PHOTOSHOOT RECAP

On Wednesday we had our first practise photoshoot. I was in a pair with Ollie, which I originally thought was a good idea as he has extensive photography skills and knowledge. We also generally work well together. However, once everyone was in pairs and had props and outfits spread over the tables we both realised we forgot our props. We decided to go out onto the triangle and take tester photos, practising the art of posing, adjusting light exposure on the camera and finding decent backgrounds that look more professional as they don't include year 8 P.E classes in the background. We took a few photos around the large tree on the triangle and somehow made our way down towards the music block, where we discovered Hamza and George posing with a motorbike. We used the urban-looking brick walls of the music block so I could practise my photography skills which aren't the best ever. I learnt how to adjust the exposure and other nifty things.

Soon after that we walked back up the triangle a little, we walked passed the small blossom tree and found Charlie and Harriet doing their photoshoot. Harriet was dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono and had two chopsticks in her hair. The outfit and the blossom-filled background really brought a sense of an oriental theme. I helped Charlie to position his model, which was challenging but fun as Harriet could get into the poses but then couldn't help pulling a comic face or laughing. This was a lot of fun and I got to know what sorts of poses compliment the model, use the light efficiently and work well for the camera. A good few photos were taken by Ollie and Charlie of Harriet and I whilst we were working on posing. Then Mrs Mann joined us, along with her trusty iPad and took a few more photos of Harriet. She then proceeded to dress myself in the kimono and positioned me by the blossom tree with my hair loosely flowing and took some photos of me. This was embarrassing but showed me how the model feels and definitely made me sure that I prefer taking the photos than being the focus of them.

Wednesday's lesson was a lot of fun, but it certainly wasn't wasted. As even though Ollie and I didn't manage to get any photos which were anything like how we want our final advertisements to look, we did learn how to pose, position models, correctly adjust the camera and take decent photos.