Hey everyone, I’m looking to start second shooting/shadowing to gain some experience and build up my portfolio. I have a few shots from family events and my family that I like and would happily add them to a portfolio, but considering I don’t have much I wasn’t sure really how to show that I’m worth it to tag along either as a second or a shadow. What do you expect out of a second that has low experience but willing and eager to learn all they can? Any recommendations on how to project that when looking for second shooter opportunities? I am on various ohio/dayton groups on social media, but rarely see opportunities come up from other photographers.

  • dropthemagic@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Wait till you shoot a concert and the audio guy is 68 years old and thank god for bringing a mic set for the kit lol

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      1 year ago

      Not sure what you mean here. I shoot a ton of concerts in large venues for big acts and I don’t care how the sound man does his job. Sound is his job, images are mine. End of story.

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        1 year ago

        I mean we shot a lot but they wanted a whole video made and I had the gear but they couldn’t figure it out so I just used a boom mic lol