New paid gig

liquid wrote on 1/23/2011, 7:55 AM

Here's a lighting test I did for a company. We're trying to decided if natural light will do, of if I've got to light the whole set up. I cut the video in a way to try and up-sell them a bit as they know plenty of photographers and I'm the new guy on the block. This is by no means a finished product, it's just a flashy little clip to give the marketers an idea of what the place will look like with natural lighting.

If I get this gig, this will be my 3rd paid gig. So I'm happy about that.

Oh, and for anyone who followed my post about leaving my camera outside for a few hours the results of that are included here.
Any comments from y'all are, as usual, very appreciated.

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Randy Brown wrote on 1/25/2011, 7:42 AM

This thread is above my head so I can't give any technical advice but if you get the gig maybe ask the client to put some color/warmth in the room (for the interior shots)...at least some wall hangings or something...that stark white just looks really cold to me.

liquid wrote on 1/25/2011, 7:46 AM

Randy that's great advice actually. It's a new place, and it's ultra modern, so I think the look they're going for is the white washed, sanitarium look, but I totally agree, there's missing color.

Randy Brown wrote on 1/25/2011, 9:08 AM

..."so I think the look they're going for is the white washed, sanitarium look, but I totally agree, there's missing color..."

I thought that went out in the early 90s but I guess "to each his own" : )

vtxrocketeer wrote on 1/25/2011, 9:11 AM

Liquid, thanks for starting the thread and showing off your work. That takes guts. I learned a number of new things. A few specific points:

1. If I were you, I would not hesitate to post satisfaction at having landed a paid gig. I would hesitate, however, to telegraph financial details to the public, including your client, especially about doing it for free.

2. Anecdote about manuals: this thread made me recall my days as a PhD student at a notoriously difficult science and engineering school in Cambridge. My advisor, now a Nobel laureate, was a busy person and constantly harangued us to read the manual (for software, for an instrument, etc.). To this day, I can't get that out of my head. So, I've been reading through the Vegas manual and discovered, much to my delight, for instance, that I can drop a layered PSD file onto a timeline, each layer having its own track. Would have helped me tremendously with a recent project (before I read the manual!).

3. Finally, congrats on the job!

$0.02,
Steve

Milos Janata wrote on 1/29/2011, 11:15 AM

Very nice threat! A lot of information here!
Anyone starts a channel on youtube about vegas, I would like to join and see things like this. It inspires me:)

ushere wrote on 1/29/2011, 2:56 PM

there's a sony channel over at vimeo....