Photo Shoot
Last night I did a photo shoot for Tammy's adult tap class. It was a fair amount of work for the 3 images that will be printed and I was very tired after the fact and I was very tired before I started shooting, but the people were so nice it didn't matter.
The teacher Jerry was really good at posing them and that made it very easy.
I always forget something. It's inevitable. So the whole time I'm setting up I'm wonder what did I forget? Cause when I figure it out them i'm all, "Cool now I know! That's what i forgot." This time it was the powerstrip... I have 2 things that need plugged in and one extension cord. No problem as there is plenty of time. This is a free shoot. I'm not making a dime on it. I'm shooting digital and there isn't much in the way of prints so it's not a huge deal. The owner of the place that granted didn't have much vested interest in me shooting these was up front. I asked her if they had a power strip or an extension cord around. She goes "yes in the garage but I can not help you now!" She was clearly taken a back by my even asking. So I went into the garage and when we finally found the light switch I was freaked out by a couple of things. First off the extension cords running power through this place are not exactly up to code and all the junk in there looked fairly dangerous. Lots of tools and well junk. But this wasn't your average junk lots of electrical stuff and even some dismantled power wheel chairs. It was like Dr. Kavorkian was taking an electronics class for future products and services. In all that electrical stuff no extension cord or power strip. So I went and moved closer to the wall. Thats problem solving. Oh and yes she was busy. She was placing brochures up front for something... no clue...
Then strangely enough we almost started on time. I was all set before 7 having done my color checker shots (Thanks to C for helping out there). The shoot was flawless. It was easy to do the people were actually grateful, they said thank you and everything! It was just crazy. Another friend suggested using shutterfly to distribute the photos (Thanks to C (different C) for that.)
I will post the final group shot when I'm done. I wonder should I post the color checker shot?... Maybe in a future post I'll put up a bunch of my color checker shots... I need more time editing the main group shot, but I have to have it posted by Sunday....
The teacher Jerry was really good at posing them and that made it very easy.
I always forget something. It's inevitable. So the whole time I'm setting up I'm wonder what did I forget? Cause when I figure it out them i'm all, "Cool now I know! That's what i forgot." This time it was the powerstrip... I have 2 things that need plugged in and one extension cord. No problem as there is plenty of time. This is a free shoot. I'm not making a dime on it. I'm shooting digital and there isn't much in the way of prints so it's not a huge deal. The owner of the place that granted didn't have much vested interest in me shooting these was up front. I asked her if they had a power strip or an extension cord around. She goes "yes in the garage but I can not help you now!" She was clearly taken a back by my even asking. So I went into the garage and when we finally found the light switch I was freaked out by a couple of things. First off the extension cords running power through this place are not exactly up to code and all the junk in there looked fairly dangerous. Lots of tools and well junk. But this wasn't your average junk lots of electrical stuff and even some dismantled power wheel chairs. It was like Dr. Kavorkian was taking an electronics class for future products and services. In all that electrical stuff no extension cord or power strip. So I went and moved closer to the wall. Thats problem solving. Oh and yes she was busy. She was placing brochures up front for something... no clue...
Then strangely enough we almost started on time. I was all set before 7 having done my color checker shots (Thanks to C for helping out there). The shoot was flawless. It was easy to do the people were actually grateful, they said thank you and everything! It was just crazy. Another friend suggested using shutterfly to distribute the photos (Thanks to C (different C) for that.)
I will post the final group shot when I'm done. I wonder should I post the color checker shot?... Maybe in a future post I'll put up a bunch of my color checker shots... I need more time editing the main group shot, but I have to have it posted by Sunday....
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