Alex Wise Photography

The results and what I learnt from my first paid com­mer­cial shoot.

Recently I was approached by a friend who was par­tak­ing in the design of a web­site pack­age for a local Hobart busi­ness. The require­ment analy­sis deemed that the web­site would require images that depicted what they do and also the capa­bil­i­ties of the organ­i­sa­tion (a gym, ultra­sound and so fourth). I was a lit­tle ner­vous about the shoot, because I felt maybe it could be over my head and I may not meet the demands of the busi­ness how­ever time would tell in due course.

In the end, I’m left with 44 images which will be given to the busi­ness. Some of those images I’m not par­tic­u­larly happy wth, they are OK but there is defi­nately some bet­ter ones in the group. I think as a pho­tog­ra­pher, you can never be com­pletely happy with your work and will always find fault in your work. That being said, there are a fair few images which I was happy with and included below is just a couple.

The mon­e­tary value of the shoot wasn’t a huge entice­ment, I was more look­ing for­ward to the oppor­tu­nity to learn to asso­ciate with clients in under­stand­ing what they want and then work­ing with them to cre­ate my own inter­pre­ta­tion. In the future this will defi­nately be used as a base with the client so I can under­stand what they want and then can move from there.

All images shot with a Canon 350D / Canon 24–70 2.8 / Canon 10–22 / Canon 580ex