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Jan 16
by guestauthor in Articles, Guest Author, Seaside Photographs Article 0 comments tags: camera, London, photography

How to Take the Perfect Portrait

32994101_sPortrait photography requires a level of trust, intimacy and spontaneity that other types of photography work simply do not. Your subject can often also be less than comfortable with one of these elements, so as a photographer, it’s important to have a failsafe routine in place that you know is going to produce great results, whether you know the subject or not.

Talk

First of all, it’s always worth having a conversation beforehand. Have some specifics in mind when speaking to the subject, such as what they hope to get out of the experience and how they want the end result to look. Try to keep subjects away from talking about physical aspects of the photo and more to the feeling they want to capture. It’s also essential to ascertain anything they would never be comfortable with doing before you start shooting, as often subjects can feel coerced into something once behind the lens, or lose a sense of the rules they had set for themselves at the start of the process. When all of this has been established, just chat. People tend to forget how important simple conversation can be in workplace situations, and as the person that holds the camera, you can often hold an intimidating ‘authority’ without even realising it. Reveal things about yourself and what you would like from the day - this will give you and the subject a fair and easy exchange. It’s true that time is money, but a friendly chinwag shouldn’t take you too long and will help save you time in the long run, as you should start off with much better shots from the get go.
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Apr 04
by deborah in Articles, Seaside Photographs Article 4 comments tags: Ad Lib It, camera, creative type, film project, last-minute, pack, Script It, scripting, travel, video camera, videographer

Packing For An Ad Lib Video Session

Defining the Project



Packing For An Ad Lib Video Session : Part 1

If you are a videographer, or an aspiring videographer, and you have ever received notice of a last minute video opportunity or request, you may have had to scramble to get your equipment together.



If you are local, it is fairly easy, assuming you have already done this and you have the equipment ready and available. But, if you have to use the airlines to go somewhere remote, it becomes a little tricker, especially without the advantage of pre-planning for the ad lib event.



In this segment, we are going to talk about the part that *should* come before the videographer part. Why should you, as the videographer care? Well, because part of this, especially for smaller projects, may fall on your shoulders.



Script It


Chances are, if this is a last minute idea or concept, you do not have a script for the video. Many creative types will say they have it "all in their head" and that there is no problem, that you can show up and just "shoot."



You don't necessarily want to pass up on these creative types because some of the best ideas can come out of these last minute ad lib ideas.

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