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Studio Lessons: Less Is Not Always More
🕑 Added 2025-08-06 15:20:28 +0000 UTCHired a studio for one hour back in '22. Big mistake. Here's what I learned about time, boundaries, and chromatic aberration.
Model: Wiktoria Mo艂dawiak
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Sometimes you need to learn things the expensive way.
Back in '22, I booked a small studio for just one hour. The model and I were both pressed for time, so we figured we'd make it work. Rookie move. Here's the thing about hour-long sessions: they don't exist. That hour becomes 90 minutes of setup, shooting, and cleanup鈥攍eaving maybe 30 minutes of actual work.
Now I won't touch anything under two hours. People always want "multiple outfits" without understanding that means multiple setups, lighting changes, and styling adjustments. I tell them straight: two looks maximum, both approved beforehand. No browsing through wardrobes in my time.
If someone doesn't respect your time, walk away. Let them work with photographers who accept rushed compromises.
That session gave me barely a handful of decent frames. I was less experienced, and spent half the time undoing bad habits from her previous shoots. Then there was my chromatic aberration phase鈥攊nspired by photographers like @icyphoto. Light CA can add depth, but I overdid it completely. Looking back, it was trend-chasing disguised as style.
We don't want to be like everyone else. Even when everyone likes what we're doing.
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Czasami trzeba si臋 nauczy膰 w drogi spos贸b.
W '22 wynaj膮艂em ma艂e studio na godzin臋. Modelka i ja mieli艣my ma艂o czasu, wi臋c pomy艣leli艣my, 偶e si臋 uda. B艂膮d nowicjusza. Problem z godzinnymi sesjami jest taki, 偶e ich nie ma. Ta godzina zamienia si臋 w p贸艂torej godziny przygotowa艅, fotografowania i sprz膮tania鈥攝ostaje mo偶e 30 minut prawdziwej pracy.
Teraz nie bior臋 si臋 za nic poni偶ej dw贸ch godzin. Ludzie zawsze chc膮 "r贸偶ne stroje" nie rozumiej膮c, 偶e to oznacza r贸偶ne ustawienia, zmiany 艣wiat艂a i poprawki stylizacji. M贸wi臋 wprost: maksymalnie dwie stylizacje, obie zatwierdzone wcze艣niej. 呕adnego przegl膮dania garderoby w moim czasie.
Je艣li kto艣 nie szanuje twojego czasu, odejd藕. Niech pracuje z fotografami, kt贸rzy akceptuj膮 po艣pieszne kompromisy.
Ta sesja da艂a mi ledwo kilka przyzwoitych kadr贸w. Mia艂em mniej do艣wiadczenia i po艂ow臋 czasu sp臋dzi艂em na naprawianiu z艂ych nawyk贸w z jej poprzednich sesji. Potem by艂a moja faza aberracji chromatycznej鈥攊nspirowana fotografami jak @icyphoto. Lekkie CA mo偶e doda膰 g艂臋bi, ale kompletnie przesadzi艂em.
Nie chcemy by膰 jak wszyscy. Nawet gdy wszystkim si臋 podoba to, co robimy.
