Professional Studio Shoot. A Glimpse

As I promised myself I would in February, I've been trying to document some of what I see on an everyday basis. Forcing myself to take notice of what's around me through the viewfinder, so to speak.

I'm sure some of you folks have been involved in a commercial shoot, probably many have not.

This is a shoot being done for one of my clients. The studio is located in East Providence, RI. The shoot included product, product models, and film work for a commercial.

I server as MIS for this company, normally I'd appear do my IT thing and move on. Today I decided to pull out the trusty GF1 and give, anyone interested, a little glimpse.

The gallery is here:Pro Photo Shoot - Mu-43 Gallery

Hope you enjoy it...

Story Board for the shoot



Over the photographers shoulder


Studio scene. Product inspection and color check





Getting position


Model Shots


Macs at work (it's all I EVER see on any studio project....sorry) The images are transmitted directly to the Powerbook, LR software, the large monitor is a video out from the laptop


Oops. Forgot this shot of the photographer at work...

 

Will anyone even find this thread?

Thanks, i hope some of the regulars find this thread.

i was tempted to stick it in where the "what is pro" debate was raging...

 

I hear you... the Polaroid back is looooooong gone.

For all of this I do though, I see Mac after Mac after Mac....

 

Hi Nic,

A big gimongous Canikon.....

I didn't even look. Most of them are shooting Canons, even my Bainbridge Island friend / client Neil switched to Canon. i have no preference since I offloaded my Canon DSLR gear for µ43. I know one thing, I'm taking lots more photos...

I tried zooming in, but too noisy to tell for sure...

 

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed them... That's why there here..

 

Hi Nick,

He was using the model that weighs 47.6 lbs.

 

That's been heavily debated off course, many feel you get more bang for the buck with the models heavier than 45 lbs.

I'll tell you this, my GF1 was noticed immediately, and the process tech working the Mac station is an Olympus owner who commented almost immediately and "needed" to handle the GF1 for several minutes....

 

Hi Nic

Sorry, Manager Information Systems

 

Hello David,

You have to look at this from my very stilted and parochial view.... I only show up if my "ticker" is running....:smile:

They guys out doing "non-studio" therefore "non-wimp" work, are like lone wolves.... They do it all alone....

Not so good for my ticker, which correlates directly to my income...:smile:

I love the studio wimps.....

 

Hi David,

Yup. Sounds pretty normal. As we age (or become more experienced) we learn that often times people "stick their 2 cents in" based on their position.. They feel compelled to boss someone around just because they can...it increases their sense of self importance. When the art people try to accommodate them, they end up with a product that looks, well...not so good.

That causes big big problems in the art work where often time the art director and photographer are the only ones with any kind of an eye at all...

In this case, the folks that own the company are fabulous! In fact the owner, in the midst of all the dough being spent (2 fully staffed studio days) was sitting in an old arm chair behind the story board playing a banjo!!!

He's awesome.. they are among my favorite clients, which is why I felt comfortable shooting a little with the GF1...