August 2 and Photoshoot

I arrived at the studio on August 2^nd at 7 in the morning. Since Callie was at the shoot - house to get the keys, I had to pick up 6 bags of ice for the 3 colors filled with bottled water, Red Bull, assorted soft drinks, and Gatorade. There were 3 assistants at the shoot this time and they were Keith Martin, Ryan Flynn, and John Herre . . .plus me.

We unloaded everything once arriving at the house. The owners were out of town so we had the place to ourselves. We began putting everything together in, or working from, the driveway. This included all the stands, strobes, digital workstation (with laptop and large screen) and tripod.

The first shot was set up in front of the house with the large softbox to the right. The model was standing on the front porch so Scott had to stand on a ladder. The second shot was inside of the house in the living room with the model laying on a chair. The shot included a Fernell light (a movie light that can focus or flood the light much like a flashlight) fitted with a strobe outside to flash light into the window like the sun and a beauty dish as the key light off to the left. Another strip light was set up on the right to light the side of the model and used as a hair light. The third shot was with the model standing behind the island in the kitchen / living room with the beauty light to the left and the curtain used as scrim for the ambient light into the window. The fourth shot was set up with the model on the stairs with a strobe with a grid while using curtains as a scrim for the ambient light and the Fernell light coming through the window. The fifth shoot was up stairs in the TV room with the model laying on a couch with using a softbox and reflectors. The sixth shot was set up in the shower of the master bedroom. The model was standing in the window of the shower. The glass of the shower window was frosted so a strobe was set up to simulate sunlight coming through with the beauty dish in the shower with the photographer. The last shots were set up downstairs with a strobe and reflectors.

This shoot I learned a lot of how to work with a crew and with a model. Scott told the model a few things that I remembered like “Tell me a story with your eyes” and “I am going to ask you a question and answer me with your eyes”. This showed me that Scott realizes the model will make the picture. He also pressed the idea of previsualization of all the photographs.

I left the studio at 8 pm.