Elinchrom rolls with the BIG Dog part 4

Friday 18th May 2012

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If the truth be told one of the hardest things to achieve on this shoot was to get sufficient numbers of ‘people’ to walk into the shot. Isn’t that typical, when you don’t want extra bodies in your frame the blighters ‘Pop up’ from everywhere. When you need them it’s like rounding up fog!!! Oh the trials and tribulations of professional photography; unbelievably this was a day that the races were on in Chester…there were wall-to-wall people, they just needed heavy persuasion to go where I needed them. Once lights were rigged, tested and measured, my number one assistant Steve (or the sorcerer’s apprentice as he cutely refers to himself) was sent off up the street, tasked with finding people and sending them on down.

It often amazes me what tiny details need to be covered in order to complete a successful shoot. More often than not they are not even photographic in nature. I stack the odds of success heavily in my favour by working with friends and colleagues who are part of a tight-knit, strong and capable team. It may be my signature on the print but the results really are a team effort greater than the sum of the constituent parts. I would strongly urge all photographers to develop a cogent, supportive network, even if they are not strictly ‘staff’, as it makes the result a far greater certainty.

So, there you have it, the first phase of the commission finished and in the bag. A strong concept, planned out properly and executed professionally with the right team behind you; utilising fantastic equipment will always give you a slightly easier task. By the time you read this I’m fairly certain you’ll have at least seen this, the first image from the commission, in various photo mags. I hope you enjoyed viewing it as much as we enjoyed shooting it. Do yourself a BIG favour, if you’re in the market for new lights, take a look at these babies from Elinchrom, they really are top!

If you’ve enjoyed being along for the ride you can follow me on some of my photo shoots at www.damianmcgillicuddy.com. You’re always welcome to pop in and see what I’m doing, with whom I’m doing it and where, how and what with, it’s being done! Of course you’ll also find me in the pages of Imagemaker but nothing would give me greater pleasure than you stopping by at The Societies' Convention and chatting with my team and I, face to
face, for a while.

Until next time…

McGillicuddy

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