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Crafty Angler · 04-27-2004, 10:41 PM

I know all about it - one year Mrs Crafty and I did all the small product photography for a well-known toy company's R & D projects just before Toy Fair in NYC - that was nuts.

Prototype toys not yet in production being Fedexed in from Chinese manufacturers and shot within minutes of their arrival at a blistering pace. Shoot all day, edit most the nite, get up and shoot again first thing in the morning.

The best part of the whole thing - aside from money - was getting to work with the AD who had quite a pedigree in the business, and the stylist who was one of the developers of the Cabbage Patch Kids. Great guys to work with - and thank God the stylist was good with child models. After the first week I just wanted to smack 'em with a light-stand.

I guess was a Grumpy Young Phart, too...no sense in changin' now.

Food photography is even worse - you can barely make enough to keep up with the liquor bills after you're done.

Anyway, nice job on the styling - you really do have a good eye.

And as for being anal, you gotta be. That comes with the territory. You'd be a lousy photographer - or graphics designer, artist or plug-maker - if you weren't.

04-27-2004, 10:41 PM	#8
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	I know all about it - one year Mrs Crafty and I did all the small product photography for a well-known toy company's R & D projects just before Toy Fair in NYC - that was nuts. Prototype toys not yet in production being Fedexed in from Chinese manufacturers and shot within minutes of their arrival at a blistering pace. Shoot all day, edit most the nite, get up and shoot again first thing in the morning. The best part of the whole thing - aside from money - was getting to work with the AD who had quite a pedigree in the business, and the stylist who was one of the developers of the Cabbage Patch Kids. Great guys to work with - and thank God the stylist was good with child models. After the first week I just wanted to smack 'em with a light-stand. I guess was a Grumpy Young Phart, too...no sense in changin' now. Food photography is even worse - you can barely make enough to keep up with the liquor bills after you're done. Anyway, nice job on the styling - you really do have a good eye. And as for being anal, you gotta be. That comes with the territory. You'd be a lousy photographer - or graphics designer, artist or plug-maker - if you weren't.
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.