Whether you are a photo student, a new photo assistant just hitting the bricks, or you’ve been around a while, there will be something for everyone. The photo industry has changed a lot in recent years, and assisting has also been affected. Does this impact our role as photo assistants? How do we find jobs? Should we intern first? What gear is important to know? Freelance or full-time? What do we really need to know? Where do we start?
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101 Uses for Gaff Tape
I thought it might be fun for all the readers at A Photo Assistant to get involved on a post and help me compile a list of all the different uses for gaff tape. Just take a moment to consider all the applications for gaff tape on set, on location, in the production van, and [...]
ALWAYS Have a Back-up Plan
Well, Saturday night rolls around, the weekend before the shoot, and the producer in NY still can’t give me an exact date for the shoot, but it kinda looks like it might go down on Wednesday now, but not for sure yet. … Just to be safe, I called another assistant friend of mine and asked if he would be available to make the pick-up runs on Tuesday before 5PM with his truck if I couldn’t do it.
So You Think You Want To Be A Photo Assistant?
Next, you gotta find the photographers you want to work with. This can be a daunting task, depending on what sort of work you want to do. If you want to assist a wedding photographer, finding them will be easy in online wedding directories or the yellow pages. But if you want to assist commercial advertising photographers…
All Photography Jobs Are Not The Same
One of the best things about being a freelance photo assistant is that almost nothing is ever the same. One day you’re working on a product shoot surrounded by strobes, the next day a lifestyle/fashion shoot for a big ad agency…
