PLANNING YOUR LOCATION PHOTO SHOOTS RECAP

Location Shooting – Gear You Should Take With You

After many people read my articles on planning location shoots; traveling to the location and packing and security for your location shoots I got a lot of questions and I thought I should answer some of them now.

Here are the things you need to know that I may have failed to mention previously. I think the biggest question I’d been getting has been regarding travel days and scheduling shoots on travel days.

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Planning Your Location Photo Shoots Pt 1.

Steps to Planning Your Location Shoot!

I am going to guess that every photographer and model dreams of one day traveling to some exotic locations for shoots, which isn’t unreasonable! It’s part of the job right? ???? OK just maybe traveling to exotic places for photo shoots isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time but for those of us who love it I thought that I would share some of my tips with you. 

Over the now thirty something years I’ve been shooting I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to travel all over the world photographing beautiful women.

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You Must Use Contracts.

Contracts. That seemingly dirty word so many photographers seem to really dislike. It’s almost as if so many of these people don’t understand the purpose of contracts, or how having a written agreement protects them and their business. I mean really! How can you call yourself a professional and not use the tools of a professional.

I have seen some insanely ridiculous statements in a variety of groups lately about contracts and their use. Or their lack thereof. One of the groups in particular were run by a photographer who people consider a photography business mentor. She actually discouraged members in her group to not use contracts.

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3 Questions You Should Ask Before Choosing a Drone for a Backpacking Trip

So you’ve seen these amazing aerial shots flooding your Instagram feed and are thinking about how cool it would be to get some of your own. Rather than let you go blind into making such purchase which can certainly be somewhat costly we have some of the things you should be thinking about thanks to our friends over at Luxury Standards Magazine.

Drone photography is exciting as it allows you to capture photos of places you might not be able to explore. Also, the drone captures pictures from a height of 10–100 feet that gives a unique visual experience. Today, a lot of people take drones when they go on a backpacking trip.

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Why Use a Color Checker Card?

Why It’s Important To Use a Color Checker Card.

If you’ve followed me here or on my social media profiles for period of time you’ll know that I am a fan of shooting colorcards before each look is shot. For me and many professional photographers this is a vital part of photographing models or pretty much any type of photography.

Especially when you plan on printing your work. Which you absolutely should be printing your work. It will change your whole world. ESPECIALLY if you’re a professional and plan on making any money from photography.

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