Hello Photographers,
Photo Assistants & Digital Techs.
We still have space for our
Photo Assistants Boot Camp that
will be held this weekend. And from
the stories I've heard from
photographers, rental companies and
from what I've personally seen on
set there are a lot of assistants
in need of some serious training. In
this economy you have to wonder. "is
my phone not ringing because there's
no work or because I don't have the
skills needed on set.?" It
certainly not like the 90's but
there
are people that are working.
I had a conversation a while back with a photographer friend of mine who told me about
the YouTube series 'you suck at Photoshop'.
From that we started coming up with a list
of some of the inane things we've seen on
photo shoots.
20 things you should never do as a photo
assistant
Or You SUCK as a photo assistant if: .
Sadly some of these examples
I've seen first hand and many I've seen in
the last 3-6 months from people marketing
themselves as photo assistants. This is
suppose to be both humorous and a bit
disappointing. And you can add your comments
and experiences to the post.
There were a number of posts in another
Photo group forum regarding the
Archiving
of film and old negatives. and concerns about its
degradation over time. That made me think
about my very early days of working at photo
labs before I made the move to assisting
years ago.
This article my be useful if not
enlightening to some.
Are you using the New Capture 1 Pro 4.6.2
or are you still using 3.7.9?
Or have
your switched to another program for digital
capture?
Were interested in your opinions
and why you capture the way you do.
Please give us your thoughts and opinions on
Capture 1 Pro V.4.6.X
You can follow us on
TWITTER HERE or join our
FACE BOOK GROUP
1ProPhoto is interested in hearing from anyone
that is doing digital capture on a Linux
system and anyone experimenting with
digital capture on an OSX86 setup.
Later
JamesNYC
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Networking event in NYC.
- March 10, 2009
Location
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Photo Assistants Boot Camp
DATES: March 7-8
2009
LOCATION: Sand Box Studios -
NYC.
I have received numerous emails from photographers,
or been asked during conversations to offer
this course teaching basic photo assisting, equipment
and lighting skills to photo assistants. In
spite of the fact that we are turning into a
digital profession the same skills are needed
on set regardless of whether a photographer
is shooting film or digital. Assistants should
still know how to light, meter, color correct,
handle production elements, and be aware of
common sense on set etiquette. There are too
few old-school photographers out there any more;
and too few present day photographers that actually
had much assisting experience. That being said
we will be offering a 'Photo Assistants Boot
Camp & certification'. I know that we can in
two days teach you most of what you should have
been taught in photo school, and should be learning
on set. Those taking this workshop and listed
on the assistants database will be certified
on the site as having taken our course and trained
by us. Workshop attendees will also be entitled
discounts offered by select photo companies
and retailers.
Please look under WORKSHOPS on the site menu
for complete details and registration page.
Register here:
http://www.photoassistantbootcamp.com
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"How to be a Photo
Assistant"
©
Is an E-Book (see the banner ad on the front
of the web site) for beginning Photo Assistants
or photo school students just starting out.
There's a great deal of useful information in
it that can make getting started a little less
frustrating. See the posts in the forums from
those that have bought and followed the books
suggestions.
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Photographers:
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If you have a job listing
for an assistant, Studio
manager, or digital tech
email the complete details
to me and I will email it
out to all of those in my
databases'. So far this
has worked out very well
for a number of photographers
and production companies.
Also if you have an assistant
or digital tech that you
have worked with that was
outstanding please let me
know. This will help those
on the database get closer
to being recommended. Of
course you can also send
me an email regarding those
that suck and I can gently
tell them to get there act
together or remove them
from the database.
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