Andrew Macpherson

 

The problem a refurbished flat, with plenty of space that just isn’t getting potential renters through the door to look.  The idea is to break out of the mould of sterile pictures, and try to add some aspirational zing to the advertising.

Jessica very kindly offered to do the shoot on a TFP/CD basis to build up her portfolio, with a view to getting pro modelling and film extra work.  I think that the results were worthwhile — have a look at the studio shots in my portrait folder as well — the sepia head shot makes a wonderful canvas.  Jessica was a joy to work with, and made my job much easier.  Life as a photographer is so much better when the subject also wants to look good.

Equipment: Canon 5D, 70-200 f4 L, Elinchrom D-Lite 2 Go, Chinese wireless flash trigger, shooting tethered to the MacBook Air.  Shooting tethered allowed Jessica to get a feel for how the shots were coming out, and, seeing that helped her to work with me to improve the results.

I was really lucky last weekend to be asked to do a photo-shoot for a teen party on the back of photos I had been doing of the Little Hadham Charity Fun Run the previous weekend.  Well what I was asked to do was “Take some photos of my daughter’s party” but on discussing the job it became clear that the daughter had asked for a photo-shoot as part of her present.

First job was therefore to adjust the parent’s expectations.

I must say it’s much more satisfying to take photographs where the models want to be photographed, and set out to look good, rather than flinching, squirming and making screwed up faces.   Some of the kids pose beautifully and naturally, some needed a few of the cliche directions. (continue reading…)