Sport photo shoot in Berlin for Holmes Place GYM
How Sport photo shoot in Berlin for Holmes Place Gym start? I received an email from Eve that they are looking for a professional sports photographer in Berlin who is doing advertising campaigns. They explained to me that they want to shoot 2 days in December, and if I am available for shooting. I replied to them and asked for the buyout, because buyouts are the most important part of commercial photographers. They wanted to use the photos for all their marketing, like websites, Instagram, billboards, and posters, without time limits.
I gave them my offer; however, I knew that they didn’t want to spend money, and they didn’t have any experience with this kind of production. After a few weeks, they answered me that they would like to confirm the shooting in December. Then we arranged a team meeting.
From Pre-production to post-production of sports photo shoot in Berlin for Holmes Place GYM
Pre-production
Pre-production is all about organization and planning, like location scouting, model casting, equipment rentals, transportation rentals, and everything else that I am doing before my photo shoot.
Location scouting for a sports club photo shoot
After confirming that they want to shoot with me, I asked for more information and a clear mood board. But their team was not experienced with this kind of big production. I offered them that I need to see the location that they want me to shoot there. Most of the times I am visiting the location to get the general Idea of the lighting situation and which kind of gear do I need for lighting, however I am ready for building my setup in all kinds of situations.
First, I met their Graphic designer in the first location in Berlin, Neukölln. This fitness club was big and high-ceilinged, which is one of the most important factors for using flash light.
The second location was in Friedrichstrasse, Berlin. This club was small and not that interesting.
Also there was another location in Berlin- Potsdamer Platz. I visited this location at the first time when I wanted to meet my other client, Gloria, for a shoot at Hotel the Ritz Berlin. They are both in Potsdamer platz.
What kind of Photography equipment I need for shooting in the fitness club (GYM).
The shooting mood board was dark and moody and most of the areas they wanted to shoot was dark, for this reason I need to use some ambient light. Also the wanted high resolution pictures, that’s why I decided to shoot with Canon R5. This camera is performing really good in low light situations.
What was my lighting equipment?
My flash heads was Profoto B10 and profoto D2.
I was using this light with different lighting modifier like profoto octabox with a grid.
Chimera octabox, chimera strip light 30×90
Profoto Deep umbrellas and profoto reflectors.
I used my avenger boom for top lighting, I used my profoto B10?on the top, because it was connected to my phone and it was easy to adjust my light power.
List of my all gear that I used for this photo shoot.
Transportation
How many assists I need for the production?
What makes the production slower?
Choosing unprofessional models.
When the model is unprofessional me as a photographer I have to direct the model every time.
Not having a fashion stylist and styling plan.
When the outfits are not Stimed.
Handyman’s or People who’s working in the location.
Not cleaned and organized space in the location.
What is the framing and shoots?
It will be portraits, full body, cropped photos.
After the shooting
How long it takes to organize the files and send the JPEG photos for final selection?
I never gave JPEG photos before any payment, but this time it was before Christmas and they told me they needed the photos. I started to check the photos, first I did my pre selection with star at capture one, then I checked if there is unsharp or blurry photos, I deleted all photos with technical issues.
Then I started to balance the light and colors. Some photos had a dark background, I made them a bit brighter and I recovered some highlights. At the end I started to cropping and fixing the photos with a tilted lines. I didn’t aspect it will take all my day. I spent more than 10 hours for selections and basic lighting and colors correction. For the exportingI added watermarks on the photos.
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