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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

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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Photographing with a disability? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ofir2006@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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My coworker has an absolutely huge passion for photography, he's the type of guy who couldn't wait for the workday to be over just to head out with his cameras and drones and take pictures (and his pictures are not less than breathtaking) and has been for years.

Sadly, a little over a year ago on his way to work a drunk driver swerved into his lane, and crashed into his car head-on.

He broke both of his hands and wrists (probably due to the airbags) and undergone several surgeries and he hasn't been able to hold a camera since. He has been in physiotherapy since but he isn't a young bloke (roughly 55 - 57) and recovery takes a good while.

A full frame camera is simply too heavy for him to hold, and his hands are shaking aggressively.

Seems like a solution would have to be a combination of taking the load off his hands and stabilization for the shakiness.

I would love to hear suggestions and advice from the wise people here.

Edit: I forgot to mention he mostly films wild life, he can lay down and hide in a bush for literally hours waiting for a certain animal.

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[–] kinnikinnick321@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Really depends on how he wants to approach it, in being a victim myself to a vehicular impact, it wasn't until 3-4 months later that I had the interest let alone the energy to get back into hobbies I once enjoyed (and I did not undergo any surgery) but had bodily trauma. What is your friend's energy level? Sometimes people like to leave things as they remembered it instead of getting flustered (I know if I couldn't hold a 10lb lens and couldn't get the focal shot I wanted, I'd get more aggravated than having fun).