Photographers Dealing with COVID-19 By Paul Whitham LPSNZ
DESPITE THE FACT that we can’t really travel much outside of New Zealand, life here has returned to a degree of normality. The same can not be true in other parts of the world.
My older daughter lives in Melbourne and every year she gets a photo taken with Santa. She does this every year (even though she is now 36). When she looks back though her images 2020 is going to scream “Social Distancing”. In America those that are taking it seriously are finding doing shoots somewhat difficult. If you watch YouTube you will notice how mask wearing is becoming way more prevalent. But what do you do when you are a professional model and your work has all but dried up? Model Samantha Mathias, who is based in Indiana, realised that as it was possible to remote control a camera close up, it might be possible to do it over the internet. And that is exactly what she does. She positions the camera which the photographer controls remotely and then uses Zoom for the two to communicate. You can read more about and see a video of it in action at https://petapixel.com/2020/04/17/ model-lets-photographers-control-her-dslr-over-zoom-for-long-distance-photo-shoots/
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