12 December 2011 - Photo Shoot

Images collected for examples and ideas for shooting angles and positions.

Equipment/items used:
- Canon EOS 450d SLR Camera
- Costume (dress, leggings, heels, green top)

- White backdrop

- Photography/studio Rig Lighting

- Tripod

- Amp and Guitar *Props*

- Makeup and Jewellery

What we did:
- Set up equipment (camera, backdrop and lighting)

- Costume (final decisions)

- Green shirt and leggings shot (variety of closeups)
- Cream dress with amp, guitar props and microphone

- Back to green top and Black leggings for amp

Evaluation of shoot:
Lizzie, Lauren and I met up at school at around 10:00 to get started on the days photoshoot. We set up the lighting, backdrop, camera and tripod to ensure the photographs would look professional. We ensured everyone was lively and ready for the shoot that we were going to carry out for a couple of hours. First of all, Lauren and I prepped Lizzie by applying her makeup on and allowing her to get changed into the selected clothing (A floral green top, black leggings and heels). The reason we selected this particular clothing for the shoot is because we believed it suited her best and thought it would present her in the image we were trying to create.
We used the Canon EOS 450D SLR camera to take various shots from different angles of Lizzie so that when it came to viewing the photos, we'd be able to pick out a few decent / professional looking shots.
We played some music in the background to entertain us all, but most importantly, to relax our 'Artist' Lizzie whilst she stood infront of the lights and camera, by singing along to our chosen song as well as other songs to keep her motivated and having fun.
We had lizzie change into a different costume, a cream lace dress, to create a variation and different look rather than create just one style, this helped to create the vintage/urban style look.
We decided to use some props, e.g. an Amplifier and Acoustic guitar, because we felt that the photographs we'd been taken was lacking something interesting. Also with the use of a microphone as we felt this would also make a good touch to images that we may use later on.
We believe that the photograph shoot session went better than expected because we believed it would take longer than 2/3 hours but we were able to finish at approximately 1pm, without any problems!
The only problems we faced was trying to source a hairband when we tied lizzies hair up and when adjusting the lighting so that it didn't create too many shadows.