Ass#2 Pre-production notes and concept image

I tell the magazine that I will be doing a shot of a Quebec Designer who graduated from Dawson's Illustration and Design program. The headline will something to the effect of "Today Conquering Dawson, Tomorrow the World." So far she mainly has done illustrations for various theatre production, and has done many personal projects in costume design. Her style and focus is still very much in evolution as she gains more work experience and training in her field, but there are definitely great things to come. I wanted this photograph to bring out her own personality and it ties in nicely with her theatre experience. She is going to be dressed in a Renaissance Quebec noble's outfit, looking through a ship's spy glass, and perhaps wearing a wide brimmed hat. I will be shooting up towards her with the main sherbrooke entrance to Dawson in the background. I plan to have my lighting very simple, one white lighting and an umbrella. But just in case I've planned for a second light should I need to add some fill or add some light to the background. In case of light rain, I've chosen a secondary shoot location in the Gazebo on the far side of the school, if it is pouring rain my tertiary location is in the entrance way of the sherbrooke entrance on the stairs.

ALP2 ASS1: Final Image

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ALP2 ASS1: Lighting Diagram

My model will be on raised area with her back to the plants. I will be standing on the ground level shooting up to her level for a full length portrait. I estimate that my camera is going to be about 10 ft from my subject. I hope to be using my 50mm fixed lens, so that I can shoot at around F3.5, so that the background will be slightly out of focus. But if the range of the fixed lens is problematic, I'll have to use my 18-200mm which will probably force me to shoot at F5.6

I want my strip softbox to be my primary light for the full body portrait, with the square softbox for fill light and adding some light to the leaves in the background. IF the weather is good, which the forcast says it will be, then I'll have the option of keeping the dawson buildings in the background. If the weather turns dark, then I have a backup plan to adjust. The most important lighting aspect in my mind is making sure that the lighting is good for her face and secondarily to show off her business attire (which will be mostly dark in color) to good effect. I have planned to have extra stands and white cards if I need to make cosmetic light-related adjustments. As part of my pre-planning, I've found out where the nearest plugs are and I've ordered extra extension cords. The make-up is going to taken care of by the model but I always carry matte fx, oil absorbing powder just in case.