Some of an evaluation into assisting on a shoot with Mark Crapper
Mark Crapper is a studio photographer based In Sheffield. I’ve been in contact with Mark since last summer and after lots of conversations and hassling I was given the opportunity to assist on a shoot.
The shoot was for a client of 6 years, a nationwide costume company to photograph all items for their catalogue, product packaging and website. The team working that day consisted of Mark, his assistant, a make-up artist/stylist and one model.
The day initially started with the photographer showing me previous work they have done for the client and how they photograph the clients products. Then it was explained each piece of clothing or accessory has a reference number, which they put through the system to send to their client.
Whilst the model and stylist were preparing I assisted the photographer with setting up the shot. It was planned at first to do any head shot that needed to be taken that day, therefore, the product being something on the face. I had a quick introduction to all the equipment then I started handling equipment, moving cables, putting up stands and plugging lighting equipment into a power pack. The lighting set up was at ISO 50.
The headshots were set up as following,
- Two lights facing background, to equalise light, and not allow shadow on the background when the model is standing some distance in front.
- A further two lights shining towards the background but at a different angle shining closer towards each other.
- Backlight positioned behind the subject, allows a light to shine on the back of the subjects’ head and allows highlight.
- Soft box facing directly in front of the subject to soften face and even the tones on the face.
- White background.
Once the shot was set up I held the colour chart in the shot to allow the photographer to gain the correct shot and he did a test shot before shooting to check the exposure was correct and there was no errors in the shot.
The second type of shot was full body shots, the set up was fairly similar to the set up of headshots, and the background lighting was kept the same, though in addition,
- Diffuser instead of a soft box positioned in front of the subject just above
- Soft box positioned to the front right of the subject
- Perspex floor to allow a slight reflection of the subject
- Reflectors on either side of the subject, two polystyrene walls.
Some of an evaluation into assisting on a shoot with Mark Crapper
Mark Crapper is a studio photographer based In Sheffield. I’ve been in contact with Mark since last summer and after lots of conversations and hassling I was given the opportunity to assist on a shoot.
The shoot was for a client of 6 years, a nationwide costume company to photograph all items for their catalogue, product packaging and website. The team working that day consisted of Mark, his assistant, a make-up artist/stylist and one model.
The day initially started with the photographer showing me previous work they have done for the client and how they photograph the clients products. Then it was explained each piece of clothing or accessory has a reference number, which they put through the system to send to their client.
Whilst the model and stylist were preparing I assisted the photographer with setting up the shot. It was planned at first to do any head shot that needed to be taken that day, therefore, the product being something on the face. I had a quick introduction to all the equipment then I started handling equipment, moving cables, putting up stands and plugging lighting equipment into a power pack. The lighting set up was at ISO 50.
The headshots were set up as following,
- Two lights facing background, to equalise light, and not allow shadow on the background when the model is standing some distance in front.
- A further two lights shining towards the background but at a different angle shining closer towards each other.
- Backlight positioned behind the subject, allows a light to shine on the back of the subjects’ head and allows highlight.
- Soft box facing directly in front of the subject to soften face and even the tones on the face.
- White background.
Once the shot was set up I held the colour chart in the shot to allow the photographer to gain the correct shot and he did a test shot before shooting to check the exposure was correct and there was no errors in the shot.
The second type of shot was full body shots, the set up was fairly similar to the set up of headshots, and the background lighting was kept the same, though in addition,
- Diffuser instead of a soft box positioned in front of the subject just above
- Soft box positioned to the front right of the subject
- Perspex floor to allow a slight reflection of the subject
- Reflectors on either side of the subject, two polystyrene walls.
Posted 3 years ago
