Dillard's Debriefing

The next time at SLP was June 14th, the day after the Dillard's Shoot. I was there from 10 30 to 3 pm and all we talked about was Dillard's and what all I had learned from watching. I pointed out his "bedside" manner with photography. He noted that has helped him get into places he normally is not supposed to be as a photographer. I also pointed out that since in the background of Alge and his daughter photo he knew it was going to be blown out, but insisted that the workers at the horse barn let them run free. I asked if that was to get the workers out of the way and he said yes but also he thought it would be cool if they came up to them while shooting. He said later he knew what wouldn't happen. We also talked about his books. Scott showed me his two books that he sends to clients to show his work off. He had the books custom made to look like old leatherbound photography books. They were pretty awesome looking with a large brass plate on the from with his logo and name. He printed his images on double-sided enhanced matte paper, sprayed them with sealer, and then used linen artist tape to make the binds. He first used gum based tape but was too stiff and the pages would not fold down. The way he printed his images were like how the images might appear in ads with one large images on one page and 2 - 3 on images grouped together on the next. He also had two page pictures to mimic full spreads. His first book was his "lifestyle" photos and the other was photos he took while traveling. Overall, it was nice to talk to Scott one - on - one about the shoot.