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snowfinderPulling it out of expensive. Know anyone that made it in that field that came from a lower income background? They are out there sure, but how many people with that background tried to make it and couldn’t, you don't know any I do. From my experience those that made it into a successful career had a support system of an upper middle income background to help them reach their goals. I'm done trying to explain this to you, don't understand how you can't see things from a different perspective.
You should look up tyler shields was homeless at a young age and is now one of the most famous fine art photographers in the world
Upstate_WillisHaha this thread is comical. I paid $300 for a t3i off of money made from being a busboy to buy my first camera. Then the 8mm, then the opteka grip. This guys just salty he got burned along the way.
Yeah idk this guy is on a big privilege tip, which I understand in skiing but in general most video/photo professionals are very hard working and money doesn't really help you further your career, connections do tho.
snowfinderPulling it out of expensive. Know anyone that made it in that field that came from a lower income background? They are out there sure, but how many people with that background tried to make it and couldn’t, you don't know any I do. From my experience those that made it into a successful career had a support system of an upper middle income background to help them reach their goals. I'm done trying to explain this to you, don't understand how you can't see things from a different perspective.
Are you just talking about ski filming at this point? because, surprise again you're making generalizations, you're just assuming everyone who does art comes from the middle class or higher.
Again, you could be a billionaire and that's not gonna get you hired as a DOP or producer, money doesn't run the film/photo industry, connections/networks do.
snowfinderfor years wanted to get into photography but sadly could never afford decent gear, meanwhile I had friends in college get amazing gear and now are professional photography. It's just another industry held by the rich and allows the rich in, not always the way but 99.999999999999% of the time it's that way.
snowfinderfor years wanted to get into photography but sadly could never afford decent gear, meanwhile I had friends in college get amazing gear and now are professional photography. It's just another industry held by the rich and allows the rich in, not always the way but 99.999999999999% of the time it's that way.
Dog your gear starting out literally doesn't matter. When you enter the industry you start out as an assistant, grip or bitch boy. You do nothing with the actual cameras until you are like 3 positions higher than that on set. By that time you're getting paid and learning on the job from working professionals. There has never been a more accessible time in history than now and the recentish past to enter the industry. Also you don't need to move to LA and buy a Tesla, most relatively large cities have a big enough industry to be more than sustainable as a career field for people.
On top of that, most commercial work uses rental gear anyway since the camera/lens(es) is determined by the project. This is more common in video but also very common in photo work. It's easy to look around and see thousands in gear, but it's not easy to look around and see the hours of networking, research, learning and free projects that people do to earn credibility, a reputation and make their way in the world.
The way I see it, at least in Olympic big air, is that they layout was optimized for tv. Given restrictions on where media could stand there wasn't many framing options other than guy in the sky
JuviticusThe way I see it, at least in Olympic big air, is that they layout was optimized for tv. Given restrictions on where media could stand there wasn't many framing options other than guy in the sky
There’s actually 2 golden rules for shooting jumps, and the second rule is GET THE GRAB
JuviticusThe way I see it, at least in Olympic big air, is that they layout was optimized for tv. Given restrictions on where media could stand there wasn't many framing options other than guy in the sky
if you're a halfway decent ski photog, guy in the sky isn't an option
Eheath is right, theyre talented photographers without an eye for skiing. For a good photo, you want the optimum angle (include their face, see their hand in the grab, shoot from underneath them for a more impressive angle, and the viewer should see the jump and landing to get a scale for how impressive the trick is)
CantCorkEheath is right, theyre talented photographers without an eye for skiing. For a good photo, you want the optimum angle (include their face, see their hand in the grab, shoot from underneath them for a more impressive angle, and the viewer should see the jump and landing to get a scale for how impressive the trick is)
