On this episode we review Kevin Connery’s Model Mayhem Portfolio. We also talk G.I. Joe. See Shawna as Harley Quinn. And other completely non-photography subjects.
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117 Steven Thompson Portfolio Review
(15:00) This week Ron and Shawna talk smack about Steven Thompson’s Model Mayhem portfolio.
Shawna talks about modeling when a photographer makes you look bad…on purpose. Ron says “I get where he’s coming from…” alot and mentions something models do that is annoying.
Editing Starts in Preproduction with Digital Video
I’ve been shooting a lot of digital video with my D7000. Maybe more than I’ve been shooting stills, but very little of it has ended up actually finished.
Right now I have footage from a wedding I attended months ago, footage of shoes I made for a trailer concept shot before the wedding, and interviews I recorded two weeks ago at a photography worksop.
I like the footage. The shoes stuff has some interesting angles and camera movements. The wedding stuff shows of what you can do with a DSLR. The interviews are very pretty.
All of it is important to me. Shoes stuff was a new website I wanted to do. Wedding are good friends of the family. Interviews are related to someone I’d like to work with.
So why is the only thing I’ve published this 2 minute video about how to make Ramen Noodles?
Because when I load all the other project’s footage into Final Cut and start looking at it, I’m lost about where to start.
All the footage is there, and it looks nice, but I don’t know what order to put things in. There may or may not be everything I need. So I get a feeling of overwhelm and move on to something I can do right now.
What made this Ramen Noodle video different so I get it done in a week?
Because I preplanned it and actually shot what I needed knowing how I would use it.
Preproduction make editing so much easier. I could lay down the footage quickly. I knew what to cut and what to use. Then it was on to other things, like audio and titles.
Doing titles took the most time, but even that wasn’t that much time. I had figure out how to do some stuff which meant moving to Motion and figuring it out, which slowed me down. (BTW: I still prefer After Effects to Motion, but the Motion integration is so easy)
Then it was done and I could figure out how to do the uploading right. All the video formats and uploading methods are just complicated. It is the most confusing part of the process and no one has made it easy, not even Apple.
In the beginning of any new endeavor you have a lot to learn. Those learning moments are going to take some time. Preplanning – wether of a video or a photoshoot – is something you can do to make things go smoother.
In the future I’ll make behind the scenes how to stuff to give y’all some learn’n.
115 Mike Roberts Portfolio Review
(21:17) We created a video of Shawna and I critiquing Mike Robert’s Model Mayhem portfolio. Something a little different. We tried to be nice, but Shawna had to do a voice imitation. You want to check this out.
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How-To Build a Cyclorama Photo Studio
I’ve always called a cyclorama an infinity wall. It is a white background that curves as the bottom so you can’t see where the floor ends and the wall begins. There is no line there.
Here’s a great video on how to build one. This is no simple project. They really build not only the curve, but also the floor.
Oh and the video itself is really well made and fits how we do things at my studio. Though photographer and model does not endorse the use of power tools while only wearing lingerie for safety reasons.
Ep 100 Past and Future
Episode 100 of the Photographer and Model Podcast.
We made a short film to commemorate that special number. Sword fights and mutants, what more could you ask for?
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Still Life Process Video
Since this week’s episode is going to be a day late, I thought I’d post this video I recently made. It isn’t about model photography, but it will give you insight into how I think when setting up lighting and how to improvise to get what you want.
PS Tutorial Video On How To Add Bubbles
This is a quick Photoshop Tutorial video I made to show you how to graft anything with a black background on to another image. I learned the technique when Andy Silvers mentioned it during his podcast episode.
Roxy Warm Headshots & Video
I may have posted these images before of Roxy in that warm golden hour light. But I’ve never posted this video shot by D90 when I was shooting her. I’d just got it and had to try it out.
Model Posing Tip
Here’s a video I ran across today with a Ford model talking about how to pose. It is a little disjointed, but the first pose she shows is one I always tell new models to do.
Posing is something most new models have problems with and they look to photographers to give them direction.