Today is my marketing Monday, and I have full workshop for what I do for my marketing as a commercial photographer here tinhouse-studio.com/product/photography-marketing-101/
I think something that was touched on but not said explicitly is you need to be secure in yourself and have a healthy dose of humility to be a good assistant, especially as (you both said) most assistants are also photographers and will be used to being the focal point and the main voice on their own jobs. Great episode! Really enjoyed it. I will however say (please forgive the unsolicited criticism) you need to push your chairs closer together. To look natural on screen chairs always need to be unnaturally close together. The main focus on the screen was your bike! Nice bike though. 🙏🏼
Can you imagine the Police looking in your bag on the way to a job. “Right sir, so we have gaffer tape, clamps and a knife. What was it you said you do again”.
I’m a dinosaur- graduated with a degree in applied technical photography/commercial AND THEN….assisted 5 other bigtime shooters. THATS what you did THEN. (1970s-90s). I can confirm that good assistants DO SAVE the principal shooters ass…regularly. Like riding a motorcycle, ANTICIPATING is everything.
At 34:09 "paying our assistants London rates" and "NEVER marking up our assistants"... That is an amazing business ethic. I applaud you. I worked for a Motorsport PR company in the 90s. As the graphic designer I didn't go to the sporting events, but my copy-writing colleagues did. Their travel expenses and hourly rates were _always_ marked up.
When it comes to autofocus of 5d mk2. I still use one and had 1d mk3 before it, and autofocus on 1d mk3 is soooooo much better than 5d mk2. Center autofocus point on 5d mk2 is good enough for many things, still feels a bit crappy after getting used to 1d mk3 for many years. The other focus points on 5d mk2 are so poor i dont really even try to use them anymore and just rely on center focus point and reframing, not to mention that the focus points on 5d mk2 are all so close to the middle, that there is no much use for them anyways, while 1d mk3 had them spread out closer to the edges (due to them being similarly spread out on both sensors, but 1d mk3 having smaller sensor).
I think 12 breaks or more to show me very importend products from around the world in between...sorry, that makes no sense to see longterm double commercial. But Thank you for the last two years, I was happy to see your vids.
I’ve enjoyed both episodes, I hope you continue. It’s great to see how well you get on with one another. Do clients sometimes “get in the way”?. Also; unless you took it out deliberately your clock needs a new battery!
2 weeks ago i shot a Jimmy Barnes concert with my Canon 200d and its 55-250mm f/4_f/5.6 lens from the edge of the crowd, 920 images and 50 keepers although some just for the composition rather than in focus but needing to shoot at f/5.6, 1/250sec it handled between 800 & 3200 iso quite well. Love this type of video btw
The second one was as interesting as the first one! Good idea to have sort of a Q&A, lots of insight (even though I'm *not* into this type of business and commercial photography).
Today is my marketing Monday, and I have full workshop for what I do for my marketing as a commercial photographer here tinhouse-studio.com/product/photography-marketing-101/
Can confirm, Scott leaves coffee to go cold and needs it regularly handed back to him
Really really enjoying these long form/podcast episodes - mix of technical photography stuff and personal anecdotes/stories :-)
I think something that was touched on but not said explicitly is you need to be secure in yourself and have a healthy dose of humility to be a good assistant, especially as (you both said) most assistants are also photographers and will be used to being the focal point and the main voice on their own jobs.
Great episode! Really enjoyed it.
I will however say (please forgive the unsolicited criticism) you need to push your chairs closer together. To look natural on screen chairs always need to be unnaturally close together. The main focus on the screen was your bike! Nice bike though. 🙏🏼
Can you imagine the Police looking in your bag on the way to a job. “Right sir, so we have gaffer tape, clamps and a knife. What was it you said you do again”.
I’m a dinosaur- graduated with a degree in applied technical photography/commercial AND THEN….assisted 5 other bigtime shooters. THATS what you did THEN. (1970s-90s). I can confirm that good assistants DO SAVE the principal shooters ass…regularly. Like riding a motorcycle, ANTICIPATING is everything.
NEXT you can learn you DON’T need to capitalize ALL the letters in a WORD if what you’re saying is WELL written.
What a podcast - so candid, so engaging!
Fascinating! Thank you both for this insight. Good fun too.
13:00 It was actually Vincent Laforet with Réverié not Bloom.
At 34:09 "paying our assistants London rates" and "NEVER marking up our assistants"...
That is an amazing business ethic. I applaud you. I worked for a Motorsport PR company in the 90s. As the graphic designer I didn't go to the sporting events, but my copy-writing colleagues did. Their travel expenses and hourly rates were _always_ marked up.
When it comes to autofocus of 5d mk2. I still use one and had 1d mk3 before it, and autofocus on 1d mk3 is soooooo much better than 5d mk2. Center autofocus point on 5d mk2 is good enough for many things, still feels a bit crappy after getting used to 1d mk3 for many years. The other focus points on 5d mk2 are so poor i dont really even try to use them anymore and just rely on center focus point and reframing, not to mention that the focus points on 5d mk2 are all so close to the middle, that there is no much use for them anyways, while 1d mk3 had them spread out closer to the edges (due to them being similarly spread out on both sensors, but 1d mk3 having smaller sensor).
Really insightful, thanks. Any advice on how to meet photographers in a similar field to learn/assist ?
I think 12 breaks or more to show me very importend products from around the world in between...sorry, that makes no sense to see longterm double commercial. But Thank you for the last two years, I was happy to see your vids.
Do enjoy these long videos, give a different insight into how it all works.
I’ve enjoyed both episodes, I hope you continue. It’s great to see how well you get on with one another. Do clients sometimes “get in the way”?. Also; unless you took it out deliberately your clock needs a new battery!
They can do occasionally, luckily not too often.
Informative, thank you!
2 weeks ago i shot a Jimmy Barnes concert with my Canon 200d and its 55-250mm f/4_f/5.6 lens from the edge of the crowd, 920 images and 50 keepers although some just for the composition rather than in focus but needing to shoot at f/5.6, 1/250sec it handled between 800 & 3200 iso quite well. Love this type of video btw
Thank you!
The second one was as interesting as the first one! Good idea to have sort of a Q&A, lots of insight (even though I'm *not* into this type of business and commercial photography).
Great cast, I really enjoy you bringing in your crew.
Will there be an audio feed for these or just video for now?
Yes it uploads to all of the different places, they just have to check it first so it can take a while.
@@TinHouseStudioUK found it, it just took a while to pull through on Podcast Addict. It only appears under your name, rather than Tin House.
Ah good to know, will look into that
Great podcast, look forward to seeing more.
Im enjoying these, cheers.
Nice listening to this on my way to a photo assisting interview
Wonderful!
Great stuff Scott