given, my word is 'Fresh'.

First of all, we all helped get all the studio set up ready for a shoot, it was with new equipment that I hadn't used before and I was intrigued to see the difference and the effects of how the photographs would turn out. The equipment and advice given from Chris in our lesson:

• 'C' Stand- to defuse light with the white panel
• Make sure the camera is on manual 1/160
• Use the tripod, to support the camera when working on the shoot for stability 
• Use the imac computer linked with the camera so you can see the images when taking them, this is important
• 2 soft boxes behind the white panel reflectors
• Use white cover over model lamps 
• 50 Ml lense- Make sure it's clean, smudge free
• Small reflector to hold under the model if needed
• Computer used- Sekor
• Exposure (AV Scroll) (FA- Darker)
• Shooting shoulders up or close up for project
• We can use props during our shoot if we like
• Ridiculous poses are the best poses- we found this out in our last project by reenacting model poses from magazines 
• Angles are important and even being higher up can make all the difference, as you don't want to shoot up the nose (it isn't a good look)
• ALWAYS move the camera not the model
• For close up Beauty e.g. Eyes, lips 100ml/ 85ml lense is good and make sure when you're shooting close up wear black to avoid reflection of you in the eyes.