A small boutique in town has contacted me about shooting their new summer line of products at the local zoo. They've already made the necessary arrangements with the zoo staff, so basically, all I'll have to do is show up and do my thing.
I had a meeting with both parties today and this is what they're looking for: Really the only requests from the zoo are, 1.That they want to be portrayed as professionally as possible, and, 2. That we include some "featured" animals in the shots (not interacting with the models, but in the background). There will be keepers on standby to handle the smaller animals and / or "position" the larger animals to my specifications for the most aesthetically pleasing composition and whatnot.
The boutique is wanting two sets. 1: Basically product shots of each garment on the models, front, back, detail, etc... with different areas of the zoo as the backdrop. 2: They're also asking for a set of posed photos for use as part of their upcoming marketing campaign on their website. This also satisfies the zoo's request for some of their "featured" animals to be included in our shoots.
I plan on reposting a similar thread in the Lighting forum, but before I did, I just wanted to throw this out there and see if you guys had any thoughts or suggestions on this project. I'm pretty comfortable with the product photos, I am mostly concerned with achieving the other set, which, I suppose is really just a model shoot that happens to be at the zoo. -side note- The boutique, as per their marketing style, has requested final compositions that do not include the models' faces. Which is fine for the product set but I may have them reconsider for the rest of the shoot. Also, their product and brand style is very similar to Kate Spade.
Any thoughts, questions, advice would be greatly appreciated! If you want, hop on over to the Small Flash and Studio Lighting forum where I'll discuss my preliminary thoughts on putting together my setup.
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