Last week, I had the honor and privilege to work on a shoot with some outstanding men and women troopers from the MN State Patrol. We did two evening shoots in support of their Don’t Text and Drive campaign. We had a lot of fun, but the message behind our efforts was obviously serious, and [...]
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Photo Assisting and Working With Animals
Recently, I’ve been working with an animal photographer, shooting cats and dogs. Mostly, we’ve been shooting auditions for upcoming jobs, but we’ve also done a few advertising and PR shoots involving lots of smaller dogs. We also shot with a Great Dane, and that was cool. Working with animals can be a lot of fun, but doing so comes with a new set of rules, no matter what type of animal that’s on-set.
Photo Assistants Are You Ready For Anything and Everything?
A few weeks ago, early on a Saturday afternoon, I was sitting down to lunch with friends at a local restaurant, when I got a call from a local photographer. He asked if I was busy right then, and I told him I was just eating lunch. The caller manages Studio 1414, a rental studio in Minneapolis, and another photographer who had rented the space was a bit overwhelmed, and needed a hand. I told him that I’d be there in 30 minutes. I gobbled down my lunch, apologized to my friends for eating and running, and hustled over to the studio. I had no idea what the shoot was or what to expect when I got there.
Is A Photo Assistant The Same As A Digital Tech?
Last night I dropped by MCAD again to attend another ASMP-MSP meeting, this time in conjunction with MNDigiTechs, to address some of the issues that photographers and others in the photo community are having when it comes to distinguishing the role of a digital tech, and just how they should to be used in a [...]
On-Set Wherewithal
So, for the next shot start by setting a small box on a c-stand with a gobo arm at the top of the stairs…
A Photo Assistant’s Grip Kit
Do you have your own grip-kit? If not, you probably should. When I first started assisting, it seemed unnatural for me to just show up to a studio, or on location, empty-handed. So, I decided to put some essential tools into a simple fanny-pack.
