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19 Beautiful Women and Only One Day to Do It.
Kent Smith, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 6:12 PM on 11.17.09 |
->> http://gophotographer.wordpress.com/
So, this job can be glamorous at times, but there is no time to bask in the sun until the hard work is over. Whether you are creating images of the President of the United States in only 5 minutes, or just photographing regular people, you are often working at an extremely fast pace to get the most out of what you are doing in the shortest amount of time.
The same is the case in today’s photo shoot where I have 19 beautiful women from the Charlotte Bobcats Dance Team at the studio and, I am to capture the best possible images of them, in just one day. We have setup the strobes and background, the makeup was added, and then, the work really begins for me. My assistants and I are hard at work before the shoot to make sure everything is in place. Once they arrive, it’s time to get the camera rolling. We have very little time with each girl in order capture one shot that will be used in the very high demand poster they use all year to market their talent.
I usually like to spend a little time with whom ever I am working with before I begin shooting to make them feel comfortable in front of the camera, that will not be the case today. I will be flying from girl to girl to capture that one image. I will be looking at the faces and bodies of each girl to try and find the best possible light to use on them and create the ultimate look.
Today I will be shooting on a white background with women wearing white outfits. This is one of the hardest things to do in lighting. If I over do it, they will look like they are flying in the air; under do it it will appear I am shooting on a muted grey background. If I don’t nail the exposure correctly, the outfits become part of the background. And, because of the tight schedule there is not time for me to correct each person’s tone and hair color which can create further issues. Being aware all of these external factors, it is extremely important to know what the final product is going to be in order to determine the correct exposure for the background and subject.
My advice for the day is:
Do not get out of control. Take your time and have fun…just remember your having the time of your life doing what you love.
To see the images,
http://gophotographer.wordpress.com/ |
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Margaret Bowles, Photographer
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Houston | TX | | Posted: 6:19 PM on 11.17.09 |
| ->> And THAT is why you get all the really cool work in Charlotte--you're a fantastic photographer and a nice guy too. Really beautiful results, Kent. |
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Jeff Martin, Photographer
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wellington | OH | usa | Posted: 7:31 PM on 11.17.09 |
->> Yeah, sounds like you got some big problems there. I'm surprised you don't quit.
Hope you had fun, without getting out of control of course. |
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Louis Lopez, Photographer
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Fontana | CA | USA | Posted: 8:09 PM on 11.17.09 |
| ->> That Jordan really cheered me up! Looks like it was a great fun shoot. |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 6:32 AM on 11.18.09 |
->> "...shows off her smile"? Where? Oh, yeah, of course...
Why do we even try to caption cheesecake shots? I love the ones of red carpet shots: "Artist so-and-so smiles at the such-and-such awards."
But great work, definitely. |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 1:48 PM on 03.07.10 |
->> solid work and video.
Was there any lights hitting the white background? I looked but did not see any. |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 2:19 PM on 03.07.10 |
| ->> So I have to ask... How long have you had gophotographer.net redirect to your site? |
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Rick Osentoski, Photographer
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Martin | OH | United States | Posted: 2:29 PM on 03.07.10 |
->> White on White is a trend been around for awhile now, I like it.
I had to do something similar a few mouths back, a chef in a white uniform on white background for a trade show poster. Not as glamourous as the dancers.
The client had to have a pure white background as they had no time to outline the image for the final 8 foot high banners that went to press the next morning.
http://www.photoshelter.com/c/ozdigitalstudio/image/I0000BjePhwF4Lgo
Like the video, might have to try something like that on the next big studio shoot, excellent marketing tool. |
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Kent Smith, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 4:39 PM on 03.07.10 |
| ->> Thanks for the comments. Have one light hitting the background on each site. They are balanced equally. I have had gophotographer.com and gophotographer.com for a long time. |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 8:49 PM on 03.08.10 |
| ->> I get what you're getting at Thomas. Why would you have gophotographer.net and gophotographer.com redirect to kentsmithphoto.com ? Why not just use kentsmithphoto.com ? |
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Darren Whitley, Photographer
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Northwest Missouri | MO | USA | Posted: 10:21 PM on 03.08.10 |
->> Stew,
It's called marketing. It's not uncommon for businesses to use simple URLs so that customers can remember them. A simple URL is easier to remember. And if your last name is either hard to spell or too common, that can be a problem for marketing yourself. And owning both URLs more control in the event a competitor would want to high jack his customer traffic. |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 3:44 PM on 03.09.10 |
->> Darren, that makes sense. I think what Thomas was trying to hint at, was it's VERY close to his URL, gophotography.net . Just a coincidence, or trying to get traffic to your site when a client was actually looking for Thomas'?
I run into having a similar URL for one of my websites as a event photo company out in Wyoming. I costly get calls for people looking for photos of some skiing competition. I haven't been to Wyoming in over 15 years. My URL is plural while the other company is singular. Just a coincidence.
This is also way off topic from the thread. |
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Kent Nishimura, Student/Intern
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 4:42 PM on 03.09.10 |
->> hey kent. great work.
you have an awesome first name by the way! |
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Kent Smith, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 12:02 PM on 03.10.10 |
| ->> Just so that you will know. I have had gophotographer.com and gophotographer.net up for over 10 years. It was live all of those years, until I switched over to livebooks this year. Godaddy was suppose to keep a permanent redirect to the site, which would have made you see the other site on gophotographer.net. They made the mistake, and now I am not able to go back and change it back. It cost me a lot of hits, but that is how it works. Nothing against Thomas, but i think I might have been up and running before he was. |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 12:05 AM on 03.11.10 |
->> Started it in 1997 because gophotography.com was being parked on. I never put in for gophotographer. The only part I wondered about was how you decided to put "GO" in front of "photography/er".
Honestly I'm not really concerned. It's not like you did what one dude did and embedded my name and website name in his home page a few years ago. It wasn't even just me, it was about every photographer I'd ever heard of. Oddly enough, it was still buried on page 8 of the search results. :) |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 1:13 PM on 03.11.10 |
->> Thomas, why did you choose to put "Go" in front of photography?
As I expected, this was just a coincidence in the URL names.
Kent, nice work. |
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