Another lesson learned

I learn something new on every shoot. On this one I learned that I need to definitely go with the safe planned shot. After that I have to take the camera and just experiment. I always get a bit tense and want to keep things moving. In my mind I don’t want to give the impression that I don’t have control of the shoot or that I don’t have everything planned out. Taking the camera and experimenting to me is a loss of control but its where I find shots that I would never dream of. We were able to get amazing shots, later that night though I was playing with objects and lighting and realized I need to do the same thing on a shoot. Just say screw the schedule and the storyboards. I mean get the storyboard shot but then say OK we played safe now its time to find something outside of what I was thinking when I originally envisioned it. Explore the scene. I’m excited that I’m getting to a point where I feel comfortable doing this. I wont talk anymore about the shots we got because you just have to see them. They are great!!! One shot of Seattle I know could sell as a print. Its great.