Some Working Years
Most of it was fun, all of it hard work, but I'd happily do it again.
With a proviso: that a new client understands that whilst the abilities of the people on
both sides of the camera are crucial, the fact remains that it's the person in front of that machine who
ultimately makes or breaks an entire shoot.
Model casting really needs to take these factors into consideration.
And not all A+ talents, on either side of the camera, inevitably gel. Photography is anything
but simple arithmetic, where 1+1 unfailingly = 2; sometimes, 1+1 can be made to = a great deal
more than 2. Sadly, 1+1 can also be made to = 0.
One picks a photographer on the strength of his style, which is largely reflected in his choice of models.
Why, then, attempt to impose all manner of restrictions and external pressures that can only demotivate?
Mechanically, photography is simple. You don't hire a photographer to be a mechanic.
If you don't see that, and all you really need is a button pusher, you might as well hire a camera and
attempt to do the job yourself. Seriously, that's pretty much how Deborah Turbeville began.
This is nothing to do with prima donna behaviour: this is all to do with getting the best results for the
client, and the natural desire to be offered further commissions by that happy client.
Most of it was fun, all of it hard work, but I'd happily do it again.
With a proviso: that a new client understands that whilst the abilities of the people on
both sides of the camera are crucial, the fact remains that it's the person in front of that machine who
ultimately makes or breaks an entire shoot.
Model casting really needs to take these factors into consideration.
And not all A+ talents, on either side of the camera, inevitably gel. Photography is anything
but simple arithmetic, where 1+1 unfailingly = 2; sometimes, 1+1 can be made to = a great deal
more than 2. Sadly, 1+1 can also be made to = 0.
One picks a photographer on the strength of his style, which is largely reflected in his choice of models.
Why, then, attempt to impose all manner of restrictions and external pressures that can only demotivate?
Mechanically, photography is simple. You don't hire a photographer to be a mechanic.
If you don't see that, and all you really need is a button pusher, you might as well hire a camera and
attempt to do the job yourself. Seriously, that's pretty much how Deborah Turbeville began.
This is nothing to do with prima donna behaviour: this is all to do with getting the best results for the
client, and the natural desire to be offered further commissions by that happy client.
