Looking for feedback from models

waist.it AWESOME!

Huw thanks Huw, although my issues are/can be: lifting/carrying equipment, only being able to use one hand.

I definitely think @waist.it has given me some ideas on a tripod for phone

I really appreciate all the feedback & ideas shared (y)

Maybe after all there is a solution/s :)

Just don’t want to appear to be unprofessional

Grant-WASP said

waist.it AWESOME!

Thank you.

You can take it places where you can't take a tripod. It's a fairly competent selfie-stick too. :-)

I've done shoots with just a phone camera and smaller experimental cameras. Not a problem, good to have a heads up in the pre comms though.

Grant-WASP said

I really appreciate all the feedback & ideas shared (y)

Maybe after all there is a solution/s :)

Just don’t want to appear to be unprofessional

TBH I was concerned some years back when I downsized from a full-sized DSLR to a tiny mirrorless jobby. As it happens, my worries were almost totally unfounded. In fact, when I initially tried to explain its diminutive size to the model, her attention would soon wander and her eyes would glaze-over. My wife (who organises the costumes on all my shoots) suggested that unless the model expresses an interest, I should avoid raising the issue at all. She argued that one doesn't really want one's models to lose the will-to-live before the shoot has even started... ;-)

Recent incarnations of the iPhone take excellent images. Models generally don't care what kit one uses - though a brief explanation regarding the iPhone before the shoot might be in order. In any event behaving professionally is much more important than any perceived professionalism that one's kit might convey.

IMHO :-)

Edited by waist.it

I would also suggest looking at things like the Joby Gorillapod or those long bendy snake tripod things, so you could make use of trees/telephone poles for lights or collapsible reflectors. With a bit of care you could have enough kit for a good shoot in a very light weight.

I think there's loads you can do with a phone and they have so many useful adaptations now, and while I understand the obvious GWC (GWP?) concerns, given how much models use mobile phones for, I think a blanket no-phone policy from a model would be somewhat churlish at this point.

Though TBH I would first be looking at whether there are light-enough APS-C mirrorless cameras that would do the job.

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Unfocussed Mike thanks Mike

Holly Alexander thank you Holly :)

I think you just need to tell them up front.  If any model decides to turn a shoot down based on what camera someone is using that'd be their loss.  Many of the models I've shot with own better cameras than me and are better photographers (not hard I know).  Conversely there are plenty of photographers who have spent a fortune on kit and the results don't match the expense...to put it politely ;)

Because it doesn't look the part, a lot of models will be put off by it. The responses don't exactly surprise me and it's why I wouldn't do it.

JME Studios interesting response

Grant-WASP thanks. I think it's basically a perception thing, and my personal gut feeling is that most models would perceive a smartphone as GWC.

The conundrum is, however, smartphones take bloody good pictures.

There is also possibly a feeling that it lowers the "barrier to entry" and that in turn will create new Model Safety concerns, which I don't think is an entirely illegitimate viewpoint.

I wish you well in your recovery journey ... trauma changed my life in 2018 and I'm still making adjustments.

I use a mono-pod with a Acia Swiss mounting.

It takes a bit of getting used to as my day to day stick has a Derby handle so I'm used to pushing down with my palm rather than holding with my hand.

You might want to consider something like a converted motorised golf trolley or a collapsible trolley for your gear.

I downsized my bag ... still the 7d, but now restrict everything else in it - normally my 24-105 and LensBaby; I've also had to change the way that I do things... less walking and more resting.

JME Studios that’s a huge assumption/leap, “… lowers the barrier to entry and Model Safety concerns”

Surely the reference system on Purpleport addresses this….

Let’s hope you never have to overcome disabilities