How to Be organized for a photoshoot

When planning a photo shoot with other team members there needs to be clarity to all persons involved. Not just to make the shoot run smoothly but out of respect for each professionals time.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• a plan
• a location
• a date
• a time
• a team
• phone numbers and emergency contacts

1. Choose a theme. Start looking at images you like or planning your creative ideas before you do any other planning, this will influence the team you choose & location.

2. Choose a team. This includes a photographer, model, make-up artist, stylist, & a hairstylist. Make sure that once you have decided to work with these people that you begin to exchange phone and email contact info.

3. Choose a location. Make sure that you plan a location that is going to work with the images you want. For example a studio for studio photos and or a beach for outdoor images.

4. Choose a date & time. Depending on the location and your teams availability, choose a date and time that works best. You may have to switch out some team members. It is nice to keep a list of “talent you would like to work with”. Inevitably someone on your team will not be available on the date you choose. So if you have people you can switch out this will make for an easy transition when planning comes closer to the date.

5. Notify everyone in advance of all details. It is best to notify the team at least a week out of the time and location. Definitely they need to know the theme. In some cases artists are in need of this information further out so that they can prepare their expertise.

Tips & Warnings

• This can be done in any order, just so everyone involved has the same information

[savemoneycenter]

on 1/18/2009 Great advice.

[Thims]

on 10/12/2008 I'm doing a photo shoot with my band this week, excellent timing! Good article

[soulmates]

on 6/23/2008 Great tips