Construction Post 3: Week 3 Production - Photo Shoots

We had three days during the week after our shoot week in which we could shoot our publicity photos, although in the end we only really needed the first two days as we had practically decided the shots we wanted beforehand.

We knew we needed a few good shots of Orlando, plus a few of him alongside the DJ.

Wednesday 25th November 13.45 - 15.45

This photo was far too over-exposed.

The first few photos we took on the first day came out looking terrible, as we had to modify the camera's settings for shutter speed and ISO in order to account for how we lit each shot. After a few practices however, we were soon taking photos that were of a usable quality. This day went very well in my opinion, as everything went to plan and there were no delays.

This shot was very under-exposed.

Thursday 26th November 13.45 - 15.45

This day was quite a difficult one as early on we encountered a big problem. A prong on the plug of one of our lights had come off and become wedged in a socket, so we had to make do missing a flash. This resulted in many of our shots not coming out as bright as we had hoped, however in the end we still managed to achieve all the shots we needed to our desired level. The lack of flash was still evident by the backgrounds not being as well lit as in the previous day. The issue mainly just wasted a lot of time but didn't impact us too badly.

Some photos looked a bit orange
due to the missing flash.

On this day we also took some shots of Mario and I together for use on the website gallery. For these once again our main focus was creating images that made our characters come across as fun, however we took a couple of shots where we had more serious expressions so that we had room to show that Orlando and the DJ were not just flat manufactured characters. We also took a couple of shots of me alone in case we felt we wanted to use them anywhere, however ultimately we didn't feel the need.

Thankfully despite the flash-related setback, we managed to finish on time. Furthermore, upon reviewing our photos the following morning, we came to the decision that we didn't need the third day to shoot further photos.