Photoshoot Day 1

Today I asked a couple of my friends to follow me to Tottenham court Rd to take some photos for my zine, because I was running out of time I treated this shoot as if I were going to use the photos in the final outcome.  There was a nice looking plaza location just outside of Starbucks so we thought, why not use it, nobody was around so we took advantage. Thankfully today everybody was so cooperative. Some I didn't even need to ask to pose, they were just so willing to help me and that made me feel so much more motivated. To begin with I was just going to go for simple headshots and direct everything i wanted them to do, which worked out perfectly some of my friends did not really like close ups but they came around sooner or later.

In my spare time like to do photography, its a hobby of mine that i taught myself. I was using a Canon 100D and I was really used to using the manual settings on the camera and I usually set the ISO to 100 which doesn't allow that much light into the photo.  We were out for a long time and it was getting dark so I couldn't use the ISO at 100 so I had to brighten it up... But if i was to  bump up the ISO the picture would come out grainy. So i had to rely on the automatic settings. Below are examples of some of the images that were shot using  the ISO at 100 (Top Row) And the photos that were shot using the automatic setting.


As well as getting some head shots I was able to get more out of everyone, before i knew it they were all gathering for group photos and were even directing me on how they wanted the image to look like, I loved every second of this because It's every photographers dream to have their models fully cooperate.

Other than taking images, at the back of my head the video outcome kept coming to mind through the day, well lucky for me, just before we all met i stopped by Currys and bought a new 16 GB memory card that actually allows me to film for an hour, why not put it to use! So through the shoot in-between breaks or just random moments i would just switch my camera on and just record everyone around me being happy, in their own nature (Which you would hopefully see as an outcome).

Overall the day was a success I got at least 5 people to use in my zine, the photos were looking great, Feel like all of the photos i took today has potential to be in the zine more importantly i was able to grab some footage of everyone just chilling and being happy, just manifesting positive vibes.