My last shoot proved to be my worst experience with shooting. I arrived early enough to set up my workflow. I propped up the tripod and sampled some shots where I knew I would start. I changed my WB for direct sunlight and set my speed at 200, with an f/stop of f8 and shutter speed of 500.
The biggest difficulty was directing my subjects. Both of which had two personalities. Cameron just plain didn't want to have a picture taken, and Brian might as well be Swanzey's cousin, because he just couldn't do a straight shoot. I wasted about 15-20 minutes just being flustered and trying to adapt to the two personalities. Finally, I realized the more direct and to the point I was about what was going wrong and why I am still trying to take more pictures, I was able to get somewhere. While I don't think this was the best shoot, it allowed me the experience of this type of situation. I hope that next time, I will come right out of the gate with a more direct approach to nip in the bud the slow first 20 minutes of unproductive shots. For some of the indoor shots, I was using the flash and dropped down to 320 shutter, and f8 and 5.6. I did lose track of my settings as I started to see some positive results coming in......
