Let me hear you say – Fierce Fashion & Flawless Fitness! East Photography is proud to be the personal photographer of fitness and swimwear model, Rebecca Harrison-Stokes. Rebecca has recently been featured in the upcoming Nike commercial, so be sure to look out for her in cinemas, on adverts or at your local JD sport store. For today’s commercial shoot, I was personally asked to photograph Rebecca for her agency’s profile update and the results turned out fantabulously!
Here’s a tip to all photographers who, like me, don’t have a studio (because it is ridiculously expensive to buy, run and use). Find a white/cream or in our case lavender wall that has a natural light source. If you need more exposure bunk up the settings to +0.7 or +1.00. Open your f/. to the brightest it will go, in my case f/2.8 and have a tamper with the shutter speed. I would always say use ‘Manual’ but if you are new to this arty industry, then use the ‘Program’ setting. This will insure that every shot you take tursn out as you want it. Don’t be scared to play with levels, especially if you have a shorter model, and always think about elongating the image… whether this is through their arms, legs or even the way their hair falls.
One of my old and most annoying habits was not checking my shot after I had snapped! Trust me, big mistake! So another tip would be to always keep an eye on the images you are producing. Over the years of shooting people (this phrase always makes me chuckle), I have pushed myself out of bad habits, researched A LOT and slowly developed my own style. Don’t follow the crowd! By all means use other artist’s material as influential landmarks, but like any creative industry you need to develop your own twist! Just a few little hints from me to you, I’m sure there will be plenty more to come.
If you’re in the area, then come and visit us at The Edward Lewis Wedding Fair at The Derbyshire Hotel this Sunday 12th October, 2014. I’ll be the women chatting and smiling a lot, alternatively check out the About Me part of our website. I’m looking forward to discussing the services we provide and OF COURSE your special day.
I’ll keep it short, keep it sweet, keep you posted!