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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Remote Fashion Photography (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by BimbosRiseUp@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Hi everyone, this might be a dumb question but I wasn’t sure where else to ask!

I am an established photographer in my city and have worked with boutiques, designers, and brands in my area. I live in a small city and plan on moving somewhere with a larger creative market, but in the meantime, I’d like to work with bigger brands.

I am not even sure what this is called (other than a remote shoot), but I’m wondering about pitching my photography services to brands in other cities I’d like to work with. I’d use my studio space and find models, but have them mail me the clothes/products to use for the shoot.

Is there a name for this? How would I go about pitching this? Thank you.

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[–] stubbornstain@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

yes, not called remote shoot. Not sure if there is an accepted name for it, but I would describe is as a fashion shoot package where a client ships the garments to producer/photographer and receives back finished photos.

The problems with that idea is a) the photographer has to assume the role of both art director and photographer and b) the fashion market/world tends to exist where the models are. Unless you are both comfortable being an art director and have a suitable model pool to draw from I would think most companies would pass in comparison to photographers who have reach into more traditional fashion/modeling markets.

You might find the lowest level (sorry) companies open to this, but if they grow, they will want better models. At that point they will be flying models in for shoots. It doesn't take too long for them to realize that expense levels with them working in major markets.

I have many times done the opposite of what you are describing, ie. bringing my studio to my client's location and setting up in a warehouse to shoot multiple fashion lines in a concentrated span. At some point the cost/hassle of sending 50-100 dresses/gowns exceeds the cost of bringing in a photographer. It also allows their salaried personnel to prep the dresses and keep them available for their sales functions, rather than losing samples for 2-3 weeks and paying for a stylist by the day to prep the dresses.

Maybe I dig into the nuts and bolts of my client's business too much, but I would suggest stepping back and understanding the flow of the business. couldn't hurt