Fairy Tale Photoshoot Revisited! 6th & 7th March 18

I completed a fairytale photoshoot of Chloe already however  she asked me to reshoot and complete another photoshoot for her over two evenings as she had much stronger ideas for her images now having learnt from our mistakes and weaknesses in the last photoshoot and set of images. She also asked me if I would be able to video her moving into poses so she can play with the idea of projection. I thought about this but struggled with the idea of me having to not only concentrate on the photos but also now on videos. This seemed like a two person job so I asked Chloe if I was able to bring someone else with me to help so that we can achieve the best results. She agreed and it ended up being arranged that Chloe would direct and pose, I would concentrate on the photography side and Natasha would be the videographer filming chloe getting into pose. We planned to work with two same spec DSLR's (2 x's Canon 80D's) both on tripods right next to one another to try and achieve the same perspective on the image but one would video while one would capture the photo. Me and Chloe then discussed the best props for each character now having more time to prepare and also discussed ,fighting and style. While talking to Chloe I drew up some rough sketches of ideas I had to see if she liked them:

Some of these were a little too complicated for what Chloe wanted but they helped me think more into lighting styles and framing which was good. 

I used two point lighting again like I did before and similar technique of having one duller and one brighter to create subtle shadows across the face. Then I would just move the lights about for different images and particularly for different characters. Here is the rough set up we worked with:

We completed Red Riding Hood on the first day and then began taking photos of Alice but finished these on the second evening and then completed Little Mermaid on the second evening. We began by trying things we knew had worked previously for each but then started playing with poses more and experimenting particularly with getting into the poses for the videos. We reviewed the images on the Mac after we felt each set was complete as we wanted to check they were to their best potential and then re-take any we felt we could improve. Then once we were happy with every set Chloe then looked at her favourite images as a set of three the way she will when she paints them to make sure these are successful which she said they were. I am very happy with how the images turned out because with more time to prepare and more time to actually take the images allowed for a much higher success rate and the videos to go with them are really interesting as well. Here are a few of the favourite images from the shoot:

 I am happy with how this shoot turned out as it was more successful and prepared than the last and also very enjoyable to be a part of!