Photoshoot at my Internship

Since I'm on a blog posting frenzy I thought I would put up an update about my internship as well. Everyone seems to be so curious about what I've been doing so this post is going to be about the most recent thing we've done. About one or two Thursdays ago we did a photo shoot at Hanks studio. Hank really liked the images I've shot of Chandra that I have in my portfolio. He mentioned wanting to set up a photo shoot with Chandra. Chandra loves modeling for me and modeling in general so I knew she'd agree to this no problem. So this past Thursday we set up a shoot and I brought Chandra to Hanks studio and we all took pictures of her. Hank took pictures on his camera's, I took pictures and his other helper Kathy took pictures. It was a good time for Kathy and I because we're both in school for photography so it was a great learning experience. We were all there taking pictures and learning together under no pressure. Chandra didn't have to be nervous and we didn't have to be nervous either, it was perfect! Kathy, Chandra and I are all the same age so it worked out very well and we all got along great.
Before we went to Hanks studio I met Chandra at her house and we picked out a bunch of dresses, heals, props and make-up to bring with. At Hanks we took pictures of Chandra in a few different dresses, different backgrounds and we also used some props.


Hank Steerman, Just Picture This...!
We were testing the lighting the day before the shoot so I took some test shots of Hank with the lights we set up.














Behind the scenes in the dressing room. Chandra getting ready for the photo shoot.




















Putting her make up on.














Paint splatter heels. Chandra bought these on clearance for $10 at a Halloween Store after Halloween. I'm in love with them!














The first set of photo's we took we had Chandra in her little black dress and paint splatter heels. We used a white back drop and took some images of her standing up but mainly images of her sitting. We used a little black stool and we also took some images of her on the white chair. Those are my favorite images of the night, they look absolutely stunning!
























The next backdrop we used was a darker brown background. It had a mixture of darker brown colors swirled into it. It was perfect for a more casual type of photo. We changed Chandra into one of her more casual summer dresses and took some images of her with the cowboy hat we brought along. I enjoyed shooting on the white backdrop alot more then this brown one. The images I took on this backdrop turned out ok but I wasn't completely satisfied with any of them.














Next we changed Chandra into a flashy red dress with black heels and moved back to the white backdrop. This dress worked great for some high fashion images. We used a little leather couch Hank had as a prop. We took a few images of Chandra laying down on the couch with some pillows. We also took some images of Chandra wearing my zebra converse on a stool. We found an amazing image of a girl on a stool in a dress wearing black converse in a magazine so we wanted to copy this style. I just so happened to be wearing my zebra converse that day so it worked out perfectly. Chandra put them on and we took some photo's to be like the girl in the magazine.
























Lastly we brought in a small backdrop and hung it over the white backdrop. You cant take full body images with this background but I got some good close up head shots. I also took a few of Chandra standing up on this background but I had to crop the head a little bit. I'm not sure what I think about it honestly.














We took some close up head shots with colored pillows and I took a few with the gray pillow also. I wanted a variety so I could pick and choose what I liked in the end.