Assisting Sophie

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Today I was given the opportunity to assist Sophie, on a shoot for Delores daywear. I have never assisted before and was really looking forward to doing so. What I found really beneficial from today was just seeing how a shoot flows and I was surprised to find that the experience actually didn't seem any different to how I would handle a shoot if I was the photographer, something which has increased my confidence when working with new people, Sophie had never met any of them in person before which surprised me as everything flowed so well and the communication was similar to people who had known each other for a while.

The atmosphere was very relaxed and chilled, and I got to take some behind the scenes images which was good fun. Sophie shot both digital and medium format, using a Hasselblad, which is something I do want to learn how to use as I have never shot medium format before but has always interested me. Apparently once you switch to 120mm you never go back to 35mm!

Also something I came away from today is that I want to buy a tether cable as shooting directly onto her laptop meant that the client could see immediately what the images looked like and could give guidance to what they were after. We have these at uni but for times like this it would be very good for me to have my own.

The shoot was at studio 20 on Wensum street, and cost £50 for the day which is incredibly reasonable, so I think I will look into using the space for my own work too.

I was able to take some behind the scenes images for both Sophie and myself which was really fun too.