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 04/08/2004 12:29:06 AM · #1
I was just asked to take photos for a website. Place is a restaurant and outside the building as well. It's also a club on the weekends. THE owner also wanted me to photograph pics of the guests and staff. Candid I guess. I just wanted to get ideas on lighting, poses, and camera setting etc... Let me know. Much appreciated.
 04/08/2004 01:32:04 AM · #2
Hi
Whenever i have to do any New Photo Shoot that i am not familiar with , best thing i do is look at at similar work on net.

I am not say copy them, but you get an idea , how it is done generally.

I mean lots firms have Photographs of their staff now website, You just browse to see what kind of mood is best suited with a Restaurant staff, I mean casual or bit formal like a Law firm
04/08/2004 01:36:29 AM · #3
a motion blur shot would be cool, like a waitress walking to a table, with the tables and all sharp.
 04/08/2004 09:30:13 AM · #4
The first idea that comes to my mind is to use an external flash if you have one.
 04/08/2004 02:01:32 PM · #5
got one. i have a 420ex
Originally posted by coolhar:
The first idea that comes to my mind is to use an external flash if you have one.
04/08/2004 02:50:40 PM · #6
Originally posted by ryandrn14:
I was just asked to take photos for a website. Place is a restaurant and outside the building as well. It's also a club on the weekends. THE owner also wanted me to photograph pics of the guests and staff. Candid I guess. I just wanted to get ideas on lighting, poses, and camera setting etc... Let me know. Much appreciated.

Ryan,
Iâm not a professional photographer, but if I were going to shoot the photos I would ask myself, âHow would I want this photographed if it were my restaurant?â I would probably want some nice candid shots of customers enjoying themselves, laughing, and generally having a good time. Maybe some posed shots of the staff looking very clean, confident, and professional. Photos of the restaurant itself should highlight its best qualities and features, and downplay any bad points. These photos should also help to put across the image that the owner wants to project. If the dining aspects are less important than the nightclub aspects, then you might concentrate more on the dining room(s)âmaybe even the view from a table. On the other hand, the owner may want to push the nightclub hotspot angle more, in which case you might try for exciting action shots of people dancing, etc. I think it all depends on the image the owner wants to project.

I hope this helps a little. Good luck!

--Mick


04/08/2004 02:58:43 PM · #7
//www.photoadd.net/club.htm
//www.billboydphoto.com/portfolio/food/index.html
//www.proshooter.com/Portfolios_RestFood.html

Here are some I found. They don't have enough people in them though. Also, remember, if the restaurant wants to use the photos in ads or on display, they'll need a model release form signed by any person who's clearly visable in the photo (or they, or you, could get sued).

Good luck!
 04/14/2004 03:34:58 PM · #8
Originally posted by micknewton:
I think it all depends on the image the owner wants to project.

--Mick


I think Mick is spot on. The first thing is to know EXACTLY what the owner has in mind, so you can get your creative juices flowing, and that there will be no ugly surprises later on.
 04/14/2004 04:41:32 PM · #9
Interestingly, I have to do two restaurant jobs tomorrow (ah the joys of freelancing)

I am taking with me a tripod, and lenses covering 17-105mm. For the indoor shots, I will probably use a high shot (up under the ceiling with my 17mm to get good overview) and some face-height shots.

For lighing, I use 5 Canon 550ex flashes with diffusers on them. I hide them around the restaurant to create a mood that suits the restaurant itself - spots of light here and there to lift the spirit of the place, as it were.

If you have to have people in it, make sure they are either blurred or models. for one thing, the issue of model releases has been mentioned, but there is also the issue that many people are just too ugly to be used in shots like these (or, more likely, not dressed correctly)

My number tips: Take your time. Nitpick. Take more pictures than you think you need. And if you only have 1 flashgun to light an entire room, don't use it. Use the available lighting instead (make sure to white-balance your camera, obviously), as the light falloff from on-camera strobes looks really vile.

Oh, and good luck!

Haje
 04/17/2004 10:46:28 AM · #10
Consider rental equipment -- if your collection of lenses doesn't include something really wide, or your stable of lighting equipement isn't huge (heh... negative on both counts for me!!) you should be able to rent from a local dealer. If you tell them that it's your first commercial job, they should treat you nicely.
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