Construction Post 3: Production - photo shoots

The week following our capturing of footage for the music video, it was time to shoot some photos for our website and album cover. We allocated 3 days to capture the photos:

• Wednesday 25th November - 13.45-15.45
• Thursday 26th November - 16.30-20.30
• Friday 27th November - 11.10-12.30

We felt that this would be enough to get our photos as we only had 1 artist to get photos of and then a few group shots of Orlando and the DJ together. In the end, we didn't need the Friday as we got all of our photos on Wednesday and Thursday.

Wednesday 25th November

This day went quite well, we took a lot of photos which meant a nice portion came out looking good. We made sure that we varied the poses I used and had an idea of what poses to use before-hand. We worked very efficiently resulting in a finish time to schedule. The only issue we really had was the lighting at the start of the shoot which we quickly sorted out. Below is an example of the overly lit shots and then some of the better shots. 

A better shot lit correctly

Too much light in this shot

Thursday 26th November

The 26th was a far more stressful day than the previous one. Although in the end we achieved the shots we needed, there was an issue with the flash which took a while to resolve. In the end, it meant the shots didn't come out as bright as we hoped for but it still worked out fine. The evidence of the flash showed up on the backgrounds as seen on the left when the flash was working and on the right when the flash wasn't, however, the background was getting edited out anyway so this was pretty irrelevant other than taking up a lot of time on the Thursday. 

We also used this day to get some group shots of myself and Eddie to use on the website. We focused on getting some serious shots and some fun shots too. These photos came out really well with a distinct variety. 

A fun shot

A serious shot

In addition to the group shots, we also took a few photos of Eddie by himself just in case we needed them for anything, this took a very short amount of time so although we didn't use them, it was worth being prepared. 

A photo of Eddie

Although we were obviously set back by the technical faults of the flash, we pulled together and still managed to finish on time which was really positive. After reviewing our photos on Friday morning, we concluded that we didn't need to shoot on Friday which wasn't really a surprise as we only had mainly 1 person to take photos of as opposed to the other groups which had 4.