Written by Millie Long, aged 15 on work experience at ec2i in July
We were delighted to work with Site King last week, one of the UK’s leading providers of safety wear. The photo shoot had a buzzing atmosphere and working at a constant and quick pace, we took a variety of shots, including detail shots for the client’s website which is currently being updated. The client commented "ec2i is always highly professional and a pleasure to work with."
The shoot began with the clothes as they take the longest time to prepare with the model needing to get changed. Our photographer and model worked together to give emphasis to the key features of each product.
Stylists Hannah and Megan constantly re-assessed and re-evaluated the lighting and angles which were integral in achieving the best results, making small adjustments to ensure that the background was not in the photos and that the product was fully displayed and not covered by other items of clothing.
Shooting one category of product at a time, we scanned in the QR code for each item. Then we continued to work through the footwear and the accessories at a much speedier pace, remaining organised so the shoot continued to run smoothly.
As the model was posing for the photographs, we scanned in the code for the current product and packed the last one away. The client praised this system calling it "impressively thorough". We kept different colour variations of the same product together so that everything ran systematically. Pleased with the speed and efficiency of the shoot, our client went back to his office to get more products to make the most of the time still available.
During the one day shoot we managed to photograph a wide range of clothes, footwear, hats and bags. At the end of the shoot the client told us "we’ll schedule another photo shoot with you soon!"
Ec2i’s comment on this blog
This is an abridged version of Millie's much longer and more detailed blog. We are so impressed with how quickly Millie joined in and what she learned on the shoot and about our systems generally. Our client sent an unprompted ‘thank you’ email to the team and singled out Millie who "worked her socks off and was very helpful….packing away all of the items and made the whole day a lot easier”. We were really impressed too!