Tuesday 23 October 2012

Studio shoot

Above are Rappers Scott (top) and Lee.
They came along to Fine and Dandee studios in Wokingham, Berkshire at the weekend for some promo shots for CD artwork and general PR images.

After setting up backgrounds and lights we talked about how they want to be perceived, i always ask that question as i usually have a preconceived idea of what subjects should look like.
If you said to me what does a Rapper look like then i would imagine someone with a angry face snarling into the camera making lots of 'Gang' signs with their hands-a stereotypical look!
But Lee and Scott were very different-with an almost laid back style which suited their music

I thought i'd keep the lighting dramatic by side lighting them, especially as Lee had a baseball cap on which meant the light had to reach up under the brim of his hat. We used a grey background with a light shining across it for some images and also with a gridded flash with a green gel on to make Lee's red baseball cap really pop out, most of the images had a rear/side light to bring the dark side of the body away from the background

The very top image of Scott was shot against a pure white background, with just one flash facing him-very simple and clean. I placed him on the right side of the image so it could be cropped square for a CD cover with some added text-something you have to keep in mind when shooting for covers.

So after 4 hours of shooting  in the studio, moving lights around, and about 400 shots later we packed up and headed home to make a selection of images to hand over to their Manager.