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Lesson Info
15. Identifying Your Locations
Lessons
M0 - Introductions
1Series Introduction
01:30 2Introducing Finn Beales
01:34 3Q&A Coffee With Finn & Alex
09:48 4Welcome to the workshop
02:31 5Gear
06:56M1 - Storytelling 101
6What is a story?
03:50Essence: Location
05:19 8Essence: Character
03:52 9Essence: Events
04:51 10Photography as a Medium
02:27 11Recap
00:44 12The Importance of Shot Type
08:53M2 - Prepare For Success
13Prepare for Success
00:59 14Asking The Right Questions
05:18 15Identifying Your Locations
03:27 16Developing Treatments & Mood Boards
07:19 17Creating a Call Sheet & Shot List
04:59M3 - SHOOT
18Meeting Your Subjects
04:19 19The Board Room
10:12 20Location Recce
05:24 21The Roadtrip
06:13 22Surf Day
06:14 23Shooting Technique 1: 50 & Stitch
07:13 24Shooting Technique 2: Tracking Shot
05:36 25Alex Shoot Day
13:36M4 - Edit. Better.
26Introduction to Editing
03:21 27Making Selects
08:52 28Grading in Lightroom
09:15 29Analog Film Elements Using the Exposure Plugin
09:58 30Building the Story
10:59 31Using Squarespace to Display Your Work
08:55M5 - Q&A
32Q&A: Q&A: Editing
25:44 33Q&A: Pricing Your Work
22:36 34Q&A: Shooting
33:20 35Q&A: Photography Today
24:17 36Stuff That Alex is Curious About
14:38Outro
37Alex
02:09 38Finn
01:12 39What Alex Learned
02:12 40Bonus: Finishing Touches in Photoshop
13:04Lesson Info
Identifying Your Locations
I use three criteria to help me start identifying locations. And number one is budget parameters. If there's no budget to get me halfway around the world, that's gonna cut down my options slightly. Number two, timeline for deliverables. What is the timescale associated with this shoot? If I need to shoot next week, chewing up a bunch of time and travel is gonna affect me delivering on time. And number three is creative specs, or creative specifications. How are the images gonna be used? They're gonna be used on social. They're gonna be used on print, whatever. Determining this, plus the other two factors will help you begin the process of researching locations. For example, I received an email yesterday, from a prospective client, interested it in an iceberg picture, I'd shot in Canada, about three years ago. And they'd like me to shoot something similar for them. They state that they have no preference for location, but they do suggest Argentina. And my initial reaction is great. I've...
never been to Argentina. I'm about ready to dive in and start researching locations. But tipping back to those earlier points. Do I know their budget? Have they got the budget to fly me to Argentina? Let's establish those ground rules, before we dive into location research. If they haven't the budget to fly me to Argentina, can I shoot this campaign closer to home? I've been to Iceland before. I know there are icebergs there. I know I can get up close to them in a rib, Jökulsárlón Ice lagoon. Maybe this would be a better option, more cost effective option. Tipping back to the third criteria, creative specs. How do they intend to use this image? If it's simply a close up of an iceberg (indistinct) running through the ice. I can shoot this anywhere. Which means Iceland is a really safe bet for me. Another example is a shoot I did for Land Rover. They introduced their new Land Rover Discovery Sport. Came to me, they had a good budget. I could have flown anywhere to shoot this campaign, but I really wanted to keep a story at the heart, of that project. Land Rover began life in North Wales. It was sketched. The first design was sketched into the sand by Morris Wilkes and shown to his brother just after the war. I suggested to Land Rover HQ that I shoot a road trip story, traveling from my hometown in Wales, all the way through the mountains, ending up on that same beach. So there's a really nice story at the heart of that project. Location doesn't just come down to budget for my projects. I like to think about my client, and help their backstory if they have one. Inform my shoot and location is part and parcel of that. So what I'm trying to say is, don't get bogged down with fancy, exotic locations that you see on Instagram. It doesn't always have to run this way. Even if there's a big budget behind a campaign, I don't always travel to the other side of the world to shoot it. With the Land Rover example I'm shooting on my back door. Keep story at the heart of everything you do. (ethereal music)
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Ratings and Reviews
Brent Morris
Fantastic My thoughts on the storytelling workshop. The short is; it’s fantastic. The long is I loved all the details covered, from shot types and the ideas behind them to the call sheets and shot lists, and the whole process. I felt like I had a better understanding of how to schedule a professional shoot and I really felt like I had a much better grasp on many ideas and concepts, and I believe I’ve been able to improve my photography with them, so thank you and Finn. It really is fantastic.
Oswaldo Martinez
A path to better stories Very happy I got this workshop. Finn and Alex do a great job at teaching highly useful methods and specific advice to help you improve your own work, and more importantly, tell better stories that are meaningful to you.
Tommaso Selleri
Simply the best This is simply the best workshop out there on photography and storytelling. Finn is awe inspiring and so real and authentic. A pleasure to watch, a joy to learn from such master. I really hope a volume 2 is coming soon! Thank you for this one!
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