The (longgg) Studio Process
Problem: Well just look at our first few photos. The entire media department (especially me) of the Business and Entrepreneur class at HBHS didn't know how to work the studio. So how would we pivot and learn from mistakes and create something worthwhile?
Steps: Try something, pivot, try again, and again, and again (repeat) -> ask for feedback
Solution: Learn from all our many (and I mean MANY) mistakes and shift to create the product we envision
So how are we going to turn a photo so overexposed we don't know where Mayah's shirt starts and the backdrop ends to something people actually want to look at? After quite a few days of continuous trial and error AHA!!!! we got it. The energy in the room was hyped because we had all worked extensively to get the studio with all its many parts working together seamlessly.
So as if getting the simple black or white backdrop wasn't enough for us and the shots we envision for our department photos we decided to add color!! It very much was an impulse on the fly when our media team stayed after school to get everything figured out. In the back we found some color gels, placed them on the lights, and started messing around.
As you can see we were placing the subjects (Micah, Mia, and Mayah) too close to the backdrop that there was color on their face and a shadow was casting behind them. Though for future projects this is a cool concept it wasn't what we were looking for right now. (Also peep the light box in Micah's shot) There were smaller fixes now that needed to be tweaked so we could be one step closer to a mock up of our final project.
HERE WE GOOO!!! Mia and Mayah with the purple looking good!
Since our shots were going to be our departments (multiple people) we decided to bring in Sydney to get more of a feel for a least three people in one sample shot.
Coming from Mia magically being underwater to the photo below (oooo that lavender looking soo good) the process was tedious but the final products had the entire media department jumping up and down.
All the lit up faces after seeing their groups photos made the VERY (longggg) studio process worth it. Also working with Micah our videographer we were able to get personality shots as well as some more professional group photos (pictured above is our finance department with all that money $$)
Here's a little sneak peek of another project we worked on in the studio...
