What are the job contents of a photography assistant?

Photographer's assistant, assisting the photographer who is officially shooting to complete the shooting work.

Different photography industries have photography assistants with different jobs, even in the same photography job, there may be many photography assistants with different division of labor, such as portrait wedding photos, portraits and other indoor photography jobs. There are generally three kinds of photography assistants, specifically lighting photography assistants and modeling photography assistants, and the other is responsible for some assistant work except lighting and modeling.

Type of work:

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, a photographer's 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, shape and so on according to his style.

If you have your opinions, you'd better communicate with your photographer in private. Photographers don't like assistants interrupting his shooting ideas while taking pictures.