Final shoot discussion with Steve

Had a really good chat with Steve about my practise shoot, what photos inspire me and my ideas for my final shoot. We first discussed my practise shoot and what I thought had gone wrong. I told him how the bright sunlight had thrown me and even though I had tried to work around it I still found that it had blown out some of the highlights. I also told him how I thought that the busy backgrounds distracted from the models. What was reassuring from this initial discussion was that Steve told me that I had already found out what was wrong with my images, something I was pleased with as perhaps I was developing my critical eye along the right line.

We then moved onto my inspirational photos and discussed what aspects of them I liked and would like to recreate. Throughout this part of the discussion it became apparent that it was lighting aspects of the pictures that appealed most, especially the ones shot at dusk and in the evening. The placement of the model and how much of their body was included in the shot was also important to me.

We finally discussed the location I was going to complete some of my photos from, Grace Dieu Priory, and after looking at the location via the Internet we highlighted a few of the areas that might produce some interesting shots. Steve also helped me with some lighting ideas and possible problems that may occur.

I came out of the discussion feeling more positive about my final ideas and how I was going to achieve them - Cheers Steve!