Setup -> first shot.
I have absolutely no idea how other photographers do things.. It’s probably one of most stressful elements about actually shooting; being compared to others. Not in what I produce, but in how I come to create it. A side-effect of being completely self-taught, I’m sure. When my model first sits down, I talk to her while firing off a number of test shots in order to get the lighting correct for that particular scene.. Well if “correct” is how I like it, that is.. Usually, my model has no idea what she should be doing at this point.. “Should I be posing?” they say.. I usually just ignore the obvious desire for direction until I get things the way I want. Once I’m ready, I begin to offer a BIT of guidance, and capture the first images of the shoot.. The result is often, if lucky, something like this. And, it sets the pace for the rest of the time spent with model and camera.
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