Just wanted to follow up on some of the comments appearing on APE in response to my Behind the Scenes post of yesterday.
Somehow I missed mentioning one of the most important opportunities that showing some BTS footage gives you. As y’all know, adding video capabilities to your skill set is something that’s coming hard (settle down Arty Farty). By displaying some interest in other media (video, stop motion etc.), I get that you are engaged in image making broadly and that’s a good thing.
And, I also wanted to address a point that Tom made off the top in the comments to APE’s post. Regarding the need for the BTS to be slickly edited and shot etc. I agree in so much as a BTS could be a major part of a marketing plan. But most of the BTS that I’ve seen are nothing more than a single take (maybe an interesting excerpt of the shoot or maybe the whole things as a time lapse) that just gives me a little taste of what it’s like to be on set with the photographer. Think of the BTS as a little window into your world, not another production layered on top of a photoshoot. To Rob’s point, it shouldn’t distract your focus from your real purpose.
But hell, sounds like many of you are in favour and are already on the BTS bandwagon- I’d love to see how you’ve taken to this new challenge. So, send me your BTS and I’ll post it.
Let’s get the ball rolling with a little piece Matthew Stylianou’s rep sent in response to my post yesterday. Granted, this one goes so fast, I’m not seeing much of anything but regardless, it’s still a low-impact, novel tool in my control-obsessed creatively challenged braindead moronic opinion.
Matthew on set from brent Kitagawa on Vimeo.
The final diptych (click to see larger):
Copyright Matthew Stylianou
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hi heather,
just a little info about the shoot. i am trying more and more to have complete control on my shoots. doing a set build gives me that control along with working with set designers/prop artists like Donna Irvine. she did a great job on the wall treatments and set building. i have found rushing shoots usually ends up looking rushed in the end.
thanks for putting this up.
sincerely,
matthew
Hi, i’m actually prep. my seminary about mattew photography.
I love how he set lighting and he’s very inspiring for me.
Last week, first time at studio i’ve tryied copy his Mark Webber portait end up finally with some interesting images.
Fantastic job for F1 Rancing Mag.
regards
Michael