Monday, 29 February 2016

Shooting for the Digipak 2

Shoot 1 - Of the band / Indoors (Studio)
Shoot 2 - Trees / Outdoors (Parks)
Shoot 3 - Coloured powders / Indoors (Studio)

Equipments needed for Shoot 1:
  • SLR Camera
  • Box lighting
  • White background
  • Cult costume used for Music Video
Equipments needed for Shoot 2:
  • SLR Camera
  • Natural Lighting - Preferable Camera Setting - 
  • Maybe a tripod
Equipments needed for Shoot 3:
  • SLR Camera
  • Coloured powders
  • Light Set up object
  • Tripod
Shoot 1:
For shoot 1, I am aiming to achieve professional images by the use of different lightings and camera setting. In our school studio, we have access to box lighting, skybox and spot lightings. Lighting will affect on how the images will turn out like. Some may have a soft effect, warm effect and bright effect.
To balance the lighting with the camera setting, I have searched different white balance settings. There are 7 settings. Auto, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Daylight and Flash. Tungsten adds warmth and Fluorescent and daylight adds a bright white lighting. 
With this shoot, it will be best to shoot in Fluorescent or Daylight setting because we don't really want any filter and even if we decide later, we can add it in on Photoshop.
The camera setting will probably be ISO 200, F2.8 and 1/200. This will give a clear image and work well with whatever lighting we use.  

Shoot 2:
For shoot 2, I am aiming to achieve some great silhouette outdoors photography by working with natural lighting. If its sunny I have to make sure that the sun isn't shining through the lens and if its cloudy, I must make sure the images are coming out brighter. I am thinking to be at the location around 5pm just before it gets dark so the backgorund will be dark but still some colour. 
This website as helped me to understand further: Silhouette Photography Tips

Shoot 3:
For shoot 3, I am aiming achieve some still life images of the powder being "thrown". As I have decided to shoot this in the school studio, I wouldn't be able to throw coloured powder around, however I can use a light set up object which lets you use lighting form behind the equipments and place the powder on a board so it looks like its 'floating'. I would prefer the white board to show but it wouldn't matter as much. I will have to use a tripod and from right above I will capture some images. If the coloured powder isn't pigmented enough, I will edit the images on Photoshop. It is important that the coloured powder is pigmented as we have planned as a group to have colour inside the digipak as the outside is in black and white so its a shock. The camera setting will probably be the same as Shoot 1 as we don't need dramatic effect. 

Shooting for the Digipak

After making a clearer example of what our digipak will look like, I am going to organise where to do the shoot, who I will need and which object I would need.

In total, I will need to shoot 4 images.
One of them being the front of the band, another one being the back of the band, the image of trees and coloured powder being thrown about.

We can use our school photography studio to take images of the band, as we will have access to professional lightings and either clear black or white backgrounds to choose from.

To take images of the coloured powder, as a group, we haven't decided whether to be an indoors shoot or outdoors.

To take images of the trees, I will travel to Osterley park or Richmond park and take some images.

For the song titles, the background will be plain black with white writing so it does not matter as much.

Checklist:

  • I need to find out who is free when so I can organise when everyone is free to do the shoot. 
  • Order coloured powders - when arrived, finish the shoot
  • Plan your weekend to visit either parks - edit the images
  • Book the school studio in advance
28/02/16

It has been planned to do the shoot on Monday, next week after school in the school studio as this day everyone will be free. By planning a week ahead, this will give us time to organise the props and costume and what kind of camera setting and lighting to use to achieve the best shot. Also planning how they'd pose. Looking down or up? and etc. If any makeup needed, we can provide it quicker. It gives us more flexibility.