On my first photo shoot I chose to photograph my friend. I chose to photograph her because she portrays her love for fashion. Her eyelashes were done and she wore a bow and her nose ring. We were doing the photo shoot at her dorm in the Fashion Institute of Technology. I chose her dorm because there was a big window which allows a lot of sunlight to come through. This photo shoot took place in the afternoon so there would be a good amount of sunlight since I know lighting will affect the outcome of my photo. The light I used was Directional light. I had my camera set to Automatic ISO therefore I didn’t have to adjust the ISO. The lighting that came through the window was side lighting because the window was to the right of my friend being photographed. The photo shoot went well but I didn’t know that we had to take multiple shots of each pose, since it was my first photo shoot so I tried capturing different poses throughout the photo shoot. Also the subject moved a lot and wasn’t always comfortable being photographed because she felt her appearance wasn’t right.
The next photo shoot took place in my kitchen. I chose wine bottles and flowers because I felt they would make a very nice composition and I really liked the shadow, the bottles made on the table. Also the usual setting for wine bottles is in the kitchen. Since during my still life shooting, I moved a lot the lighting was all over. Sometimes the light came from the side and some shots the light came from the back. This shooting took place in the morning because there was a lot of light and in order to produce beautiful shoots the proper lighting was needed. Throughout the photo shoot I used Automatic ISO just like in the last photo shoot. This photo shoot would be much better if I wouldn’t have changed position every shot. It would be better if I would move after I would capture good shots.
I think my photo shoots would improve if I would work more on each pose. Also Automatic ISO isn’t always the best solution; next time I will definitely set the ISO’s to make the amount of light more precise. I think in both of my photo shoots I had a good amount of light to work with. Also as I’m learning more about my Camera I am able to control it more and more. I am now able to modify more setting to make the photo shoots right. Setting such as the white balance to make the color right. That was my experience with my first photo shoots.
Artur Kazak | Akwebstudio
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