DiskoJoe
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I did a recent shoot at Agave road as a second shooter and another photographer (theo civitello) that posts here also did a shoot there the week before. I noticed some key differences in the way that both photographers used the setting when posing. I thought it would be helpful to others to show a comparison of the two and discuss the pros and cons of the end result.
I will start first with the wedding I was shooting at. I was second shooter and did not have control over what the poses were or the location for the poses. I think some of the locations my lead used were not very good. From the picture below you can see how the lead posed the subjects in front of a wall for the main building. Why she thought that the orange stucco was a good choice I really do not know. Also the scrunched posed looks childish and makes the women look short and stumpy.
bending pose by DiskoJoe, on Flickr
Now Theo was at the same location. He decided to use the nice wooden fence and grand entrance as the backdrop and placed the bride on a nice portion of the curving walk way. This draws your attention to her. Also he used a distorted angle from below that prevented you from seeing the parking lot that is actually behind the gate. IMO this was a much better use of the scenery and literally only about 20ft from where the first picture was shot.
http://civitello.smugmug.com/Weddings/Ryan/i-scCLBbG/0/X3/12-X3.jpg
If anybody has something additional they would like to add or other examples please feel free to add to the discussion here. I know seeing this was very beneficial to me and hopefully this will help others when making these types of decisions when shooting gigs.
I will start first with the wedding I was shooting at. I was second shooter and did not have control over what the poses were or the location for the poses. I think some of the locations my lead used were not very good. From the picture below you can see how the lead posed the subjects in front of a wall for the main building. Why she thought that the orange stucco was a good choice I really do not know. Also the scrunched posed looks childish and makes the women look short and stumpy.
bending pose by DiskoJoe, on Flickr
Now Theo was at the same location. He decided to use the nice wooden fence and grand entrance as the backdrop and placed the bride on a nice portion of the curving walk way. This draws your attention to her. Also he used a distorted angle from below that prevented you from seeing the parking lot that is actually behind the gate. IMO this was a much better use of the scenery and literally only about 20ft from where the first picture was shot.
http://civitello.smugmug.com/Weddings/Ryan/i-scCLBbG/0/X3/12-X3.jpg
If anybody has something additional they would like to add or other examples please feel free to add to the discussion here. I know seeing this was very beneficial to me and hopefully this will help others when making these types of decisions when shooting gigs.
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