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I think I"ve discovered why photographers tend to be thin and well built. Primary lenses. I did an almost 6 hour, 15 model shoot at a party (7 sins party, I was vanity) back in january. Because of the lighting situation, I stuck with an 80mm fixed focal length f/1.4 lens and used my feet for zooms. After 6 hours, almost 2000 photos and about 5 miles of wear and tear on my feet, I realized that photography is a damned good way to get exercise.  Just thought I'd share. And yes, I lost almost five lbs that night. Mar 10 06 02:53 pm Link I lose weight when I work, but then I gain it back by eating skinny photographers. Mar 10 06 03:51 pm Link Models eat all my food :-p Mar 10 06 03:53 pm Link They tend be thin? Says you! Mar 10 06 03:56 pm Link Try photographing 100 screaming 0-5 year old kids 2 different poses with props and two different backgrounds, oh and did I mention you have to make sure you take the money shot at your first two frames and have to finish all of them in 3 hours.... Not only will you loose weight, but your hair will fall off. I did this for 2 years, I dunno how I did it and didn't loose much weight??? Beat that! LOL Back in the good old days photographers were thin because of inhaling too much chemicals in the lab. Mar 10 06 03:59 pm Link most professional photographers i know tend to have a gut. i mean, i don't see any overly obese photographers for the most part, but skinny? not quite. Mar 10 06 03:59 pm Link I know of a couple of photographers who must not work hard enough then. Mar 10 06 04:00 pm Link Ched wrote: lol Mar 10 06 04:01 pm Link S wrote: I know of a few models like that too. Mar 10 06 04:02 pm Link Speak for yourselves. I am mobbed wherever I go. I have to beat off models with a stick. Sexy beast! Mar 10 06 04:02 pm Link gexcel wrote: And here I thought it was from inhaling too many chemicals off a mirror.... Mar 10 06 04:04 pm Link I'm happily far from thin, and don't want to be. Mar 10 06 04:08 pm Link I am sort of skinny, but my kids eat all the food......plus some! Mar 10 06 04:17 pm Link I'm skinny, it's those pot belly shirts I keep buying! Mar 10 06 04:19 pm Link Don Jones wrote: good one! Mar 10 06 04:22 pm Link JNB Photography wrote: Yours too? Damn, I thought they just liked my cooking. Didn't know they were foraging everywhere. Andrew Fortson wrote: I guess you didn't go to the OMP Modelween thing at Avalon back in October. Mar 10 06 04:28 pm Link Careful now...you might upset some of those models who feel they're the only one who does any work during a shoot...you know, the ones who say all we do is point a camera and press a button... Mar 10 06 06:06 pm Link The ramen. It's affecting me. Mar 10 06 06:10 pm Link I shoot alot of weddings and am a very active photographer so i feel ya. I probably burn 1000 calories at a wedding. Luckily I was in the military until 2004 so at least I approach the job in great shape. That being said, a 10-13 hour wedding day does remind me of basic training Mar 10 06 06:11 pm Link skinny photographer right here, but i have nothing to chalk it up to rather than riding a bike everywhere and other impractical exercises. i get told to "eat a cheeseburger" every now and then, too. Mar 10 06 06:12 pm Link I know most fashion guys are thinner.. than other photogs.. I have noticed a LOT of heavy set wedding photographers. Mar 10 06 06:55 pm Link Stickboy Celebrity/fashion shooter here.I actually once put supermodel Ashley Richardson in a pair of my own leather pants for a shoot-We were both 6 foot 134 lbs. exactly the same at the time. Mar 10 06 07:48 pm Link The problem with me is if I'm working I live off ciggies and coffee...This is especially true with 'puter work.. Mar 12 06 05:45 pm Link Skinny cooks can't be trusted...oh, sorry, wrong forum. Mar 13 06 11:51 am Link I'm 5'2" and size 8, my boss is 5'9" and size 8! She gets it from having 3 children and doing yoga. We shoot mostly weddings and it's exhausting, for sure. But if I relied on photography to stay in shape, I'd look like the marshmallow man. Mar 13 06 11:56 am Link 5'6 and I wear women sizes 0-5. Why? Not because of photography. Because of genetics/metabolism. Mar 13 06 12:06 pm Link S wrote: HEY, I resemble that remark!!! I mean, resent...!? Mar 13 06 12:11 pm Link Actually, I do have 6-pack abs. I just carry my 6-pack in a padded cooler... Mar 13 06 12:14 pm Link Not sure about skinny... I would think that many photographers have good legs, since a lot of time is spent standing or squatting. I've been known to lay down, balance on tree limbs and other things to get the photo desired. I'm not rail thin, 190 lbs at 6 foot and short legs (32 inseam), hence long torso. I'd say not having a car and the resulting walking, biking, etc helps. And I'm not eating much meat or dairy, just managed to remove those. One thing that builds bulk is soda pop. So for the photographers wondering why they aren't on the skinny pages - check out how many potato chips, pop drank, quantity of meat/dairy. You'll find a higher correlation on that more than the work of being a photographer. Mar 13 06 12:17 pm Link lol i am a skinny photographer, and I was just on a outdoor shoot sunday shooting a model, she was on a rock in the river and there was a tree hanging over the river so I wrapped my legs around the tree and shot her hanging from the tree now if I fell that would of sucked but I didn't and I got some really cool shots soon to be on my port but not yet  Mar 13 06 12:21 pm Link |
