TF Lessons Learned (Tiny Rant)

[Austin Greene]

I'd do it with 2 shots. One with the couple and one with the sparkler. Those folks would have to stand perfectly still for way too long to get a sharp image.

For what, all of 15-20 seconds?

Long time to hold a pose perfectly still. Especially one like they have, all bent over and stuff.

I didn't know what a burner was but it sounded like a burned out heavy duty partier.

Seems like TFP used to be a reasonable option but I don't know if it is so much anymore, there seem to be too many wannabees out there. If nothing else I'd think about having in your contract specifics on exactly what's expected, or maybe paid shoots is worth considering.

Better luck next time, you've at least helped other people avoid the same type thing by sharing your experience.

This is the first TF shoot I've done in a very long time, talk about putting a bad taste in your mouth. Usually all of my clients are paying clients, and I'm booked every weekend through April, but I was really hoping to slip some decent, less financially motivated work in on the side. Suppose I'll have to look up some other local talent, and be a bit more careful in my approach.

Hey now, don't just knock someone because they're a burner. I get if she wasn't the right look for your shots and she sounds like a mess of a person, but as a fellow burner )'( I want to make sure one bad apple doesn't ruin the bunch.

Oh I've got a lot of friends who would call themselves burners. Cool bunch of people. She was just, as you said, a mess. A very nice person, but not a professional model in any way as she touted herself to be.

 

[pixmedic]

I thought a "burner" was something you used once then thew away...
so...burner girl...sounds like fun.

 

[MOREGONE]

For the uninitiated - here is a video from Burning Man that touches on a lot of the different aspects.

 

[photoguy99]

Never have so many people tried so hard to get so much attention from so few..

It is a sad sad day when I can't make it through a video that is mainly hot girls wearing not much and dancing around.