Jens, some schools queue the kids, one class each time, and you'd better
have some goofy hat or curvy assistant to help gather their attention -
according to their age span, I mean. Seen 40+ students in some classes...
25 students in 15 minutes probably means a not so fast but not lazy
session, with time to try something else than a quick smile - but no
time for a full scale session with each victim - er, student. What ages?
Is that a photo of the student seated in a desk with fountain pen and
scroll in hands, national and city flags behind? Head and shoulders, and
if so, are they so different in height to grant moving the lights too
often? Are you going alone or do you need an assistant? A friend from 30
years and 1500km away deployed a team of four per school. Then those
were film days, and he used 120 film... and Rollei TLRs, three of them,
plus a backup.
...wait a minute... lights?? Are you going to use flash? Else, can you
be sure the shutter speed will be high enough to freeze the angelic ones
mid-flight?
...can you stand 25+ students in a single day??? And still be able to
return home to your family with a smiling face?
Did some sessions for a friend: model school, ages 5~15, all posed head
and shoulders, flashes, 35mm film, 6 frames per future top model,
usually 5 students each film since there was always someone claiming
eyes closed - they were all told by me and their teachers to report if
they failed to see the flashes go off. No, the trick didn't prevent dead
fish looking youngsters with half closed eyes. We survived, only minor
cash returns or re-shoots. No profit for that kind of photographic
vacation you're talking about - and the next guy charged only half my
fee... can't understand how.
Good luck - and bon voyage.
LF
Jens escreveu:
Good points, Luiz
I'm not sure how this is usually done. I'd prefere being alone waith each
student for a few minutes. The guy I know is telling me he is shooting one
class - 25 students - in just 15 minutes. I haven't seen his shots, but they
certainly made him rich :-)
If I can earn my yearly sallery in two months, I will have 8 months left to do
really nice, artistic shots elsewhere - and two months holliday with my family
;-)
Regards
Jens
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