The Complete Commercial Photographer

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This lesson takes us back into the field where we will look at various technical considerations when photographing people on location. By now you have a clear understanding of how…

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For lighting, we waited for the sun to be setting and skim warm light across the landscape. To keep the shadow side of the truck and cowboy from going dark,…

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I then set up two more lights with silver reflectors on camera left, pointed left to right. These lights were placed to skim across the carved walls and gave a…

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I needed a perfect exposure of the outside and inside, but it never works that way due to the difference in ambient light inside and out. After setting up the…

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the camera and angle. The client requested that they be photographed in the lobby and that we see in the scene, the portrait on the back wall, which was the…

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The Hallway The next challenge we had was to bring up the balance of light in the hallway to reduce the contrast created with the ceiling spots. Test shots showed…

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Nobody said this job was easy! And here is a great example why. This is the board of directors of a multi billion dollar company, in town for their board…

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Assignment: Corporate CEO for Magazine What’s the challenge? Coming up with an exciting photo in a climate controlled computer room. This photograph of a corporate CEO was taken on assignment…

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Assignment: Corporate executive and community volunteer What’s the challenge? Finding somewhere in this town that would be an interesting environment to photograph her. This woman is a community volunteer who…

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Assignment: Company owners for a bank ad. What’s the challenge? Mixing strobe and ambient light.

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Assignment: CEO for a magazine story What’s the challenge? Creating a nice shot in an ugly environment. I made an appointment with the CEO’s secretary for our photo shoot and…

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Assignment: Director of computer records center for a state to be shot for a magazine. What’s the challenge? Another boring computer room…….

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Assignment: Corporate brochure image of two guys in the CAD area. What’s the challenge? The one person office makes for no room to place lights.

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Assignment: Shoot CEO of new start-up company for magazine. What’s the challenge? Find a cool shot and here it was one of the toughest.

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Important Technique: take note! One of the most useful tools for location work and occasionally in the studio is the reflector panels. You can get them at B&H.

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blow out due to her being in the sun and him not. As we were shooting, the sun came higher up and we reached a point where it was starting…

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plywood on top as these metal castings were heavy. They were then covered with blue cloth, purchased from the fabric store. The parts were then hoisted on the surfaces and…

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The lighting approach was to blast enough light in there to bring the brightness level up and also spot light certain areas to make them stand out.

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In this production still on the right you can see my lighting. A light box for the key light and an umbrella for fill and each is gelled to match…