Joe's Photoshoot

So last Sat i had a photoshoot with a friend of mine . Hes a doctor so the main theme was supposed to be something revolving around that .

Equipment :

1) Camera : A panasonic lumix fz20 .
2) Location : hospital ward ( will easily provide nice smooth leading lines ) .
3) Lighting : hospital ward windows on a sunny day ( i still dont have any additional lighting equipment , still saving for that ! ) .

Theme one : ( First pic up there )

A sort of doctor in control theme . Thought id give him the " I OWN THIS PLACE " look in one of the pics . I had the window as the main light and the light colored walls reflect light as fill . I intended a good contrast ratio between dark and light ( or main and fill ) to provide a sort of dramatic lighting effect . The tilt was put there to add a lil dynamic edge to the pic .


Theme two :

A fun pic , still tellin hes a doctor , yet in a playfull manner . In this case making it nice and bright would nicely serve the mood .












Theme 3 :

Totally different from the previous 2 . I thought id move away from my normal flow of ideas and do something unlike the previous themes . Just give him an album cover sort of pic , aimed mainly at the aesthetic portrait side . U know , a pic hed enjoy watching cause he looks good in . High key was my best friend here , i had him wear his white coat , stand beside the almost white colored wall which was brightly lit by the windows , and then i set my cam to a slightly overexpose the pic ( u know , big aperture , slower shutter speed ) . His skin is kinda dark colored so this helped achieve a nice contrast to bring his face out in the almost totally prevailent white .






Photoshoot surprises :

1) The original locations were cancelled due to the heavy hospital flow .
2) A couple of his friends comin to the shoot , they were being noisy , but i got them to nicely listen by shooting a couple of quick frames for them too ( u know the safe portrait style , headshots shallow DOF , just to get my photoshoot undercontrol, thats the one down there ) .


Conclusion :

Satisfied friend , and lots of fun in only a 20 min photoshoot .

Lessons learned :

1) Always be flexible .
2) Have several themes and backup themes set before a shoot , but also go with the flow , and make the best out of the available environment , it doesnt always have to work like the themes .
3) A lil more props and some extra lighting wouldave added a whole lot more to the shoot , but until then im gonna have to do with what ive got .