Okay, I am trying to do a write up on a wonderful wedding I shot before my surgery, but I keep going too long with it. Apparently, I have a lot to say. Stay tuned as I will figure out how to get it all down to size that works for a business blog / social media post. In the meantime, here is this:
I volunteered my photography services to a school for their theatre productions this year. I’ve mentioned before this is my favorite type of photography because it always pushes me to my creative limits while the performance, special effects, costumes, direction, and tech operations usually inspire my creativity in some form or another for the photo sessions I do. So not only do I get the satisfaction of helping others, I also get creative boost from it and very good photography practice in.
Anyway, tech rehearsal is something I am hoping to start with. For one, well tech crew generally don’t like to be seen, it does give them visual proof that they were in fact there and they are an essential part to a theatre production and deserve the credit. But aside from that, you are thrown into very challenging lighting situations however if you can solve those you can get some interesting photos.
Usually, I do tech rehearsals there are two types of photos taking place:
1) Headshots for the credits board or screen.
2) Tech crew at work photos.
For the photos here, my model and I were testing with a 3 speedlight setup. Tech crew generally must start sooner than performers so getting set up quick and getting their headshots out of the way sooner goes a long way towards helping them. Also, I try to have a variation of poses. School kids working on a production want to be taken seriously, and tech crew is serious work, so I try to approach tech crew photos like I would any professional. Besides, people working always works good and people working with lights or behind a sound board always offers up something unique.
Also, it helps to run through lights since it’s been a little while since I last worked with them.