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12/18/2006 12:21:36 PM · #26 |
If your trying to get great pictures of people you need to put 110% of your own energy into the shoot in order to get 100% out of your sitter.
This can be very tiring but invigorating. I thrive on this when im shooting.
BUZ BUZ.
Bruces web site
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12/18/2006 12:28:14 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by BruceSmith:
Has a`ny one else got any stories to tell explaining how they put energy into their shots.
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Maybe not so much energy, but how I try to stop fear and doubt creeping in. Up front I try to keep all the technical stuff simple - so that I'm not fiddling with a camera, but talking to the model/subject. I keep talking, try to find out about the person, ask questions, try to listen. If I'm looking for smiles, I try to get them to crack up laughing one way or another - the sad faces work well for that, like you said. I had a model this weekend with a foul mouth - she would swear her head off, then break into the most natural, beautiful smiles - what ever works ;)
I also try to shoot on a tripod - get my head out from behind the camera, again to focus my energy and thoughts on them, not the camera. When I stop talking or interacting with the subject, you can see that connection drain away in their faces - they look doubtful about what you are doing, or bored - just disconnected.
When they are talking it seems to bring them away from being a photo shoot and off to the energy of the moment they are describing - I'm not shooting models as such, so I tend to be less looking to direct and more to capture an emotion that they bring out. Talking about a first love, or when they got engaged. I once heard someone suggest asking them to tell you about who they would die for - it is a somewhat shocking question, but that immediately connects them to the person they most love - and that shows.
I also try to pace my voice and loudness to the energy that I'm looking for.
Just some random thoughts on this.
Message edited by author 2006-12-18 12:28:59.
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12/18/2006 12:39:54 PM · #28 |
Does this energy you speak of mean multiple things?
I thought I would post a few of mine I feel have energy.
    
If you are in a studio, turn the music on. If you are outdoors, have someone else with you. They can serve to distract to create a more candid approach. Being ready with your camera helps too. Moments of energy are always there, you just have to be ready to capture it.
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12/18/2006 12:53:10 PM · #29 |
AS Judi says in her interview for the "Nudecast" expect to throw the first shots out. Just give the model time to get comfortable with you. I talk to the models throughout the entire shoot, laugh, tell jokes, etc.
I don't go so far as to put the camera on a tripod, as I feel it limits my spontanity in POV, but I do spend a lot of time looking OVER the camera for direct eye contact.
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12/18/2006 12:54:30 PM · #30 |
GREAT STUFF.
Its the hardest thing to get over to photographers when Im teaching. Most click to it after a day of shooting. MAKE OR BREAK YOUR PICTURES BY HAVING FUN BEING A FOOL OR JUST (like me PLAIN CRAZY>
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12/20/2006 05:55:36 PM · #31 |
Had to post one more....and bump this thread.
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01/27/2007 07:00:32 AM · #32 |
I find when Im teaching it take at the least a day and a half to get my students to take command of their shots. At first they hardly say a word to their models. As the class goes on it seams to click into place. By the end of the second day they are leaping about having losts of fun and getting great energy into their shots.
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