For those of you who have never been to or heard of it the Biltmore House is a 250 room, 34 bedroom, 43 bathroom, 65 fireplace, 174,000 sq ft, 115 year old house in Asheville, North Carolina. Amazing! You really have to see it to believe it. In fact, a hundreds of people visit the house a day which is why this was one of our more difficult shoots.
The property was open to visitors on the day of the shoot so in order to make it work we had to shoot at sunrise only had about 2 and a half hours to set-up shoot and break down. On top of that we were shooting outside and it was about 30 degrees that morning. Just as the sun started to rise a heavy fog rolled in pretty much erasing the idea of having the awesome Blue Ridge mountains as a backdrop. Luckily we were able to make the fog work for us. It gave an erie castle feel to the project.
With that in mind here are a couple of tips to help you on your next location shoot:
1. Whenever possible (especially on location) arrange for a walk-thru of your shoot site prior to the day of the shoot.
2. Always try and have a "Plan B".
If you can salvage a shoot you'll really impress your client and they'll always remember that.
Until next time....
2 comments:
Your fashion and portrait work is incredible Jonathan!
Wow...you are soo talented! This is just all around Beautiful!
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