Celebrity photography is basically a subbranch of photojournalism (a type of journalism that uses images in order to portray a news story) where the subjects are mainly celebrities in various fields like the arts, cinema, politics, sports and so on.
Celebrity photographers work in events, such as celebrity interviews, film premieres, parties, and award shows. This is a form of photography that requires a high level of spontaneity and aggressiveness, due to tough competition faced in the job.
There are only types of celebrity photography used by the newspaper is:
1)Event photography
2)Celebrity portraiture
3)Paparazzi
Celebrity interviews can be defined as a series of questions are asked by journalists and writers for the magazine, newspapers, blogs, tabloids, news, and so on. The tricky part of hosting a celebrity interview is to keep it informal and playful a tactful task that the host and the celebrity, both have to keep in mind. The interviewer should also keep in mind that while asking questions related to personal life, he/she does not get too candid and stay in the ethics of the profession to make the interview successful and not a talking point of headlines tomorrow.
The Process of Interviewing a Celebrity
Initially, before hosting an interview, the interviewer has to do thorough research on the celebrity they’re going to interview starting from all the movies they’ve acted in, their personal accomplishments, rise to fame, and major projects they’ve worked in and look at other interviews the celebrity has been to get positive and negative responses so that one can inculcate all the added knowledge into one’s interview.
Be a little attentive to the celebrity’s reaction to certain questions such as tone, and body language when answering a specific question. One must watch famous interviews with other celebrities to help one’s questionnaire.
Parts of the Interview:
1) Celebrity is greeted for agreeing to be interviewed, to make the celebrity feel welcomed and at ease.
2) After greeting them, casually ask them the questions you’ve prepared beforehand and once they start to respond, ask the impromptu follow-up questions,
even if you haven’t prepared them in the first place. This will make the interview seem more like a conversation than a questionnaire.
3) Always let the celebrity answer the question before counter questioning them and give as much time for them to complete it. That’ll show you’ve sincere reverence for the celebrity and they’ll give you more content which in turn will help you with your follow up questions.
4) Always keep on transitioning from one topic to another, so that it doesn’t become monotonous and the viewers stay glued to the screen. Being a good listener is very important as it will help the celebrity to be comfortable.
5) In the end, thank them for their precious time they’ve taken out for your interview. The appreciation and love you show will rightfully impact the show you’re doing and in the near future, other celebrities will feel comfortable coming.
Process of Celebrity Photoshoots
It is a daunting task for professional photographers before the real process of editing, to handle all the decisions they’ve to figure out such as the location of the photoshoot, equipment, atmosphere, and so on.
To simplify all the decisions a professional photographer makes before the photography session with the celebrity are:
- Develop a solid concept
Creating a mood board is the primary task a professional photographer does with all the images of the mood board relating to a particular concept that will instill the theme and style of your photography.
- Picking the perfect location
Once you have gathered all the pictures you’ll take as reference, the next question will be what will be your location. The question that next arises are what type of set best compliments your mood board?
The price of location, price of artificial light resources, and other varied factors are taken care of or before making a decision. - Finding the best equipment for photoshoot
Since you are already done with the concept and location its time to pick the proper equipment for the photoshoot. You should always experiment with different types of equipment to get the desired look, depending on the type of photography you’re doing such as portrait, food, sports, wedding.
- Making the subjects feel comfortable
To make your subject feel comfortable is one of the most important things during the photoshoot, it’ll help them to be at ease and taking breaks will help to keep everyone refreshed and energized.
- Creating the Right Atmosphere
Creating an atmosphere that’ll rightfully do justice to the theme will be the dictating factor in the photoshoot. Playing some music will not only help to relax your models but also keep the crew in the right frame of mind.
Why should we hire a professional photographer?
Nowadays photography is turning into more of a hobby as anyone and everyone can click photos but when it comes to editing, proper lighting, effects that’s when things turn out tricky and that’s when professional photographers come into play. That’s why PixelsPune a Maharashtra based organization has outright shone in this field as they provide quality professional photography under all circumstances.
These three things will elucidate why they’re important:
1) Consistency- Professional photographers know to get great results while taking a picture and will ensure the client gets quality photos under any circumstance.
2) Technical Skills- Professional photographers just do not take photographs out of fun, but they’re well versed in lighting, posing, editing, and other effects. They have the necessary skills to capture a photo that you’ll remember for a long time.
3) Professionalism- By hiring a professional photographer you know that person is not only passionate about photography but also has a stronghold in the technicality behind it.
The necessity of a professional to conduct celebrity interviews. Professionalism includes practicing proper etiquette and also following all the norms for workplace behavior. The professional interviewer has the self-confidence to carry out various interviews with celebrities in various fields. It’ll not only help to conduct a well-organized questionnaire but also help to develop a friendly and comfortable relationship with the person whose interview is been taken.
A professional interviewer will not only go asking to follow up questions one after the other but wait for the answer of the guest to finish, i.e to be a keen listener and patient with a guest. These qualities rightly show why a professional interviewer will perform better than a novice unprepared one.
Future Of professional photography and Interviewing
Professional photographers will decide how their form of Art is going evolve with time and it’ll be up to their level of creativity and passion for beauty that’ll help them reinvent new ideas which will make them successful in the future.
With the development of technology taking leap and bounds, photography is just not about taking a picture with a costly DSLR camera but creating a story that’ll be timeless in this ephemeral life.
Interviewing will move at its own pace, with new ideas and concepts arising everywhere with new talk shows and different types of interviewing styles. The coming days will be more challenging so they’ve to be on their toes and create content that will please the audience and also make a comfortable environment for the guest to come.
