I'm going to be a photography assistant in the studio. Are there any hidden rules in the industry? And how to get along with photographers?

As the name implies, a photography assistant is a photographer's assistant.

Help photographers who assist in the formal shooting work to complete the shooting work. According to different photography industries, there are also photography assistants with different jobs. Even for the same photography work, there may be many photography assistants with different division of labor, such as portrait wedding photos, portraits and other indoor photography work. Generally, there are three photography assistants, specifically lighting photography assistant and modeling photography assistant, and the other one is responsible for some assistant work except lighting and modeling.

Outdoor photography assistants do many kinds of work, such as landscape photography. Some big professional photographers will invite many assistants, and there are also many specific jobs, such as equipment assistants, equipment management or equipment during hiking, and photometry assistants. Of course, these complicated tasks can be done by many people or one person.

In fact, the photography assistant is the photographer's reserve team. Being a good photographer will help you understand the profession of photographer. You must first know your photographer's shooting style. If a photographer's shooting style is decided, he will like his assistant to set the lighting and modeling according to his style. If you have your opinions, you'd better communicate with your photographer in private. The photographer doesn't like his assistant interrupting his thinking when shooting.

In addition, the photography assistant should know the performance of the equipment you use. Just like a photographer, you should have an effect picture in your mind before you use the light. Even in digital photography, you should repeatedly study and measure the position and index of the light, so as to ensure that your photographer has a high success rate of pressing the shutter. Don't ask questions such as "Is the lighting position ok" and "Is the indicator appropriate" at work. These questions are all done by the photography assistant for the photographer.

Many photographers start as assistant photographers.