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

A tripod plus a remote trigger like a CamRanger that will let you see the composition and adjust the exposure would be the ticket here. Regardless of the camera size, any camera will get heavy and be hard to hold still with his history.

For someone shooting wildlife, I suspect just getting into the field and finding a good position is more than half the battle for someone with mobility challenges.

There’s also other genres he could shoot indoors with the camera mounted, like product photography or macros even that might be more accessible to him, if he can learn to appreciate another genre.