One of my favorite TV shows these days is The Shot . It is a reality show about photography and starts with 10 photographers from different photography backgrounds who fight it out to become the next fashion photographer. Each week one person gets sent home and whoever wins at the end of the season will shoot a Victoria Secret cover and a $100,000. It is hosted by Russell James who is a leading fashion photographer.
Learn more about The Shot from Wikipedia .
The reason I watched The Shot from the beginning is because I have been watching America’s Next Top Model since Season 1 all through Season 9 and they are made by the same producers.
MTV plays America’s Next Top Model marathons so everytime it’s on, I just play it in the background while I’m editing photos or emailing or blogging.
The show always starts with a recap of the previous episode, who got sent home and highlights. The beginning of each episode starts with somebody teaching the models about an aspect of modeling, such as runway walk, posing, acting, doing interviews, being a spokesperson, etc. Then there is a challenge where the models need to apply what they learned and whoever wins gets a prize like a shopping spree or a massage or something.
Then comes my favorite part which is the photo shoot (sometimes it’s a TV commercial shoot). They always have really good concepts like the zodiac signs, the seven deadly sins, done with really good makeup, great sets and amazing clothes, always in a high fashion style. This is the part where you can learn about poses, albeit high fashion editorial or commercial, and you can check out their lighting setup and their photo gear.
After this comes the judging where you can see all their photos and each model is critiqued regarding her best photo.
Here is a link to a photo shoot of some past contestants for a magazine. http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/11703362.html?page=1#comments
