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Learning…
I’m just learning when it comes to photos. But you can check out some of my more favourite photo shoots on my portfolio page.
Last night I quickly went to take photos for Tyson, one of Hayden‘s friends. He needs them for an acting portfolio. The shots had to be clear, and neat- nothing too artsy etc. I’m hoping that the ones I took did the job okay…
Like I said in the first sentence, I’m still learning about photography, and I think I learnt a thing or two from this shoot. Here’s what I learnt!
1. Natural lighting is best. I didn’t have any of that cause of the time I finished work, but I would have much preferred being outside taking these, instead of trying to find places that had enough light. Not having the natural lighting meant that when I was editing them I had to spend a lot of time getting the colour natural looking. Hopfully I pulled it off.
2. Look into the eyes. I’m not sure what other photographers think of this, but my favourite shots of Tyson were the ones where he was looking directly into the camera.
3. Backgrounds. They make a difference. Tyson preferred the brick background, so we took the majority of shots against that. When I look at the photos though, my favourite ones (as far as colouring goes) are the ones against the wood… I agree with Tyson that the brick is more interesting, and gives a nicer look to the photo, but they were harder to edit and get him to have colour in his face (the flash, again from no natural light, washed him out a bit).
4. Planning. This was incredibly spare of the moment. Hayden just messaged me during the day at work, so I had no time to think about the photos we’d be taking until I was at his house getting set up. This meant that neither of us had good ideas about what kind of photos we were taking. Hopefully Tyson got the ones he wanted. I’m doing some photos for another of Hayden’s friends, Zoey, this Saturday, for the same reason. Hopefully we can spend some time planning the types of shots she wants. We’ll be doing it in the daytime too, so look out for another blog post on her photos. Hopefully I’ll have fixed any mistakes!
