Louise gets called in for a modeling job and the studio where we are shooting at is about two hours away and it’s through some really pretty countrysides.
Yeah, we is out in da cun-tree! Yes, that was English. With a slight accent.
THE STUDIO
The studio is very impressive with tons of equipment, lenses, set stuff, cameras, computers, etc.
I don’t know anything about commercial photography. Shoot, I hardly know anything about regular photography. I am not a technically trained photographer. I guess you could say, I have THE EYE… as many people tell me. Except, I have TWO EYES!
I’ve taken 3 photography courses. One was a basic 101 Photography class that was absolutely worthless. The other two were darkroom classes (This was back when Digital was just getting its start.) I did love darkroom but it’s time consuming and now that I can do those things digitally, impatient Jane prefers digital editing.
Funny enough, I hardly know how to use my own camera. How’s that for an AHHHHTIST? I guess you could say I’m a self-trained photographer with not too much training. I mostly shoot in full automatic mode and all the magic comes in with the editing…and the EYE. Good thing I have the EYE otherwise, I would have nothing. Well, I have the OTHER EYE.
To top that, I’ve also never taken an editing or Photoshop class. My own editing is self taught and just evolved through playing around. I would love to learn more about Photoshop. You can do so many interesting things. Imagine what I could do if I actually LEARNED something…except there is NO time. Photoshop is a MONSTER and this mom has no time to go back to school or even take classes!
THE CLIENT: RED GOLD
The client is Red Gold, they make can tomatoes and sauces, such as salsa and marinara.
The label looks quite familiar. There is a possibility we might have used this brand of canned tomatoes before…that is if they can whole tomatoes. We don’t do alot of salsa or marinara.
WAITING
When we get to the studio, there is another girl who is not done with her shoot.
So we sit and wait and watch.
Very nice.
LOUISE’S TURN
Now it’s Louise’s turn. The photographer sets her at the table.
The shot is from the waist up only so it doesn’t matter what she’s wearing below.
The photographer’s satff shows Louise what to do.
She is to dip the breadstick into the marinara sauce and act like she’s eating it.
Just ACT like she’s going to eat it. However, Louise is tempted to actually eat the breadstick.
Prop food is NOT to be eaten, remember? (Click HERE for a shoot I did a little bit ago.)
It was very interesting seeing how commercial photography is done. Although, I’m not sure if this is something I would enjoy.
Too many small details like… the spaghetti looks like it’s too lumpy or have too many voids or needs to look more wet…or is it moist? Small details are SUPER important.
Here they are using this mirror and can of paint to deflect the light because the shadows were no good.
The photographer will take a few shots, have his other employees check how it looks on the computer and magnified to make sure the picture is crisp.
If not, adjustments are made and more shots are taken.
This can be quite a lengthy process. We were there for a few hours.
I take my own pictures with my point and shoot. Here are the shots I take of Louise.
In between shots and while they are making adjustments, they tell Louise to draw to keep from being bored.
In this shot Louise is trying hard to pay attention to the photographer’s instructions and isn’t paying attention to her dipping hand. She dips the bread a little too much to where it spews over the sides. Too mochi! (This is one of me and Lucy’s funny talk…it’s kinda like an Italian accent but the “mochi” came from Japanese ice cream mochi balls.) Clean-up on aisle 6 please! Although, isn’t this more true to life when kids eat cafeteria food?
Louise had a great time and really enjoys modeling. Don’t get me wrong though, I’m not one of those Mom’s pushing for my kids to be the next model, or actress, or singer, or beauty queen. I want them to do WHATEVER they enjoy, so long as they have a passion for it. And, unlike most Asianp and Persian parents, I definitely DON’T want them to be doctors. Definitely not doctors. (Mom, stop gasping!) It’ll be just my luck that they choose to become doctors. Whatever. So long as you LOVE it! (But hopefully not!)
-Jane, Mother of Modeling Louise.
21/06/2010 at 4:57 PM Permalink
She’s precious!