Senior picture - fishing?

[jdaly]

ok, so I just got a call for a senior picture shoot. Hobbies are fishing and guitar. I'm sure I'll be able to handle the guitar, but the fishing? ....not so sure how to tackle this. (yes, that was intended).

While on the phone with the client, they talked about finding a place near the river, not sure if he's planing on casting, but wanted to see if anyone has done this and had some insight or ideas (examples) on how to shoot a fisherman! Thanks!

[alann]

Sitting on the bank, a small fire going. A fishing rod in a forked stick and a young man playing the guitar while waiting for the "bite". :)

[jdaly]

Sitting on the bank, a small fire going. A fishing rod in a forked stick and a young man playing the guitar while waiting for the "bite". :)

nice... I'll keep that in mind!

[fryefoto]

Find out what kind of fishing. . . does he get in the water with wading boots or just stand on the bank, fish from a boat, noodle?

[jdaly]

Find out what kind of fishing. . . does he get in the water with wading boots or just stand on the bank, fish from a boat, noodle?

Yep, still waiting to hear back on some of those questions. His mom mentioned bass fishing, bassmasters - apparently he's really into this. Plan to have a another conversation before the shoot. Good thing I've got a pair of hip boots - may come in handy.

[dieseldoc]

This sounds like a really fun shoot to do. A combination of portraiture and action photography.
You mentioned Bass Masters, from what I know about Bass Masters (and I fish as well) they all fish from boats. So you may need a second boat for just you. A way around a second boat would be (and this is if he is using a boat) would be for him to fish near the shore where you have access to the shot from land.
You mentioned a river as well. you could position yourself up or down stream from him or even across the river to get your shots.
With bass fishing you should have excellent natual lighting for the shoot since bass themselves do not like bright light and dawn dusk and overcast days are optimal times to fish for them as with photography.
The type of photo that would be good is your client reeling one in when the fishing rod is bowed from the weight and fight of the fish. Or even holding up the catch after he has landed it. The draw back to waiting til he lands a fish is if the fish is small. This may embaress the client.
Check out the fishing shows on TV for a better idea of what to expect. These are generally on the tube Saturday and Sunday mornings unless of course you have the outdoor channel on cable.

[fryefoto]

Any news on this shoot, John?

[jdaly]

Any news on this shoot, John?

Actually, this Just happened last night around 7:30. Although, after a quick look, not too sure about most of the shots, although I think the client should like some of them which is all that really matters. We didn't get to shoot until the sun was almost down, see pic below as this was like the first or second shot.

Basically we found an area by the river, he casted out, did some shots from the side, some from behind, my wife held the speedlight which was mounted on a monopod, so that was a big help. Basically it was kind of rushed. Like I said though, should be able to show a few nice shots which I'm sure they'll like.

Here's a quick one that was taken right when we started:

http://www.dalyphotography.com/misc/tyler/IMG_8608.jpg