The brief was fairly straight forward, a front and profile head shot of each style that was to be entered. It was however, clearly stipulated that the shots must be in black and white and that no Photoshop "wizardry" (their term not mine) was to be used.
It was decided between the stylists and myself that a minimal approach would suit the brief better, and I pointed them toward shooting on a white background to keep the images crisp.
On the day of the shoot I decided to shoot with a 580 EXII with a softbox as the main light, and another with a honeycomb grid on the white wall behind the models for illumination, but also to add more of a fall off of light on the edges of the shot.
After a short period of test shooting it was decided that the use of shadow on the face's of the models would add more drama.
I really enjoyed this shoot, and felt happy with the end results. The shoot wasn't without it's problems, but it was nice to collaborate with the stylists and see how they wanted to promote their work, and also how passionate they were, which helped feed into getting them the best shots I could.
This shoot has lead to me now in consultation with them to do a promotional campaign for their chain and for use in magazines etc, which will hopefully be going ahead in late October/ early November, the scope of which will be much larger... if anybody fancies assisting me on any of the shoots it would be much appreciated?
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