The photo shoot for my client was taken for a youth and church event (Saints youth and Kings Chruch, Pimpama) where I had to engage and capture striking moments from the day. The aim of the session was to help promote my client's youth and Instagram influence. My client wanted me to take as many photos as I could and to produce a folio of work. Before the youth event started, my client advised me not to shoot over an ISO of 5000 as the photos would result in a grainy and pixelated image. From his experience, he was also stating that lighting is very important to a photo and is what determines what your photo will look like. Later in the night, I was able to use a flash to capture the youth. Using a flash was quite new to me as I haven't had much experience with one before, although it was very helpful for the lighting that I was in.
During the process of editing my client's photos, I noticed that the given presets were very grainy and overedited. Throughout my photography experience, I knew that these presets weren’t very strong and pleasing. Although, by playing around with their presets and using my editing by turning down the grain, in Adobe Lightroom (classic), the images looked a lot better in terms of detail, lighting and colour.
Preset used: My edit:
My client, who is also a professional photographer himself, gave me some tips and tricks for how to capture and frame a photo. His feedback was to not shoot in bursts of photos whilst looking through the display screen, in hope that you get the right shot. But rather look through the viewfinder, and wait for the right moment, as then you can frame your subject (saving yourself from cropping and reducing its quality) and position yourself for the best results. He also added that perspective control is important when taking a portrait of a subject. He claims to get as close to the subject as a more zoomed focal length can alter and change the perspective of the subject e.g. making the face more flat and compressed. When I was taking photos for the church event, my client was telling me that I needed to be clear, and direct by talking to the people I was capturing on the day. He was saying that I needed to be more strict in how I wanted the people to be positioned and arranged for my photos.
Capture the moment! Take your time, position yourself and it's framing; don't miss the moments that matter.
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