D. Brian Nelson wrote:
As fashion is usually shot from the models' hip-level anyway, I'd think shortness would be an advantage. 

But I'm not a model...

-D

I just had a shoot today with a normal height model and I did it all from a chair, I love it, if I was short I would have to stand!
M

Fat Puppy Studio wrote:
I guess the waist level view finder thingy on my camera needs to be used by someone who is 10' feet tall. What were those crazy camera folks thinking when they invented it. Silly me.

So I start this thread to get somefeedback from the ladies - and I get all these guy photogs throwing in their 2 cents ...Then I check the other related thread - and I see the same ...( but also a few shorter than high fashion height models)

Maybe I'll start a new discussion - "Models - what do you do when the photographer  beleives he can think and speak for you "

Oh sorry 'Fat Puppy " here is question to answer your question "What type of camera does the  great Fashion Photographer  Terry Richardson use and given this-what focusing limitations would he face   ..Oh and I dont think you are silly , just  jumpin to conclusions based on your own experience and equipment

Jay Dezelic wrote:
I don't see why the height of the photog is relevant to anything.  I suppose a taller photog may be a bit faster then a one with a stepladder in the situations where a high angle is necessary.  I think that there is a bigger difference between photogs who are in good shape vs those who are not just on the standpoint of mobility.  But it all depends on shooting style. I think every photog develops their own unique style based on their physical capability.

Good points ,and you are probably taller than most photogs being 6'1

Garry k wrote:

Fat Puppy Studio wrote:
I guess the waist level view finder thingy on my camera needs to be used by someone who is 10' feet tall. What were those crazy camera folks thinking when they invented it. Silly me.

So I start this thread to get somefeedback from the ladies - and I get all these guy photogs throwing in their 2 cents ...Then I check the other related thread - and I see the same ...( but also a few shorter than high fashion height models)

Maybe I'll start a new discussion - "Models - what do you do when the photographer  beleives he can think and speak for you "

Oh sorry 'Fat Puppy " here is question to answer your question "What type of camera does the  great Fashion Photographer  Terry Richardson use and given this-what focusing limitations would he face   ..Oh and I dont think you are silly , just  jumpin to conclusions based on your own experience and equipment

Garry k wrote:

So I start this thread to get somefeedback from the ladies - and I get all these guy photogs throwing in their 2 cents ...Then I check the other related thread - and I see the same ...( but also a few shorter than high fashion height models)

Maybe I'll start a new discussion - "Models - what do you do when the photographer  beleives he can think and speak for you "

Oh sorry 'Fat Puppy " here is question to answer your question "What type of camera does the  great Fashion Photographer  Terry Richardson use and given this-what focusing limitations would he face   ..Oh and I dont think you are silly , just  jumpin to conclusions based on your own experience and equipment

It should have occurred to you that photographers might know something about photography and how models should be shot. Would you ask artists models about the different types of brushes that painters use to paint them with? You can ask all the models this question that you like, but what the photographers are telling you is correct regardless. Have you ever seen the red carpet photos where the stars have distorted heads and bodies with foreshortened legs? That's the result of eye level or higher body shots, and that's the result no matter what any model or anyone else tells you. Models opinions or preferences don't change the laws of optics or perspective.... oddly enough...

Stanley wrote:
i love giant women.

I know Stanley , we all do

Garry k wrote:

I know Stanley , we all do

actually not being tall myself.. I love short women with nice boobs of course.. nice buns too.. great legs help.. tiny waist ok great...and a pretty face doesnt hurt any either. heres a great example! 

5' 2" people 5 - 2!!!!!! love little women with big.. hearts.

FabioTovar wrote:

Garry k wrote:
I know Stanley , we all do

actually not being tall myself.. I love short women with nice ....

I know Fabio , we all do

We just love those women period.

Garry k wrote:
would like to ask all the taller ( 5'9 plus ) fashion models what it is like working with shorter photographers

what height constitutes "short" for the photographer? less than your cited 5'9" model? and what about him/her getting up on a ladder or step-stool?

fml

Garry k wrote:

FabioTovar wrote:

Garry k wrote:
I know Stanley , we all do

actually not being tall myself.. I love short women with nice ....

I know Fabio , we all do

We just love those women period.

well i dont know about loving tall womens periods but ... what ever floats your boat.
wieeeeeeeeeeerd.

FML-Photography wrote:

what height constitutes "short" for the photographer? less than your cited 5'9" model? and what about him/her getting up on a ladder or step-stool?

fml

Yes model 5'9 or taller, photographer shorter than 5'9

Thuy Anh wrote:
i am 5'3" tall only... i climb on things, i stand on things, sometimes i have things set up for me to jump to and fro on, i get a pretty good workout with tall models sometimes. i also wear platforms sometimes and i also wear a lot of heels when i wear heels i get pretty close to their height sometimes but still need to tip toe sometimes, having done point in ballet helps a lot, so i just run around in my heels or jump and climb on things. i use the word sometimes a lot.

I would very much like to see that.  at least sometime.   5'3 and pretty

Garry k wrote:

Yes model 5'9 or taller, photographer shorter than 5'9

hmm ... well, i'm right at 5'9" so guess i can't say anything ...

Thuy Anh wrote:
i climb on things, i stand on things, sometimes i have things set up for me to jump to and fro on

... but yeah, i do move around a lot too: can be down on the floor one second, then on top of a ladder shooting off the ceiling the next.

kudos for ex-dancers (moi aussi) and athletic photographers!

fml

FML-Photography wrote:

hmm ... well, i'm right at 5'9" so guess i can't say anything ...


... but yeah, i do move around a lot too: can be down on the floor one second, then on top of a ladder shooting off the ceiling the next.

kudos for ex-dancers (moi aussi) and athletic photographers!

fml

How tall was the tallest female model you have worked with ? . Have you ever worked with any in the 6 foot plus range and how did that go?

FabioTovar wrote:
actually not being tall myself.. I love short women with nice boobs of course.. nice buns too.. great legs help.. tiny waist ok great...and a pretty face doesnt hurt any either. heres a great example! 

5' 2" people 5 - 2!!!!!! love little women with big.. hearts.

Is there something wrong with this Salma picture?  One, I have never seen her this skinny and secondly, doesn't her head look HUGE?  I just measure it and her top of head to chin is almost the same as her shoulders to belly-button.  Hmmm :-)

Back to subject.  I am 5'8 myself and I shoot some models as tall as 5'11 including one of my regulars who is 6'1.  Some shots I need a step stool.  But like mentioned above, various styles allow for looks that are amazing without needing height to get them.  Some others you would need to be 10 feet tall to get without a ladder.

Overall, the question, does it matter how tall a photog is?  In my mind, the final product is all that matters.  Tall, fat, skinny, short, ugly, good-looking, handicap, what ever.  The final product is all that matters.

Apfel Photography wrote:

FabioTovar wrote:
actually not being tall myself.. I love short women with nice boobs of course.. nice buns too.. great legs help.. tiny waist ok great...and a pretty face doesnt hurt any either. heres a great example! 

5' 2" people 5 - 2!!!!!! love little women with big.. hearts.

Is there something wrong with this Salma picture?  .....

Salma is a beauty and the photo is great . If you are the photographer  who took this  shot please keep it posted and post more ( because I do not see any of her on your website ) Otherwise please take it down - we can all look at her on the internet if we wish .....

Garry k wrote:

So I start this thread to get somefeedback from the ladies - and I get all these guy photogs throwing in their 2 cents ...Then I check the other related thread - and I see the same ...( but also a few shorter than high fashion height models)

Maybe I'll start a new discussion - "Models - what do you do when the photographer  beleives he can think and speak for you "

Oh sorry 'Fat Puppy " here is question to answer your question "What type of camera does the  great Fashion Photographer  Terry Richardson use and given this-what focusing limitations would he face   ..Oh and I dont think you are silly , just  jumpin to conclusions based on your own experience and equipment

I didn't have a question, but thank you. I thought your question was kind of fun, so I commmented, acknowledged, wasn't attempting to speak on models behalf. As to Terry Richardson, more power to him. And to answer your question with a question to the question...errr...he shot with a Yashica T4. He would encounter barrel distortion away from the center of the image at certain distances (the length of the lense being what it was, I think 40mm?) The autofocus was centerweighted, so lots of limitations there, not the multi-point autofocus SLR's of today).

What does get my goat is that you don't think I am silly. What's up with that?

Peace

Fat Puppy Studio wrote:

I didn't have a question, but thank you. I thought your question was kind of fun, so I commmented, acknowledged, wasn't attempting to speak on models behalf. As to Terry Richardson, more power to him. And to answer your question with a question to the question...errr...he shot with a Yashica T4. He would encounter barrel distortion away from the center of the image at certain distances (the length of the lense being what it was, I think 40mm?) The autofocus was centerweighted, so lots of limitations there, not the multi-point autofocus SLR's of today).

What does get my goat is that you don't think I am silly. What's up with that?

Peace

Actually Terry Richardson has shot most of his work using an old Instamatic....( which makes him even more remarkable as a Fashion photographer )

Why would not thinking you are silly -get your goat ?

Garry k wrote:

Actually Terry Richardson has shot most of his work using an old Instamatic....( which makes him even more remarkable as a Fashion photographer )

Why would not thinking you are silly -get your goat ?

Just having fun, and learning something new everyday, didn't realize it was an old instamatic. I know he used different cameras for different things. Anyway, its been a fun thread.

FabioTovar wrote:

I would very much like to see that.  at least sometime.   5'3 and pretty

awww thanks, i actually run around in heels almost everyday, so anyone that sees me will see me in all of my cute little heels. i'm addicted to them O_O

Garry k wrote:
How tall was the tallest female model you have worked with ? . Have you ever worked with any in the 6 foot plus range and how did that go?

6'2" ...

would occasionally have slight difficulty getting a full-length in the studio (had two wells, both fairly deep) - question of lenses & perspectives - but still, somehow everything always worked out.

oh, other, in Paris for example, a number of agencies said she was too tall. granted, most designers like 5'9" - 5'11" for females; wardrobe question.

FML