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Time for prints
Amy Davies, AP Features Editor
‘Instead of paying for a model, look for those wanting headshots in return for their
time. There are many websites where you can search and place classified ads.
Obviously when organising this type of a shoot and meeting with an unknown
stranger, you need to ensure you’ve put all the correct safety precautions in place
before the shoot, and ensure they are happy with the set-up.’Mobile phone
as a light
Claire Gillo, AP Acting
Technique Editor
‘Instead of investing
money into studio lights,
be experimental in your
approach and use what
you already have to light
your subject. You can
light product shots using
just a mobile phone in
a dark room, with the
camera set to a slow
shutter speed.’Shower caps
Matt Fleming (Instagram @
mattflemingphotography)
‘Every time I go to a hotel I pick up
the free shower caps and chuck them
in my camera bag. They make great
waterproof covers for cameras, lenses
or anything you might need covering up
when working in the rain or with liquids.
And they take up next to no room in
my bag,’ says Matt Fleming on our
Facebook page.Micropore
medical tape
Lee Stevens
(www.wedding
photographer.events;
Instagram @lee_stevens_
photography)
Wedding photographer Lee
Stevens shares this tip on our
Facebook page: ‘As a full-time
wedding photographer, there is
an incredibly cheap accessory
I always have in my kit bag:
translucent micropore medical
tape. Often, for key shots, I need
a part of the dress, hair, veils,
flowers, etc., to be held in a very
specific place and to not move
around in the breeze. The tape
costs very little, and takes
only seconds to put in place. It
doesn’t show in the pictures and
is easily removed without leaving
any residue. I never leave home
without a couple of rolls!’Zip bags
Eva Pitt and Richard Sawyer
Eva Pitt says on Facebook: ‘I use £1
clear plastic, zip-up school pencil cases
to pack all sorts of necessities, from
spare batteries, cards, cloth, a tiny torch,
plastic bags, and so on – they are easy
to organise and see. In fact most of
my Fujifilm lenses fit in these too and
I feel they are well protected.’ Richard
Sawyer adds: ‘Resealable freezer bags
are great for keeping batteries dry.
Army surplus stores have British Army
gas mask bags that are just the right
size for your lunch, flask and other bits
of camera essential kit.’© CL AIRE GILLO
© LEE STEVENS
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