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.
Posts under ‘on set’
Photo Assistants Are You Ready For Anything and Everything?
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.
Reverie, Behind The Scenes
In case you missed the debut video made by Vincent Laforet and crew on the Canon 5D M2 (shame on you!), that’s just too bad. The demand for downloads has caused Vincent and Canon to locate a new server to handle the traffic. But, for now, I found something even better… the behind the scenes [...]
How-to use a C-Stand
The C-stand, or century stand, is the work-horse of both the photo and film industry. It is also called a gobo stand, since it’s primarily used to hold light modifying devices, such as flags, silks, screens, and cookies. The C-stand looks easy to use, and it is, but there is more to it than meets [...]
