2006.03.04: Derks Grad Suit Shoot

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Monday, March 13. 2006

2006.03.04: Derks Grad Suit Shoot

Postcard design by Mandy Bilous, Graphic Designer and Marketing Manager for Derks Formals and Menswear. Yes, that's what it says on Mandy's card. Mandy's been my primary contact at Derks and she's made my relationship with her company very productive and rewarding. Thank you.

As for the actual promotion, it appears to be a sort of price breakthrough tailored to grads . . . I think that ties I usually buy at Derks are around $100 alone, shirts are $140 and up and even on sale I haven't spent less than $500 on a suit (but for being the value shopper that I am, all still worth every penny). This particular suit isn't my style but as a starter suit I feel that the mix in the offering is well designed for its target market.

I avoid posting photos from commercial shoots but this shoot has some personal signficance because it marks my brother's modeling debut . . . not that he has any intention of modeling after his experience with this shoot. Yes, I still think that your face was swollen during the shoot.

A quick snap of the female model, Alyssa, nearing the end of the day. I believe that this was Alyssa's first serious photoshoot which I suppose also marks her modeling debut . . . her role in the shoot was slated to be relatively minor because Derks is a menswear store however she and Maurice made the entire shoot possible. Was was great to work with and we will be shooting again soon. If you're interested in booking Alyssa you may contact her through me temporarily. Portfolio build in progress but I have no qualms over recommending her for any shoot that requires her look.

Between Thursday, March 2, 2006 and Saturday, March 4, we were given the task of casting, scheduling support staff, styling, and shooting some photos to showcase Derks' grad ensemble. Prequisites for the models were that they had to look like they could be grade 12 students. For the male model the client wanted a member of a visible minority and they used a mulatto male model last year which ruled out TJ. On such short order I suggested my brother and before I could take back my poorly-thought-out suggestion my model selection had been approved. Alyssa was a fortunate find . . . I first met her at The Bank about a month ago and Maurice and Damien helped recruit her on my behalf. She fit the bill and Maurice ended up doing hair and makeup for both models to make them look authentically grade 12-ish. I'm really looking forward to working with Alyssa again and developing her portfolio, definitely more eager to work with her than with my brother, Glendon. She's been very accomodating and adjusted her schedule to suit that for the shoot as well as Maurice's schedule so that I could have just one person do both hair and makeup.

Posted by Klyment Tan in Shoots at 15:06 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)
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Good shots, K Funny, the last one, which shows the beauty of the model... catches my eye more than the others. I guess a pretty lady is more eye catching than menswear! Interesting how that works...

#1 Joe Zasada (Homepage) on 2006-03-20 01:55 (Reply)

Thanks, Joe. Face it, you're just a horny bastard! But at least you're straight.

Alyssa is really beautiful . . . and these are as "tame" as I hope my work for Derks will ever be. You'll see.

#1.1 K (Homepage) on 2006-03-20 09:36 (Reply)

If you keep using Alyssa then Derks will do good...

#2 Joe Zasada (Homepage) on 2006-03-20 23:46 (Reply)

You don't think that she looks too young? I want to use her again.

#2.1 K (Homepage) on 2006-03-21 12:26 (Reply)

The skin tones in all your shots are exquisiste. What is your digital workflow and standards in your lighting setup to acheive this?

#3 roger fleenor (Homepage) on 2006-12-25 10:09 (Reply)

I use a decent LCD monitor profiled with a GretagMacBeth Eye-one Pro UVcut. There are better devices to profile monitors which are less expensive but I have found that the results are acceptable for my needs at this time and I purchased the spectrophotometer to profile printers and papers. Photos are all processed in Phase One Capture One Pro and about half a year after this shoot I started using a GretagMacBeth camera colour target to generate ICC profiles for the exact lighting under which I am shooting to maximum the colour gamut and colour accuracy of my workflow. I use GretagMacBeth ProfileMaker Pro 5 to create the camera ICC profile and then I load it into Capture One Pro as the camera source profile. This gives me a good starting point from which to work. However, for starting out, using raw processing software that handles colour well, such as Capture One, and using a colour profiled display gets you most of the way there. After that, use as consistent a light source as you can. If you are using soft boxes, try to use all of the same brand and series of softbox because different softboxes will warm light to varying degrees. You can easily correct for white balance of one light source but you can't for multiple. I've also found that some strobes have more daylight-like properties than others.

#3.1 K (Homepage) on 2007-01-12 00:46 (Reply)

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