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9 March 2010

Ideas for basketball photo shoot



I have planned to do a session in the studio, and have arranged to get my friend in, she plays basketball and thought that this would make for quite an interesting shoot. Showing movement as well as posed shots. To get some ideas of how to get my model to move and what sort of images I want I have had a look on the Internet to get some ideas.





What I want to get from this shoot is a practice and a get to know session with the studio equipment and gain a bit more confidence, with talking to the model and getting the model to move and posse as I wanted.  I have done some research which are these pictures to the left.  Just standard posses which I think I would find fairly easy to replicate and the model would find easy to maintain.  I have to bare in mind that my model which I have chosen hasn't done this before and she will feel as uncomfortable if not more than myself.  



I like these photos as they are all a natural stance for a basketball player not totally staged, it looks like the photographer has just snapped away to get a natural expression.

This picture is actually of an pro American Basketball player taken by Dustin Snipes.  I like this photo as she is looking away not directly at the camera making it appear more natural.  Looks as if she could be on the basketball court waiting to play, that's if it didn't have studio screen in the back ground.
 
Click here to see some of the photos from the shoot.

















In this session the set up I used was one Bowens 1000 with a open disk reflector, a 5D Canon camera set to 200 ISO.


These photos are a few of the pictures which I took in the studio session.

I have chosen this photo because I like the angle it was taken at, although in the background you can see all the ceiling light rails which I can hopefully edit out at a later date.  I also like the expression on her face, natural and relaxed although looking at the camera it still appears that she actually hasn't been put in that position and is natural to her.  This picture uses two different techniques, the angle of which the picture is taken and lines which draw your eye in, her legs at the bottom of the picture draw your eyes up to her face. 
f6.3, 1/100, ISO 200


This picture I like as it is totally natural, well as natural as you can get in a studio.
  
We were just throwing the ball around trying to get some shots and incorporating some movement.  There is a shadow being cast behind the model which has been caused by just using the one studio light from the front and not setting any lights up behind her which would hide any shadow and it would change the whole out look of the picture by whiting out the background. 
f7.1, 1/160, ISO 200




This picture most resembles the ones I have looked at like the Dustin Snipes one.
Looking away from the camera and relaxed.  A natural pose.  Again there is shadow cast behind the model and the top of the photo needs to be edited.  
f8, 1/100, ISO 200









During the photo shoot I had to be aware of the Health and safety aspects, with there being someone in the studio who has never been in before and that we had a basket ball being thrown around.  
Before the session started I made sure with help from Steve that all of the equipment set up, was set up correctly and all trailing wires tucked up out of the way as to not trip anybody up, the camera was fixed securely to the counter weight tripod, the light was securely fixed and positioned as to not get in anybodies way.  With throwing the ball around the studio we had to be careful as to not throw too hard or fast and be extra cautious when the lights were turned out to take the pictures on the bulb setting of the camera to show exposure times.  Refer to the pictures shown in the section about shutter speeds.







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3 comments:

  1. Rich Greene11 March 2010 at 14:47

    Hey. Your ideas sound good so I'm looking forward to seeing your shoot results. get snapping

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  2. Mr Steve25 March 2010 at 13:58

    Hi
    This blog covers a range of criteria in that you planned and prepared for a studio shoot based on your research this in itself meets,
    1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.6,1.7,1.8,2.2, and 2,5
    and you have also linked this to another blog about shutter speeds.
    well done great first shoot,

    steve

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  3. Mr Steve25 March 2010 at 14:09

    Hi
    2.3 is usually based around selecting final images from a larger group to go into your final 12 prints or go forward to be post produced in photoshop.And ofcourse a blog entry to go with it at that time will meet 2.3.

    steve

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Techniques, materials and resources used for portrait photography 1.1

There are many different formats and techniques that can be applied to portrait photography.

Framing is a technique where by you draw attention to one element of an image by framing it with another element of the image. This gives an image depth and draws the eye to a point of interest in the image.
You could do it by placing your subject in a window or doorway, have them look through a small gap or even use their hands around their face.

Shooting with a wide angle lens attached to your camera can help create some memorable shots when you’re doing portrait photography.
At very wide focal lengths you can create some wonderful distortion. Using these focal lengths will enlarge parts of the face or body that are on the edge of the frame more than what is in the centre.
It can also give a wide open and dramatic impact when your subject is in an impressive setting.

The person in your portrait is the main point of interest – however sometimes when you place them into different contexts with different backgrounds you can dramatically alter the mood in a shot.

Having parts of a portrait in focus draws attention on certain parts of the face or body, or a completely unfocused portrait can add a dreamy effect and make a picture quite abstract.

Black and white portraits can be just as dramatic as colour. By adding a shot of colour can draw attention to certain parts of the photo.
"When we shoot in color, we do not depart from what we see everyday, so our eye expects certain details in order to fill out the image. Black and white photography gives us the opportunity to diverge from this norm, and in a way view reality as an abstraction."

Equipment I have at home and what is avaliable to me at college 1.1

I have at home the Canon 450d camera which comes with the standard 18-55mm lens.


At college there is a wide range of lenses avaliable to use along with higher quality cameras. There is a studio which contains a wide range of backdrops, studio lights, reflectors and soft box.

Canon 450D

Canon 450D

Canon 450d

This is the camera which I have started out with, the basic entry level canon 450d.  For specification details click on the image.
I don't really have any experience of digital SLR's, the only cameras I have used previously are point and shoot digital and film SLR's.  
I don't have an opinion on my camera yet as I haven't really used it enough to comment other than I find it fairly easy to use and understand. 

Standard 50mm lens

What makes this lens ideal for portriture is its angle-of-view is the closest to our own eyes and the easiest to use to get the most natural looking shots. You can even visualise shots without putting the camera to your eye. This doesn’t mean this lens is boring compared to the extremes that a telephoto or wide-angle will give. On the contrary, it’s just a lens that works well and keeps your photography simple. It is also ideal, as long as you remember not to get too close to your subject, which will lead to unflattering distortion to your sitters face. It works especially well with full-length portraits, but you can get some very nice head and shoulder shots.

Standard 50mm lens

70-200mm Lens

The telephoto lens allows you to take tightly composed pictures of subjects where it is impractical to get any closer and to use a wider lens, therefore they are useful for candid photography, this lens is small, lightweight and unobtrusive.
Short telephoto focal lengths are widely used in portraiture for their unnatural, non standard view makes objects at different distances appear closer together than they are in reality. Using a wide angle lens for head and shoulder close ups makes people's noses and other facial features more prominent - while a slight telephoto focal length flattens the features a touch, to give a more flattering result.
Telephotos are also useful in portraiture because when used with largish apertures, it is easy to throw a background out of focus thus drawing the viewers attention to certain parts of the scene.

70-200mm lens f/2.8 IS