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I'm moving to North Carolina in April... I think
So a couple of things I am wondering. 1. I have never lived in an area where humidity was a major factor. I've heard the area I am going to is very humid. How does this affect (if at all) cameras and equipment? 2. I won't have a studio right away. What is the climate like there? Can you shoot outdoors year round? Dec 11 05 09:18 pm Link It is a wonderful place. The weather is largely wonderful and the people are great. I did a shooting trip there in 1999 and shot 23 models in ten days (of course I paid them all so they were a bit easier to find). The nice thing about that part of the country is that within 400 miles you have millions and millions of people. There are lots of opportunties. Enjoy your move. Dec 11 05 10:11 pm Link Thanks for the reply Alan. But Oh Man! This is embarassing! No models in North Carolina want to shoot with me? I might as well just sell my camera phone and become a tobacco farmer! Dec 12 05 04:40 pm Link There are plenty of models in N.C . I have a best friend in Raleigh,and she is a sought after model. I would work with ya if need be *~MUAH~* Dec 12 05 04:51 pm Link John... you are one silly billy goat. If you move... that means no more shooting with me and we both know how terribly horrible and damaging that could be to you  ~Dec 12 05 04:53 pm Link Gotta warn you that I have a friend who moved from NYC to North Carolina (Raleigh) and got so bored there that she then fled for a few years on a UN mission in war-torn and underdeveloped East Timor... Good luck. I'm moving to Cyprus in the Meditteranean next year and fear I'll find far fewer models there than you will in North Carolina. Dec 12 05 04:57 pm Link Ok enough! North Carolina is my home state and the girls are prettier NO where else! Raleigh is home to NC State (Go Wolfpack)-even people in Cali have heard of Jim Valvano? Raleigh is part of the Research Triangle Park and Chapel Hill is home to that OTHER college (UNC). There is also Duke University. Raleigh has several private women's college (Meredith for one) and they do not allow ugly girls to go to Peace College!  Greensboro is home to a branch of UNC. I am going there this weekend to do a shoot. NC has ALL four seasons so you get variety. You are never too far from the beach, or lakes, or mountains. It gets hot in the summer but that and traffic sure beats Atlanta. Raleigh is a VERY cultural city with symphonies and theatres. You just won't get the NYC traffic! Hope I have convinced you it is a great place to be! Ken Dec 12 05 05:04 pm Link JvR wrote: Well, good luck in Cyprus. Watch out for land mines. That war they had a few years ago was brutal! Dec 12 05 05:09 pm Link Brandy wrote: You know damn well I'd fly your ass to NC.. In fact, one of the first things I did when I found out I am probably gonna be moving there was look and see how much a plane ticket from Vegas was.. It's only like $30 more.. Dec 12 05 05:11 pm Link John Jebbia wrote: Ooooh, John tell me when she arrives! Dec 12 05 05:13 pm Link nrvphotography wrote: Will do.. I gotta make sure she earns her keep. Dec 12 05 05:14 pm Link nrvphotography wrote: I have been researching places to shoot out there and it seems like NC has it all. I've already found quite a few places I would like to shoot. I get so bored here in Az where we have desert... and... desert.. and more desert! Dec 12 05 05:17 pm Link John Jebbia wrote: LOL thats like a 6 hour flight... better make it a three day weekend ;0 Dec 12 05 05:17 pm Link Brandy wrote: Gladly! Dec 12 05 05:19 pm Link Brandy wrote: Ah, but you GAIN a couple of hours on the way home! Dec 12 05 05:40 pm Link I always moved away but keep coming back, I'm here to stay. Great place to live and raise a family. Lots of location to shoot. If your looking to make a living as a fashion photographer here you might think twice. Good commercial and editorial work can be found. As far as humidity, you get use to it. Dec 13 05 10:39 am Link Bryan Regan Photography wrote: I'll second that post. Not a place that I would call a cultural mecca - especially insofar as fashion/artistic photography goes, but theres plenty of commercial and editorial work to be found - an added bonus if thats already your bread & butter. Definetly alot of diversity w. regards to locations to shoot at as well. Insofar as humidy related problems, I've only had some freak incidents w. a few peices of very old gear, but nothing that planning and attention can't mend. Just expect the weather to be unpredictable! Dec 13 05 11:04 am Link Brandy wrote: John, are you sure you can't get Brandy to move out here with you? In North Carolina, she'd be only a few hours away by car and I could shoot with her too! Dec 13 05 08:53 pm Link ADG Photography wrote: I'm sure I couldn't talk her into that. She doesn't like me THAT much. Dec 14 05 12:57 am Link ADG Photography wrote: LOL the south is too south for me... Georgia and Tennessee were a little too much for me in May.... that humidty is something else! Dec 14 05 01:02 am Link what part of NC are you looking to move to? Dec 14 05 01:15 am Link Greensboro or High Point.. That part is a little up in the air. Dec 14 05 01:17 am Link So, John, I propose you start a SIGN UP Sheet to have a photo session with Brandy! I'll sign it! (Even though she said she would shoot with that p'grapher in Georgia and not me-sigh [ I mean, CALHOUN?-I used to live in Gwinnett Co.] ). Ken Dec 14 05 12:42 pm Link John Jebbia wrote: Yeah, I know about those land mines. My wife is going to work there with the UN peacekeeping mission, so I should know, right? Dec 14 05 04:07 pm Link |
