Mo Gear, Mo Jobs
February 27, 2011
As I write this, I should be up in Central London freelancing for a company to take photos of this company’s client. Instead I’m at home, blowing the dust off my blog and typing up this blog post.
Why? I got a call the night before to say I had been replaced by another photographer.
Before I continue, I should point out I’m not annoyed, angry or have any negativity towards the company I was freelancing for. Business is business after all.
The objective of the shoot was to take natural photos of the client at work, in a small to medium sized room. Nothing too fancy, right? Well apparently I was wrong. The client, and this is the part I don’t understand, wanted studio lighting in this room — I don’t have any. I hate using anything but natural light. So I was replaced with another photographer who had studio lighting.
I know there are justifications in using external lighting sources, especially in a controlled environment like a studio and I don’t have anything against people who use flashes/lighting.
I don’t mean to blow my own trumpet, but I think I can do an alright job without with just natural lighting.
Do people just see the amount of gear a photographer has with them and instantly expect their photos are going to be great? I know this is partially true because I used to think that. However, having been exposed to this world a little bit, I know that’s grossly untrue.
I’ve seen work from people who can do so much with such little, that walks all over people who have all the bells and whistles.
It reminds me of someone who has all talk but when it comes down to it, can’t do much.