Tire Girl

It took a week but I did it, finally finished this photo. well the editing at least. last Wednesday our fashion class headed out to the local auto wreckers for a more interesting and inspiring location than the studio. The day before we had been assigned to shoot three HDR (High Dynamic Range (two or more frames of the exact same scene but exposed separately and differently so when merged the shadows and or highlights have more detail then would have been possible with a single frame.)) photos for a separate class. So with my stunning smarts I came up with the idea to not only merge multiple photos into one, but also multiple assignment!!!

ok maybe not the first person to ever do this and may not be stunning anyone with my smarts but, I am very happy with the results. Because everyone shares the same model and we are always very rushed when it's time to shoot I always get flustered and it becomes impossible to think of poses and what-not. hoping to avoid my flusteredness preplanning and setup prior to my turn was a important. After knowing where it was that I wanted my shot to take place I recruited a couple helpful classmates to assist in pre-lighting a stand-in model. And right there I saved five minutes of rushed unhappiness for me and anxious impatientness for everyone else.

Then the time comes to take the shot and again I don't have a pose, so much for my great pre-planning. we first tried a crawling up kind of pose but that wasn't so hot so we moved on to this, the king of the castle, on a stormy day, in wedding/funeral attire look. you know the one. One reason why we used this was because it was a stable position for her. tires are not the most sturdy thing and when you want three photos of your model before she moves so much as a hair stability is something you are concerned about. apparently I was not concerned enough, after taking only two attempts at the shot I figured if she moved I'll just have to fix it in Photoshop, and that what I did.

It a rarity that when shooting people that I have them pose until I am satisfied, I continually find myself telling the person to get up, and assuring everyone including myself that I got the shot, when I know it's not the case. and i spend hours in photoshop to pay for the few minutes i have saved my subjects from posing.

I know it was a long rant but I wanted to share what I have learned, from now on "practice practice practice" has been changed to "practice prepare and pose".