1. Great attitude
2. Great attitude
3. Hard working
4. Knowledge of technical/equipment
5. Great personality
Notice photo school is not on here, nor is 10 years experience, nor are a lot of things you might expect. For the newest assistant on the team, I’d way prefer to have simply a great attitude, be a hard worker, have an open mind, and a working knowledge of most things photo. And do note, this is is not for a first or second assistant. I have those on staff (you guys rock), but if I didn’t, I would only look to tweak the description above to put ‘knowledge of technical/equipment’ up one notch just below just one ‘great attitude’ and one ‘hard working’.
You get the picture. There’s actually a lot of information to take away from this…
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…post. Hope we those interested can read between the lines. Happy Friday. Have a great weekend.
Hi Chase,
When have a second I was wondering if you could answer a few questions for me. I was wondering what you look for in assistant before you hire them, esp. if they have just graduated from school. I live in Montreal and I am ready to adventure into the world of assisting. I know times are touch with the recession, so I would just like some input from a successful photographer and there requirements on hiring a fresh new assistant from graduated from school.
Thanks for you informative blog!
Enjoy life!
Best,
NIkol Mikus
Hello,
I’m just starting to get into photography more seriously (planning on going pro as quick as possible) and I’ve been studying this website in order to get technicalities covered: http://photographycourse.net/
So I was wondering whether this website shows and explains all the knowledge of technical/equipment required for an assistant (and photographer).
Apart from that I got all the other points you mentioned nailed 😀 Love doing my best, being nice to people and I’m always eager to learn new things.
Could you (or anyone professioned in the craft) please take a quick look at the site and tell me whether it’s good enough to teach all the skills necessary?
Cheers,
Ines
I feel like I look in all of the wrong places for jobs as an assistant. All of the promising jobs seem to be in New York or Los Angeles.I do not want to live in a city! The idea of opening my own studio is daunting and I’d love to start off by watching someone else but I am not sure where to look. Any ideas?
I have an extremely strong passion for photography. I feel I’m too young to get anywhere at the moment.(14) I live in the UK so I may not be ideal for this job, but I think I just need some good advice from a pro. I love nature photography and hopefully I might get somewhere in the photography business.