REVISED W/ CONTRACT INFO Is this a fair offer for an on location job?

[expatinasia]

Re: Is this a fair offer for an on location job?

So I got the contract today... if I have a uniform, I could be on the field taking pictures... But I don't have a uniform, so I will ultimately be in a tower...

Oh come on! This is part of being a photographer, you do what you have to do to get the best pics from the job you are given, so get a uniform!!

Surely you can make, rent or borrow one!

 

[jdramirez]

Re: Is this a fair offer for an on location job?

So I got the contract today... if I have a uniform, I could be on the field taking pictures... But I don't have a uniform, so I will ultimately be in a tower...

Oh come on! This is part of being a photographer, you do what you have to do to get the best pics from the job you are given, so get a uniform!!

Surely you can make, rent or borrow one!

The uniform isn't easy to find. It's not like it is Halloween time and I just need to get a Spongebob outfit. This is the 150th anniversary of the Battle at Gettysburg. 30,000+ people are coming in and are going to flood a pretty small town. I'm SURE some have been planning this trip for 5 years.

The rules for reenactors require that they have period style eyeglasses (wire rims). So I'm guessing buy a bluish grey long sleeve t-shirt will fly.

I want to get closer to the action... I thought we would have a chance to do so if we worse muted colors... but nope. And maybe I can rent the one costume that is in my size that wasn't reserved by the other 30,000 people.

Having said that... I agree with you... I wanted to be in the thick of things... and I don't want spectator positioning.

 

[Ripley]

Well, what happened?

 

[tron]

I would never agree giving up the rights but it's your call. What has happened ?

 

[jdramirez]

Well, what happened?

I went out with my best gear... I shot from the fringes of the action because I didn't have anything that was even close to being consider period specific, and most of my photos were... ehhh... meh... ok... good... but not anything that I would really fight tooth and nail for.

Part of it was shooting from the fringes... the other part is that it is really difficult to recreate the sense that you might die during a reenactment. Heck... no blood, no guts, it just simply was a tough venue when you weren't embedded in the action.

There were some shots the other team members got that were WOW (as viewed on a 3inch lcd screen), but I didn't even see any compelling images that warranted being captured.

So there I was... having a GREAT time... getting paid a little, getting treated much better than the paying patrons, getting free water, free potato chips, free peanut butter crackers, primo shooting from the fringes, and chit chatting a great group of guys.

Honestly... I got a great experience out of it... and the publisher got about 1000 photos using pro levlel gear, but that were ok. It painted a picture of the battle, but not of the depth of emotion and feeling.

Oh... and I got primo parking and rides on a golf cart to/from wherever I wanted on the battlefield.

So I had fun and I'd do it again... but I'd make a stop at ye old goodwill and see if I could find something that was period specific so I could get up close to the action.

 

[Ripley]

Well, what happened?

I went out with my best gear... I shot from the fringes of the action because I didn't have anything that was even close to being consider period specific, and most of my photos were... ehhh... meh... ok... good... but not anything that I would really fight tooth and nail for.

Part of it was shooting from the fringes... the other part is that it is really difficult to recreate the sense that you might die during a reenactment. Heck... no blood, no guts, it just simply was a tough venue when you weren't embedded in the action.

There were some shots the other team members got that were WOW (as viewed on a 3inch lcd screen), but I didn't even see any compelling images that warranted being captured.

So there I was... having a GREAT time... getting paid a little, getting treated much better than the paying patrons, getting free water, free potato chips, free peanut butter crackers, primo shooting from the fringes, and chit chatting a great group of guys.

Honestly... I got a great experience out of it... and the publisher got about 1000 photos using pro levlel gear, but that were ok. It painted a picture of the battle, but not of the depth of emotion and feeling.

Oh... and I got primo parking and rides on a golf cart to/from wherever I wanted on the battlefield.

So I had fun and I'd do it again... but I'd make a stop at ye old goodwill and see if I could find something that was period specific so I could get up close to the action.

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing.