Olympic Volleyball Player Magazine Shoot Assisting for Todd Stone

Todd Stone, is a professional photographer that is partnered with Peter Dokus at the LA Lofts. Peter introduced me to him as an intern and suggested that I work with him on any shoots he has locally. And he already had something for me. A location shoot in Laguna Beach for a sports magazine, shooting an Olympic gold medalist for volleyball. Todd wanted me to be a Tech/grip assistant for the shoot. My job was to upload the cf card to the computer and file each look in a different folder, at the same time checking sharpness, and keeping the packs & heads running and out of the sand and water.

When I got there, we unpacked, I set up the lighting and the camera as well as the laptop. We did some test shots then got shooting. We set up a dive shot. It required us to be close to the water with the equipment so I had to be careful about where things electronic were placed. After that shot, we went to a sand court and he did some action shots.

After the shoot, we packed up everything and I headed home.