What Are Professional Studios Shooting With?

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Hi guys,
I'm just wondering if anyone can answer a quick question for me? (I have searched the web but couldn't find much).

What are high street studios shooting with? Our they strictly a full frame deal or do you see any use of crop sensors?

I'm asking because I've become seriously interested in learning more about how studios opperate. Whilst I don't see myself being in a position to ever open a studio I'd certainly be interested in putting together a portfolio and trying to land a role as a full-time shooter.

This is very speculative, maybe even a bit of a day dream but recently I've really found myself wanting to do something I love as a career instead of following the money and hating ever minute of it.

I realise it's hard work, and certainly not the path to riches - but it is doing something I love doing and I'm a very hard worker.

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To put it bluntly there are no staff jobs anymore. If you want to shoot as a carrer you will need to start your own business.

What camera people use when it comes to going FF or no depends on business model and what they are shooting.
 
Diadem said:
To put it bluntly there are no staff jobs anymore. If you want to shoot as a carrer you will need to start your own business.

What camera people use when it comes to going FF or no depends on business model and what they are shooting.
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Well that's unfortunate.

I was hoping I could volunteer somewhere, trade my time for tuition. I just can't foresee ever having the kind of cash it would take to start a high street studio.

I'm not sure I have what it takes to shoot weddings. I see some mediocre pictures from a lot of professional wedding photographers (when compared to some of the TP guys) and I just couldn't do it if I wasn't producing great shots, no matter how much money I was earning.
 
Some studios might let you work for them (free or paid... hmmm, free isn't really work but anyway) however lots will think they are training up the competition so can be hard. If you want to get into the photography game, decide what you want to do (sounds like portraits) and learn, use friends, study (books, youtube vids, here etc) and build your skills. At the early stages a lot of things are about building your skills than camera being full frame or not, you need to understand posing, lighting, composition etc. Also, a studio isn't key, there are people going for the natural, location shoots now (I have a family this weekend for this) so you might look at that route.
 
They use all kinds of cameras from medium/large format down, I know one thats happily using a 550d with no problems.
It's going to depends a certain extent on your output, if your going for big high-end customers you'll need good gear, a small town centre with 8x10s and pretty much anything will cope.
 
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Well that's unfortunate.

I was hoping I could volunteer somewhere, trade my time for tuition. I just can't foresee ever having the kind of cash it would take to start a high street studio.

I'm not sure I have what it takes to shoot weddings. I see some mediocre pictures from a lot of professional wedding photographers (when compared to some of the TP guys) and I just couldn't do it if I wasn't producing great shots, no matter how much money I was earning.
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As mark1616 said just learn on you own its how most folk do it. Joining a photography club will help. You could try getting assisting jobs but even that can be difficult but worth looking into.
 
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i know alot of them use crop and in the past couple years all i hve seen is nikon d200.
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Yup. Friend of mine is a part time model and when she sent me her latest shots (and she looked very very good...) I was a bit surprised to see that they'd been taken with a D200.
 
D200 aint a bad choice if its only used in a studio for turn an burn stuff. Cheap to replace at £350 a pop, excellent from a business point of view.

Wouldn't want to use one in any other situation tho as things have moved on so much.
 
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