Quirky Illustrations Photography Brief: Shot List, Lighting and Locations

Q: What shots should I get for a Quirky Illustrations photo shoot?

For a Quirky Illustrations shoot, capture: The illustrated cup or bag in a hand, on the street or on a staircase; A sticker sheet on a café table beside a real drink; An A-frame sign on the pavement outside the shop; A drawn character overlaid on a close-up food photo, pointing at the real thing.

Q: Where should I shoot Quirky Illustrations photography?

Good locations for Quirky Illustrations photography include: Independent café or bakery counter, Pavement outside the shop, Bar table with pints, Home kitchen table.

SET

The setup

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Brief Int(quirky-illus.BRF)
✎Quirky Illustrations
01 LightNatural, slightly warm light with a casual, snapshot feel. Too polished and the drawings look stuck on.
02 WardrobeEveryday clothes, relaxed denim, sneakers. The illustration is the personality; people should look like customers.
03 LocationIndependent café or bakery counter
04 Palette
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DIR

Director's note

Show the illustrations at work on real objects. Mockups on white never sell the charm the way a cup in a hand does.

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Viewfinder

Live

Four controls on the brief's own plate · the meter is real, so you can blow a frame

Standby50mmf/5.6 · 1/125 · ISO 400

Aperturef/5.6Shutter1/125ISO400White balance5200K

Use your own photo

Running the list sets the camera for every shot in turn. Load your own photo to light and expose a frame you actually shot.

LGT

Light the set

3 lamps

Drag a lamp and watch the frame above change. The brief's own note is the preset

KeyThe light that makes the pictureSoft, farEye level

FillHow far into shadow you can seeMediumEye level

BackRound at the front, where it is just another fillOffEye level

On the brief

Contact sheet

00 / 12

Nothing on the sheet yet. Set the camera, then take a frame.

SEQ

Shot list

00 / 04

Tap a pad to mark the frame shot · saved on this device

The illustrated cup or bag in a hand, on the street or on a staircasesetup50mm

A sticker sheet on a café table beside a real drinksetup50mm

An A-frame sign on the pavement outside the shopsetup50mm

A drawn character overlaid on a close-up food photo, pointing at the real thingdetail100mm

Rolling

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LOC

Locations

Independent café or bakery counterPavement outside the shopBar table with pintsHome kitchen table

REF

Explore the aesthetic

Style guide Color palette

DOC

About this brief

How do I photograph the Quirky Illustrations aesthetic?

Put the characters into the real world.

Show the illustrations at work on real objects. Mockups on white never sell the charm the way a cup in a hand does.

Director's note

What shots should I get for a Quirky Illustrations photo shoot?

Leave with every frame on this list.

Shot list

The illustrated cup or bag in a hand, on the street or on a staircase
A sticker sheet on a café table beside a real drink
An A-frame sign on the pavement outside the shop
A drawn character overlaid on a close-up food photo, pointing at the real thing

What lighting works for Quirky Illustrations photography?

Natural, slightly warm light with a casual, snapshot feel. Too polished and the drawings look stuck on.

Light

Where should I shoot Quirky Illustrations photography?

Scout these before anything else.

Locations

Independent café or bakery counter
Pavement outside the shop
Bar table with pints
Home kitchen table

What wardrobe works for Quirky Illustrations photography?

Everyday clothes, relaxed denim, sneakers. The illustration is the personality; people should look like customers.

Wardrobe

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