Yesterday involved a shoot for the Scottish Agricultural College documenting their graduation and special prize winners.
The job was in the Bute Hall of the University of Glasgow. A really stunning building - It would have been nice to grab a wide angle lens and go exploring around it. Alas, that was not my brief for the day - Back to the job in hand...
Although fairly straight forward, I was very aware that I needed to be on my toes in order to get the "prize" shots. I would only get one chance at photographing the subjects. Generally I have much more time in order to get a shot i like but I was pretty happy with the results from the day.
Working with a large institution is vastly different to working with individuals and smaller companies, of which I have more experience. It's been a challenge to ensure that my work satisfies a far greater number of individuals than I would normally worry about. Everyone has different tastes when it comes to what they need and it's certainly been a valuable experience dealing with such a large organisation. Thankfully, all the feedback I've had about images which I've provided them with has been very positive - particularly from the in house designer and PR manager.
I have a couple more large jobs lined up with them in the next week or so which are vastly different to what I was doing yesterday. Working for them has really helped me to get back to grips with shooting for a market. I love photography but sometimes tend to get lost in myself in it without thinking with my "business" hat on - which could be a costly mistake.
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