Actually it was a good gig, my responsibility was to get the "talent" to
smile pretty for the camera, make sure everyone's eyes were open in the
individual and group shots, (make sure the Director and Subject both
liked the results), make sure that the DNG files don't have any blown
highlights. The Video crew set up the lighting and sets and only asked
my advice a couple of times, and I only had to offer it once. Most of
the time I got to sit and watch while drinking coffee, (decaf after the
first couple of cups, shake reduction can only do so much). Hand the
files off to the client for processing, submit a bill for time and
expenses. Like shooting a wedding only fun, (without any of that pesky
post processing and editing).
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Congratulations. Sounds like a good gig.
Paul
On Jul 15, 2009, at 10:33 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
It's been a long day, and I'm a bit frazzled. I did my first, (and
maybe my last, though I hope not), photo shoot for a local video
production studio. The video crew spent the day doing interviews for
a documentary style commercial, and between video takes I shot
publicity stills. I can't go into much detail or even publish any of
the work until after the client finishes the the video editing and
releases the advert., but It's paid, (and well paid at that),
advertising work. The production manager told me I was the most
expensive member of the crew, (I'm so proud). I have learned or
maybe re-learned a couple of important lessons. 1.) No matter how
technically savvy a company seems to be don't count on them not
having a couple of technical blind spots. Example: In a studio full
of high powered video editing equipment, and more Macs than an outlet
store, not a single card reader could read an SDHC card. 2.) No
matter how important or seemingly ubiquitous a the tool, never expect
a group that should have one on hand to actually have it. Example:
They didn't have a 18% Grey card, (luckily I asked about that in
advance).
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