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Table Of Contents
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How To Use This Template
This template makes it super easy for us photographers, to come up with a solid and
complete planning for a photo shooting. I used it several times now and with each iteration it
is getting a little bit better and more complete.
Heres how I use the template and how I suggest you use it, too:
First customize the template for a shoot. Start with the production countdown checklist on
the next page. Go through the list and delete the lines which do not apply to the shooting
you are planning. If you are not traveling to another country for a shooting, then obviously
items like get a visa and get vaccines do not apply to you. Simply delete them.
Then go through the remaining chapters, remove everything that does not suite you this
time.
Second, fill in the information you have. Start with your great shooting idea. Describe it. If it
is not big yet, make it bigger. From there on go through the rest of the chapters and fill in
everything you already got.
Thirdly, use the production countdown checklist to work on every aspect of the planning. You
already wrote down your big shooting idea? Excellent, then tick off the first box (can be tricky
in MS Word I usually just replace it by an x. While you are at it, also tick off start making
a production book. You just started it. Next thing is planning the location. Fill in your location
requirements checklist, let your location scout come up with a suitable location, customize
the location visit checklist and so on, until you can tick of the location planning checkbox.
Go on like this until the complete Production Countdown is ticket off. By that time you should
be right in the middle of your well organized shooting, ready to take at least 3 killer
exposures.
Good light!
-- Michael (michael@zelbel.com)
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Production Countdown Checklist
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The Great Photo Idea
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The Story
We will think of the shooting as taking photos of scenes from the following little story. This
will help us to express a common mood and expression when it comes to setting up the
scene, clothing and makeup, posting, lighting and all the other creative elements.
The main characters of our story is. She is living in One day she
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Roles And Responsibilities Checklist
Each team member is responsible for their tasks and for overcoming their challenges.
4.
Hair and 1. Care that the makeup is like planned and always
Makeup Stylist perfect
2. Care about the hair
3.
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All Contact Details And Addresses
Model Model
Postproduction Photographer
Other Other
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Addresses Of The Places Involved
Location
Address.
Hotel / Base
Address.
Address.
Address.
Address.
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Location Requirements Checklist
Type
Distance
Accessibility
Privacy
Legal
Examples
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Styling Matrix
Makeup style
Eyes
Lashes
Contacts
Cheeks
Lips
Hair
Others
Fashion
Accessories
Props
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Examples
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Check In Luggage Checklist
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Weather Forecast 15 Days Before Shooting
Temperatures:
Felt Temperature:
Wind:
Clouds / Rain:
Sunrise / Sunset:
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Location Visit Checklist
Checkpoint Result
Restrooms?
Changingroom?
Mosquitoes, bugs?
Temperature at location?
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Day Before Shooting Checklist
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Gear Checklist
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Takeoff Checklist
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The Holy Shooting Schedule
Shedule, [Date]
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Ramp Up Step By Step List
1. Mark the exact spot where we shoot the first scene by putting a bucket there
9. Setup the lightstands with the main light and the kicker light, just place them somewhere
10. Compose the geometry of the scene, probably with an assistant posing
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List Of Frames To Produce In Each Scene
3. Grey Cube
4. mainlight switched on
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Varying Point Of View
During
POV 1:
POV 2:
POV 3:
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Lighting Setup
Here are some scribbles (probably made online with (http://zelbel.com/diagram) for the
lighting setup for our different scenes:
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Postproduction
o Stretch photo by 5%
o Make eyes 5% bigger
o Rubberstamp pimples and spots
o Make skin smoother
o sharpen
o
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Lessons Learned
In our shooting the following thing went wrong, or can be improved. I will add checkpoints
and planning steps to the production book of the NEXT shooting, so that these things cannot
come up again:
Issue 1
Issue 2
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Templates For Shooting Contracts / Model Releases
There is another version of this template that comes with the Beijing Blueprint eBook. That
version contains also some model release contract templates.
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