Throughout my first year at Quad Photo Studios, now known as Betty Photo Studios, I developed numerous skills in production, studio management, set design, styling, merchandise coordinating, photography and even a little modeling. Below is a mixture of my work.
Art direction
One of the areas I am particularly passionate about is art direction. I enjoy putting together mood/aesthetic boards, working with models/products/props and making the overall feel match the desired outcome.
For the first project, Quad Threads, Quad’s merchandise branch, reached out in hopes to use the crew and get a group of trainees and interns to post for a JCPenney styled shoot. I took this idea and ran with it; directing the 20-some employees and creating a shot deck. I loved how these photos turned out and enjoyed my time art directing even more!
Set design
With a warehouse of props and walls, I was eager to test my skills in set design. For this set, I drew inspiration from the dark academia aesthetic. Later on, color correction came in handy when making the walls an eery white to a forest green to establish a scholarly setting.
Assistant positions
As I shadowed the experienced employees in the studio, assistance was needed throughout much of the year.
Knowing where to be, how to help and what I can be doing more of was important when it came to assisting. Some of the jobs I did while assisting was being a second eye for stylists, helping producers get models in and out of the studio as well as signing the proper papers, assisting photographers with lighting/shadows, fixing broken sets, assembling products and jobs as simple yet important as making sure the crew has food/water.