Outdoor & Indoor photoshoot reflection

Following on from our 2 days of photoshoots, we decided to look back and reflect on the days events and see what we felt went well and what, if given the chance to change, we would.

Outdoor Photoshoot: Positives
- Being in an open space allowed us to created the natural and relaxed feel of our brand with the help of soft natural lighting and natural props from our surroundings such as trees, grass, blossom etc.
- Planning ahead of the shoot to ensure that we knew exactly what we wanted to have achieved by the end of the day, allowed us to be fully focused and have good time management skills, as well as keeping a structure to the day.
- Being in an open space allowed us to try out different shot ideas that we had not pre-planned, ultimately giving us a wider range of shots to choose from for our campaign at the end.

Outdoor Photoshoot: Negatives
- The weather...unfortunately it seems you cannot trust weather forecasts! We were expecting a clear blue sky, sunny day but instead ended up with gale-force winds, the odd bursts of rain mixed with the occasional blue sky..not ideal.
- The extreme windy conditions therefore restricted some of the shots that we were hoping to perform throughout the day, as the wind made them near impossible to complete..not for our lack of trying!

Indoor Photoshoot: Positives
-Pre-planning the shots that we knew we wanted to capture allowed us to manage our time sufficiently.
- Having more props than necessary allowed us to try out different shot ideas, as well as taking direction from the photographer on ideas that he felt could work well, that we had not thought of already.
- The white background made for a luxurious and high end finish to our shots.

Indoor Photoshoot: Negatives
- Shadowing from certain props, eg. when holding up the branch we noticed shadows from our hands due to holding up the branch infront of the backdrop, that could be seen within the shot, but unfortunately we could not do much about..