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Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

Are You A Messy ......

Are you a messy painter or photographer.

Do you make a mess when you paint.
Or are you a perfectionist everything in its place.

Or are you a messy photographer .
All your equipment everywhere or are you meticulous a very tidy person .

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Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

I myself am a tidy person everything has a place as long as it is on my painting trolley.
My easel goes on the top and everything underneath in the trays.
Ready for me to sit and create.
I am not meticulous as long as it's all on my trolley I'm happy.
If something is getting low my paint etc I order another before I run out.
I have some order.
I would hate to run out of a paint colour I needed.
And I am not a messy painter I hardly make a mess.
No one would know I have been painting, they would only know by the canvas on my easel.
The trolley I use is my hairdressing trolley I used when I use to run my own hairdressing salon it is perfect for my painting creativities.

 

John Twynam

1 Year Ago

Generally, I like to keep my stuff neatly packed away in my photography backpack. A place for everything, and everything in its place - that way, I know where I can find things when I need them. I don't usually carry the backpack with me on hikes though, so I grab what I need and put it in my pockets first. But when I'm back, everything goes back into the bag.

 

Philip Preston

1 Year Ago

Hate to admit it, but messy probably describes me quite well. I know what camera gear I have, just not sure where some of it is. My most used equipment is usually kept in a couple of camera bags, but the less frequently used stuff, well that could be anywhere!

 

Joy Watson

1 Year Ago

Neat with my camera, gear plus bag. Always kept in the same place and the battery charged.

 

Jodi DiLiberto

1 Year Ago

Messy, I'm afraid. My easel is near a window and I've gotten paint on the curtain many times. It's a colorful curtain, now! Same with the rug. I just can't worry about it, or stop to clean it while I'm painting. I've gotten paint in my hair, too.

 

Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

Thanks for your stories so far .

Jodi your paint in your hair reminds me one time after painting I walked pass a mirror and realised I had a large paint mark on my nose.
Funny thing was I had a parcel delivered 5 mins earlier postie was to polite to say anything lol.

 

Bradford Martin

1 Year Ago

I am messy and also need to make more room for stuff. I have 3 cameras that I use regularly. One full frame dslr for commercial work, one crop frame, which usually has my big lens attached, and one mirrorless crop frame, which is mainly for commercial food photography, which is largely for web use. The little mirrorless is also for casual use and hikes In addition I have lots of lighting gear, tripods, stands and backdrops.

I tend to keep 2 tripods in my trunk. They have different heads, one is geared and one with a gimbal. I as keep 2 medium light stands in the trunk.

I have a bag dedicated to real estate photography. This is nice expensive Tenba bag that has no hardware that can scratch. It holds my 16-35mm lens and 2 flashes at all times as well as radio triggers for camera and flash and spare batteries.

I have a bag dedicated to food photography. This holds my Z50 mirrorless. I generally do it handheld so a nice light camera is helpful. It is especially useful for getting straights down on a large pizza, with the camera way over my head. Here of course. the flip up viewfinder and light weight are an advantage. I also have to light flashes that stay in that bag. It also carries some tape and some cloth napkins as well as spare batteries. All my bags have cases with sd cards. I also keep a case with sd cards by my computer. If I take a card out of the camera, another goes in right then and there.

I have a bag that holds my Nikon D7500 and a 200-500mm lens and teleconverter. It also has a spare battery and a small card case. This is a soft case. I might someday get a hard case to hold the soft case.

I walk out the door with these 3 bags. That way I am ready for whatever the day brings. I get last minute shoots and i don't want to have to run home. I like to do some bird photography or ship photography before or after my commercial work.

I have several other bags. One carries the other lenses I may need. I have one that is my casual bag for my mirrorless. That whole kit is amazingly small and light. It carries the bare essential when I just want to take a walk in town or on the beach or to take family photos. I also use it for hikes where I am not doing bird photography. I sold my backpack bag. It didn't fit my lifestyle.

I have a pelican case, which is for airline travel. Right now it holds my phone gimbal, as I am not flying much.

I have a lot of lighting gear and diffusers, which mostly stay in the bedroom closet. I hate using that stuff. The softboxes have their own cases. I also have a bag with hundreds of little parts I need for studio work,

In addition for my food work I carry about 10 hard surface backdrops. I have a real nice bag for that and I also keep some foam core pieces for fill light in there. I have an artist portfolio for the same thing, so I don't have to carry every backdrop into every job.

So basically I fight my messy habits with dedicated bags and lots of redundancy. I also have a case for drone stuff.. My music gear is a whole other thing.



 

Mike Savad

1 Year Ago

As a photographer, you have expensive gear, it has to be organized. You can't be fumbling around a bag looking for stuff, everything has to go back where put it last. That said, my desk is kind of a mess. Which is good, because its the sign of a busy and creative mind.


----Mike Savad

 

Mike Savad

1 Year Ago

Oh and in the shop, its a pile for everything and everything in its pile.


----Mike Savad

 

Jason Fink

1 Year Ago

I keep everything in my bag... but I'd hesitate to call it neat or orderly!

 

L A Feldstein

1 Year Ago

I am a messy painter; it's one of the main reasons I use watercolor -- easy to clean up. Getting fingerprints or hand prints on my work is a constant problem.

 

Roger Swezey

1 Year Ago

When I'm at work, and that could be anything, I'm a SLOB

When I'm concentrated on the job in front me, I ignore the mess I leave behind me.

Come Hell or High Water, that task will be done.

And my place looks like Hell after the completion


Edit:

By the way, at my age, I'm now developing "dropsy" and since bending over is becoming more and more difficult, I wait until there's enough stuff on the ground before I bother to pick that stuff up, all at once.

 

Rudy Umans

1 Year Ago

I am a Virgo. Silly question

 

Sv Bell

1 Year Ago

I guess some would say I am a messy painter. My tools and supplies are all over the place but I have a separate work space from my living place. My studio occupy the entire garage behind the house.

 

Sv Bell

1 Year Ago

If you're curious to see a really messy painter studio, Google the work space of Francis Bacon.

 

Robert Yaeger

1 Year Ago

Messy and neat. Then messy and neat. Then messy and neat.
I feel the need to straighten up my mess after the creative process.

 

Tina LeCour

1 Year Ago

I've always been a little messy and a little neat, but I feel the messy makes things more interesting!!

 

Phyllis Beiser

1 Year Ago

My home and yard are very neat and clean. My art room, a total disaster area. LOL

 

David Ilzhoefer

1 Year Ago

I'll admit it.... a mess......

 

Dave Bowman

1 Year Ago

Tidy. My cameras are the tools of my trade. It wouldn't serve me well to mistreat them.

 

The thing about cleaning up an art studio is, much like your house, three years later you have to do it all over again.

 

Val Arie

1 Year Ago

I am only messy if the medium is.

 

Jodi DiLiberto

1 Year Ago

Angela, that's really funny!

 

Joseph C Hinson

1 Year Ago

Totally messy and unorganized. I have to make sure and then double check all my gear is in my bag along with battery charger. When I'm in a car and we're going from photo spot to phot spot, cameras get placed in backseats or on floorboards. Lens are between seats or if they're small enough in pockets to jeans or cargo shorts. My disorganization shows itself more in the way I keep files on my computer or external hard drives. I have come up with a good way to name the files. (Location, file number from camera, camera model and pixel size) but the way I store them in folders is pretty haphazard. Being able to look up the file number has saved my butt repeatedly. It's not a surprise I am so disgorganized with my filing system as I am pretty disorganized in my life to boot.

 

Doug Swanson

1 Year Ago

Two "kits" necessary for my photography, one is the side bag (actually a laptop carrier) I carry around, which has camera, a couple lenses and some small stuff. The other is for editing, which has my Mac laptop, a couple cables and several small detachable SSD's for archiving and backup, as well as a detachable DVD player if I'm in the mood to use that. The printer is on a shelf in the basement, gets used a few times each year. I'm big on equipment minimalism.

 

Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

Thank you all for your contributions I haven't had chance to read all of them yet but thank you very much.
I will definitely read through them all tomorrow.

 

Lisa Kaiser

1 Year Ago

I'm insanely messy. Every Friday, I reset and clean and organize.

 

Elton Eveningred

1 Year Ago

well, i must say it is a must for me to be organized with my photography stuff, lenses, filters, batteries all have there place in my back pack, if not i woud totally be lost in the field..lol

 

Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

Thank you all for your contributions so far, great reads.
I have managed to read them all today.

The funny thing is both creative works whether painting or photography can be messy and disorderly.
And some more than others lol.
And some of us quite precise in everything in its place.
We all work differently.

It's good to hear everyone's input because we are all human.

As I say I always make sure I have every paint colour I require, the basic primary colours, and then I mix them to produce others. I would hate to run out.

As a photographer ( which I am not ) I can only imagine how aggravating it would be if I was out and about and found a great picture moment and didn't have my camera. Aargh.
Has that happened to anyone.



 

Dave Bowman

1 Year Ago

"As a photographer ( which I am not ) I can only imagine how aggravating it would be if I was out and about and found a great picture moment and didn't have my camera. Aargh.
Has that happened to anyone."

Yes, just yesterday when my dog posed in a field full of flowers and I didn't even have my phone camera with me. She doesn't pose very often so it was a rare opportunity missed.

 

Dora Hathazi Mendes

1 Year Ago

I am not a messy painter, but my house is very messy :/ ... I would like the opposite way

 

Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

dave bowman

A dog posing in a field of flowers would of been great.
Hopefully you will get another opportunity.


 

Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

Jodi

I wish the postman had told me I had a spot of paint on my face though lol black mark across the nose.

My advice to any other painters after painting check your face.
Especially before going out.
Funny thing is it only happened once but I check my face ( when I remember).

 

"The funny thing is both creative works whether painting or photography can be messy and disorderly."

Trust me, I even find ways to make digital art messy.

 

Mary Bedy

1 Year Ago

I guess I'm neat - at least with the art and photography. When I was oil painting, I kept it to one very well lit counter in the basement at my previous house (where I had small children at the time). All paint tubes in one of those traditional wooden boxes. One paper pallet pad next to the table top easel. I did NOT spread out with it.

Quit painting over 30 years ago. Working mega hours raising kids, no time.

Photography - I have kept the digital equipment concise and neat. One body, three lenses and they all fit in one bag. I do remove the two extra lenses when I shoot ships, which makes the bag a lot lighter, but it's all in one place when it goes back in my closet. I have one box of collage supplies. All kept in one box and there are no strays. So I guess I'm on the neat side.

 

Angela Whitehouse

1 Year Ago

Thank you all for your comments.

Very appreciated , it's a great insight finding out how others work.

Angela

 

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