Bringing it all together!

October 19, 2011

Most of my shoots during the year are assignment driven, but I do try to arrange a few stock shoots for myself at key times of the year-seasonally. With these, I usually have a client in mind when I’m planning stage, but in the end I’m shooting them for myself-my harshest critic! When I’m setting up these shoots everything is preplanned from the clothing choices and colours to the models and how they will look together as couples etc. The models themselves can either make or break a shoot, so I try to find people that really like to have fun and know we are working on something together. In the end, you can’t control mother-nature but you can learn to work with her in finding optimum times to plan the shoot, even if that means getting up early for the light or staying out long after the sun has set. My stock shoot list for this winter season was started last year just as the snow left so I’m ready to go when the white stuff covers the ground for the next 8 months!