Do you still get nervous for shoots?

[JacaRanda]

I freak out at the thought of my moobs being accentuated. Square to the camera actually works best. :twisted:

 

[shadowlands]

Yep, I still do... like others had mentioned... I am more critical of my work, when someone pays me and is expecting great images.

 

[mmaria]

I'm shooting my first couple for reals saturday. nerves i have. i just dont wanna screw it up, look stupid, and/or waste everyone's time.

you'll be fine!!!

If you're so convinced that you'll look stupid then find a way to look stupid in a most charming way

You won't waste their time!

and we'll help you, if you need help with editing

 

[limr]

I've been shooting for 4.5 years now.

I still get nervous, nearly every time.

Try relaxation tapes. Derrel sells them - it's him in his "sultry" voice saying things like "Your ISO is fine" and "if you can dream it, you can do it".. then he breaks into a little Barry White at random intervals. Works like a charm.

Where can I get these tapes??

In other news, I don't get nervous before shoots because I don't do shoots for anyone other than myself. But even after 20 years in front of a classroom, there's always a little bit of trepidation before the first day of class. It's not nearly as much as it used to be and it goes away very quickly, but there are still just a few gentle butterflies. I know what I'm doing and have a bag of tricks the size of Cleveland, but every group has a different dynamic and you just don't know what to expect or what tricks might be needed until you've met the students. I've always preferred to be overprepared for all classes, but especially for that first class so I can set the right tone from the very first moment.

Oh, and I still have teaching nightmares a few days before the first day. Y'know - can't find the classroom, brought the wrong books, suddenly realized that I was assigned to teach algebra instead of writing but I don't actually know algebra...that sort of nonsense In one dream, I was on my way to the classroom when I found out that I would be teaching in the annex, which just happened to be in a church on the top of a mountain and there was only one bus per hour, but we all just missed the latest one and had to wait for the next one. I don't know. I really don't. My brain is a strange sort of place

 

[ronlane]

I'm shooting my first couple for reals saturday. nerves i have. i just dont wanna screw it up, look stupid, and/or waste everyone's time.

you'll be fine!!!

If you're so convinced that you'll look stupid then find a way to look stupid in a most charming way

You won't waste their time!

and we'll help you, if you need help with editing

just make sure that you look stupid at the right time, Note: when you want them to laugh and smile. That way you did it on "purpose" and get natural looking shots of them.

 

[e.rose]

Ugh.

So. Good thing this was totally low-pressure, because I was totally disappointed with my own performance. :banghead: :sad anim:

 

[Braineack]

next time take the blue pill.

 

[e.rose]

next time take the blue pill.

No kidding. Ha.

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[Derrel]

Ugh.

So. Good thing this was totally low-pressure, because I was totally disappointed with my own performance. :banghead: :sad anim:

Not trying to pick at the scab, but what happened??? I know it's never fun to dwell on one's failures (that why the ancients invented alcohol! woo-hoo!) but this could be fertile ground for a discussion/post-crash analysis of a sub-par shoot. What happened that you can tell us? Was the subject nervous? Never warmed up? Were you like a total spazz? (I cannot imagine that, but, shooting in the dark here...). Was the subject one of those people that needed drawing out constantly? Were there issues with the subject's escort/parent/BFF? We could probably learn more from hearing about the sub-par grade you're giving yourself than we would learn from a stellar shoot where everything was just super-easy.

 

[e.rose]

Ugh.

So. Good thing this was totally low-pressure, because I was totally disappointed with my own performance. :banghead: :sad anim:

Not trying to pick at the scab, but what happened??? I know it's never fun to dwell on one's failures (that why the ancients invented alcohol! woo-hoo!) but this could be fertile ground for a discussion/post-crash analysis of a sub-par shoot. What happened that you can tell us? Was the subject nervous? Never warmed up? Were you like a total spazz? (I cannot imagine that, but, shooting in the dark here...). Was the subject one of those people that needed drawing out constantly? Were there issues with the subject's escort/parent/BFF? We could probably learn more from hearing about the sub-par grade you're giving yourself than we would learn from a stellar shoot where everything was just super-easy.

It was a little bit of everything.

I've been in a rut lately. :er:

She was super cute, super nice, not camera shy at all, but I just couldn't get out of her what I was wanting. Her posing was more what you typically see amateur models do, which is not really what I want in my port, but I was having issues communicating what I wanted her to emote, I guess.

I mean I'm not blaming this on her at all though. It was 100% me.

I just wasn't in it.

On top of that, I forgot how to photographer, so all of my favorite images are too soft to save either from missed focus, or motion blur. There's one image that I got, that was fine, that I liked, but the rest are just... meh.

My friend felt the same way. He pulled one image out that he liked and that was it. His complaint was just that she wasn't "model-y" enough. He's used to more experienced, more defined features when working with models (which is attributed to him just being a better-known, better in general photographer than I, haha).

I'll probably post a few today. Since he posted his already, I'm gonna try and knock out the few I can live with today.

 

[Tee]

I think having a few nerves is a good thing. It can keep you on your toes! I get more nervous now that I'm more critical of my work. I have a fitness shoot with a local personal trainer in the studio tomorrow. I have my standard lighting set-ups in my back pocket but I really want to knock this out of the park, so I've been diagraming some new set-ups. Plus, it's the first time I'll be using the glycerin/water mix for sweat beads.

 

[webestang64]

Yep.....been shooting since 1985 and still get that tummy rumble...... being nervous makes me do better and let's me know I'm alive.....................:sun:

 

[slackercruster]

E...I don't feel good when going on a trip. Maybe not nervous, but apprehensive and on edge.

I've invested lots of $ in a trip and have to produce. I don't like being forced to produce great work, but that is the deal.

 

[Derrel]

Ugh.

So. Good thing this was totally low-pressure, because I was totally disappointed with my own performance. :banghead: :sad anim:

Not trying to pick at the scab, but what happened??? I know it's never fun to dwell on one's failures (that why the ancients invented alcohol! woo-hoo!) but this could be fertile ground for a discussion/post-crash analysis of a sub-par shoot. What happened that you can tell us? Was the subject nervous? Never warmed up? Were you like a total spazz? (I cannot imagine that, but, shooting in the dark here...). Was the subject one of those people that needed drawing out constantly? Were there issues with the subject's escort/parent/BFF? We could probably learn more from hearing about the sub-par grade you're giving yourself than we would learn from a stellar shoot where everything was just super-easy.

It was a little bit of everything.

I've been in a rut lately. :er:>SNIP

Huh. Well, some days are diamonds, some days are rust. (Plus any other appropriate song lyrics that might apply.) Yeah, I can kinda' get a generalized idea of how things might have gone down. Well...you'll have a better go of it next time I bet! Thanks for being open about it. The Band-Aid only needs to stay on this wound for like,maybe, another 12 hours, then you can rip it off! And be all healed up!

 

[e.rose]

Not trying to pick at the scab, but what happened??? I know it's never fun to dwell on one's failures (that why the ancients invented alcohol! woo-hoo!) but this could be fertile ground for a discussion/post-crash analysis of a sub-par shoot. What happened that you can tell us? Was the subject nervous? Never warmed up? Were you like a total spazz? (I cannot imagine that, but, shooting in the dark here...). Was the subject one of those people that needed drawing out constantly? Were there issues with the subject's escort/parent/BFF? We could probably learn more from hearing about the sub-par grade you're giving yourself than we would learn from a stellar shoot where everything was just super-easy.

It was a little bit of everything.

I've been in a rut lately. :er:>SNIP

Huh. Well, some days are diamonds, some days are rust. (Plus any other appropriate song lyrics that might apply.) Yeah, I can kinda' get a generalized idea of how things might have gone down. Well...you'll have a better go of it next time I bet! Thanks for being open about it. The Band-Aid only needs to stay on this wound for like,maybe, another 12 hours, then you can rip it off! And be all healed up!

For sure. I'll get over it.