S2 #9 - Editorial portraiture w/ Sophia Spring
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Tom’c camera hoop form First Digi - which can be found here And the tray Tom mentions for his magliner is the utility box Maxi and Mini Leatherman Surge, Wave and Signal Dymo label printer for labeling drives Statistics from Sophia: 70% photography graduates are women and only 13% working photographers are women F22 Women Photographers - great forum for AOP members created as a space to discuss matters of photography and women in photography. Resources for Assisting photographers Some of Sophia’s lessons she wish she’d known earlier Spent more time shooting and developing her style before making her approach to clients Photography is not life and death - not worth taking on too much stress - enjoy the shoots as much as you can Tends to do less in-depth research so that she doesn’t know too much about them as that can kill the spontaneity The way she approaches taking on a shoot is if it falls into one of these categories Will the shoot give me some portfolio worthy work? Will it be financially worthwhile? Will i have fun doing it? Sophia always lights in the direction of the daylight - which makes her work look very naturally lit Sophia use Evernote to run everything FotoFortress tether jerk stopper Canon 5D mkIII Canon 50mm f/1.2L Canon 85mm f/1.2L Sigma 35mm Art lens Sophia’s book - Park Life: A love letter to London’s green spaces (Hoxton Mini Press, 2021) or you can pick it up here website: www.sophiaspring.com Sophia on instagram
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