Influence

Pre-visualisation and pre-production

With many types of photography (studio and art photography particularly come to mind) the value of pre-visualisation and pre-production is enormous. Many photographers starting out don't spend enough time on the preparation side of a shoot, and it's often in that prep work that the value of a photograph is decided. As a photogrpahy teacher, too many times (way too many times) I have seen students come into the studio with basically no preparation at all. They know what their subject is, and they have their camera with them, but that's as far as it goes. What I'm talking about is at a totally different level. I'm talking about someone coming in to the studio with their props, their lighting plan, their colour scheme worked out, and their shooting tech sorted - like what f stop they'll be shooting at, what lens they will be using, and basically having the...