On-Site Photoshoots: Equipment & How it works
On-Site Photoshoots: Equipment & How it works
You need a photoshoot on-location. Perhaps you have a team of people, and it’s easiest to have it done at your workplace. Or maybe it is the location that is key to the photoshoot – setting makes a huge impact after all.
Does being on-location limit you, if you don’t have naturally great light at your space? Definitely not.
My name is Julia, I’m a professional headshot, portrait and commercial photographer from Melbourne Australia. I work out of a professional studio space in the Eastern suburbs, but I also have a whole kit of gear that I take with me into workplaces all over Melbourne.
Here’s a photo of me with some of my kit packed up, ready to go.
What equipment do you bring?
The equipment in my kit varies as it is is specific to the shoot brief.
Sometimes I have a shoot that only requires one light (I generally always bring two). Sometimes I need a constant LED vs a studio strobe. With the lighting, comes modifiers. Umbrellas are more compact than softboxes, and at times I bring both. I need light stands, cameras, lenses, cords and batteries.
I also often travel with a foldable background, but this might not be needed if I’m capturing environmental or editorial portraits.
On top of this, I pride myself in photo reviews. Having my laptop, and when needed, a stand for that is also in the gear haul.
There is always a lot of equipment that I’m carrying, but it does pack up surprisingly compactly, and it’s a little bit impressive that I can usually get it all into a suitcase or onto a trolley. Naviating the CBD can be a challenge, but it’s one I’m used to.
Have bad lighting? That's why you hire a professional photographer
Standing in front of a white wall doesn’t always cut it. As great as phone cameras can be, it’s often a lighting and consistency issue that leaves DIY photography falling flat.
As a professional photographer, I’m capturing imagery with consistent, high-end lighting equipment that can be replicated time and time again. I photograph repeat clients regularly, and give them the consistency needed across their brands time and time again.
Looking for a photographer who can come to your location?
I work across all of Melbourne and Victoria Australia. I am regularly travelling into the CBD and inner suburbs, across the eastern suburbs for local shoot, and onto the other side of the CBD into the northern and western suburbs too.
Click the button below to learn more about my on-site team photography sessions.
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