Shoot High
The job? Capture a portrait for the back credits area of a new music CD. The hope? Get a shot that could be used for the cover. How? Solve problems.
I was able to talk with DF Michael beforehand to plan a few shots that would work for the back credit area. During our conversation, I learned how important it was for Michael to prominently feature his guitar, a treasured gift hand crafted by his brother in Italy. The problem would be getting the guitar close to Michael’s face while still looking natural.
So first we worked on getting these planned shots:
Then I asked Michael if we could try an idea I’d been thinking about.
I knew that if I could get above Michael, I could get the guitar placed in the frame close to his face and he wouldn’t need to do anything unnatural like shrug his shoulders or angle the guitar like in the first image. So, I got the ladder.
The one thing I worried about was the perspective looking unnatural. I ended up almost directly above Michael with my head touching the ceiling to get the shot. As it turned out, the perspective looks natural and provides a flattering portrait of Michael with natural placement of the guitar. After seeing the results, Michael decided to incorporate the image into his cover design.
Get photo for cover? Check!
Click on the cover image to hear music samples from this talented artist’s CD that begins shipping June 1st.
Ed.
Very clever and good looking for the cover! I love looking at your pictures. Hey, you could feature this really hot local band named Absinthe, hehehehe!
Heh. Yes. Soon!