PLAN B, C, AND D

Always have a backup plan because, while something will ALWAYS go wrong, the shoot must go on. You’ll thank yourself for preparing for the worst and having a backup plan to your backup plan. There are lovely, dedicated, professional, trustworthy people, and there are flaky people. And sometimes even professionals have unexpected things come up. Relying on others can be trying at times: People are late, cancel the night before, or just don’t show up; models get double-booked or don’t look like their casting photo; equipment breaks; locations flood; animals escape; the stylist fights with the assistant; it rains on an outdoor shoot; the light is bad; someone gets hurt. Any number of things can happen that you cannot anticipate. ...

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