My job as a nightclub
photographer provides me with opportunities of meeting potential clients. Fortunately, on
one of the Saturdays I was approached by a client who owns a clothing
company, they were interested in marketing their brand through advertising
& they needed a photographer. I was offered paid work & free
clothing for my efforts, thinking this would assist me to build my portfolio
further, I immediately accepted this task & we exchanged contacts.
After exchanging quite a
number of emails from the client explaining what they wanted, we came to an
agreement of a shoot day, payment process and other details. Prior to the
shoot, I had to make a lot of preparation such as booking out the college
studio as it provided a huge white backdrop and large studio lighting. Having
recently purchased my Canon 5D Mark II, I was excited to use it with the Canon
24mm f1.4. The one setback I had was finding models that were willing to attend
the shoot due to their busy schedules as the shoot was booked at an awkward time,
which was on a Monday morning.
On the day of the shoot, I
had to make sure my client was provided with a guest badge at the college
reception in order to have full access to the institution. Luckily, the client
provided they’re own model to pose for the shoot, I had to make more effort on
the day to find people who would be interested & I found two. On the day,
they were advertising they’re line of white t-shirts.
Setting up for the shoot
was relatively not that problematic, I only needed help in attaching the
diffusers to the lights as my last induction on them was 2 years ago. Another
problem I faced was the fact that the lens I was using had an extremely wide
focal length; it was a 24mm prime lens. To resolve this, I booked out a 100mm
telephoto lens with a wide aperture of f/2.2. This set-up worked well as with a
manfrotto tripod, my camera settings were set on ISO: 320, aperture: f/7.1,
shutters speed: 1/125th sec.
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| Photo Credit: UNAAAY Clothing. |
The final images came out
looking fairly decent, there wasn’t a lot of post-processing necessary due to a
well lit environment & correct camera settings.
I appreciated working with
my client & I feel this experience has given me self-confidence to work
with other people at a professional level in the future. In my judgement, I feel
the images are of a near professional standard & they do the job that
they’re intended to do, to sell the t-shirts.
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| Copyright: Wisdom Makubile 2013. |
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