If You Could Photograph Just One Thing...

[Ltdave]

But you are shooting models, aren't you?

sort of yes.... not as my main focus (no pun intended). id rather do more of that...

 

[JohnPD]

sort of yes.... not as my main focus (no pun intended). id rather do more of that...

Is it that hard to find models where you are?

 

[Ltdave]

Is it that hard to find models where you are?

it certainly seems that way. i could go down to detroit (about an hour drive) but ive got no studio there (actually dont have a studio HERE either but my living room would work fabulously with white walls and HIGH ceiling)...

 

[JohnPD]

it certainly seems that way. i could go down to detroit (about an hour drive) but ive got no studio there (actually dont have a studio HERE either but my living room would work fabulously with white walls and HIGH ceiling)...

I suppose it also depends on what kind of models you are looking for? Finding models for headshots might be easier than say for G&N?

 

[Ltdave]

I suppose it also depends on what kind of models you are looking for? Finding models for headshots might be easier than say for G&N?

you would think. i know a gal who was on the local hockey team's cheer team. i offered $50 for 45 minutes of shooting, just doing digitals (what agencies now call the images they use in their catalogs. MINIMAL make up, hair, plain white shirt and jeans and heels against a plain white background or very very lightly tinted gray background).

i was just wanting to put a couple of those type images in my portfolio so i could start looking for headshot clients (businesses, bankers, realtors etc).

Im so sorry Dave, I dont have any time.

really? over $50 and hour, you cant swing by for a dozen photographs? not on an afternoon after work, not on a saturday morning, not any time. id also asked a couple of other members of the cheer team if they wanted to do something similar or do some 'fashion' downtown at a couple of cool locations... nope. no time. theyve seen my IG stuff. theyve seen my stuff from the hockey games, and they even reach out to me and ask for photos at the games (other than what i normally would shoot of them)

ive not had any luck with Model Mayhem getting prospective models to respond. i dont know if most of them even go back on MM after signing up

 

[JohnPD]

you would think. i know a gal who was on the local hockey team's cheer team. i offered $50 for 45 minutes of shooting, just doing digitals (what agencies now call the images they use in their catalogs. MINIMAL make up, hair, plain white shirt and jeans and heels against a plain white background or very very lightly tinted gray background).

i was just wanting to put a couple of those type images in my portfolio so i could start looking for headshot clients (businesses, bankers, realtors etc).

Im so sorry Dave, I dont have any time.

really? over $50 and hour, you cant swing by for a dozen photographs? not on an afternoon after work, not on a saturday morning, not any time. id also asked a couple of other members of the cheer team if they wanted to do something similar or do some 'fashion' downtown at a couple of cool locations... nope. no time. theyve seen my IG stuff. theyve seen my stuff from the hockey games, and they even reach out to me and ask for photos at the games (other than what i normally would shoot of them)

ive not had any luck with Model Mayhem getting prospective models to respond. i dont know if most of them even go back on MM after signing up

Sounds tough. Kids must have it good if they can afford to reject 50 bucks for an hour's work.

 

[Ltdave]

Sounds tough. Kids must have it good if they can afford to reject 50 bucks for an hour's work.

yeah, shes mid-20s with another job but youre right. id have JUMPED at the chance especially since all she has to do is pop the knee and stand there.

 

[JohnPD]

yeah, shes mid-20s with another job but youre right. id have JUMPED at the chance especially since all she has to do is pop the knee and stand there.

Maybe she just doesn’t like to have her photo taken. A lot of people are like that: uncomfortable in front of a camera, too self conscious.

 

[CraigMcM]

I'd want to shoot raptors; birds of prey.
Snowy owls are what really excites me.
Eagles, hawks, falcons. I love to see them.
I just don't have opportunities for doing so without traveling,
which can be costly.

Either that, or with unlimited budget, astrophotography.
Costliness for this, of course, goes WAY up.

It's not affordable for me to dedicate myself to either of these pursuits.

 

[JohnPD]

Either that, or with unlimited budget, astrophotography.
Costliness for this, of course, goes WAY up.

It's not affordable for me to dedicate myself to either of these pursuits.

How about a Seestar S30 or S50? Jeff talked about how good they are and how he uses them every clear night. His results with them are astonishing. And those Seestars are fairly reasonably priced too.

In the US the S50 is $499 and the S30 $350.

Here's Jeff's thread on astro equipment: https://focus-on-photography.net/th...y-equipment-and-techniques-and-questions.340/

Maybe an idea?