A2 Production Diary 5

Today, Lucy, Dan, Tom and Gemma met up for a days worth of shooting. In the morning we managed to film some footage for the music video clips. Then in the afternoon we used the fields near Fanhamns Hall in Ware and Dan and I managed to take some photos for a CD Cover. 

For this particular photo shoot we wanted naturalistic scenery. In the end we chose an area where there were woods. It was a very pretty location that had a long winding path secluded by trees of which the leafs were beginning to fall. So the photo shoot had an autumn feel to it. We also were lucky to be taking pictures just as the sun began to set. 

In terms of the photos we took in Gemma's house, we used a dark coloured rug as a background and Gemma sat on the floor looking up at the camera. We tried having her lying down on the rug but we did not produce any flattering photos and one of the point of a photo shoot is to make the star look their best. 

Inspiration 

I did some research before our photo shoot and looked at similar artists to Drew Taylor such as Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. As we planned to use naturalistic scenery I only looked at photos taken outside. 

• Nina Nesbitt's 'The Apple Tree' EP cover this was where the idea for having Gemma lying in the floor came from. Although we practised that idea inside
• I looked at a photos hoot that was taken in 2012 for the release of Taylor Swift's third album 'Red.' This photo shoot is taken is set primarily in an outside setting. It is clearly taken in autumn too with leafs on the ground
• I also looked at a Carrie Underwood photo shoot that was set in fields 

Nina Nesbitt: The Apple Tree EP Album cover

Taylor Swift 'Red' photoshoot

• This photo shoot was to promote Taylor's 2012 album release for 'Red' 

Carrie Underwood photoshoot

• The naturistic background for this photoshoot inspired our own 

Here are some of the best photos we took that day 

• We took the following photos at Gemma's house using her floor rug as the background

• The next photos we took in a field near wareside a long a wooded path 

• The last two photos on this blog I took though there were many more left out as they weren't good enough 

• This is a close up of Drew and is my favourite photo we took that day