Comments on: Twilight And Brokeback Mountain Photographer Kimberley French Talks Movie Photography

By: Chad Currie

Chad Currie — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:24:00 +0000

I’ve been doing a lot of this lately for film student’s thesis films. I’ve had a lot of fun and I really enjoyed this interview; moreover, this genere of photography seems to the be unspoken child of photography, but one that so far I’ve really enjoyed.

By: RUSS

RUSS — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:38:00 +0000

Good stuff. Well done

By: Simon Lynch

Simon Lynch — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Not to be “that guy”, but you might want to read the part where she says she uses a “nikon 3Ds”…

I’m fairely certain she means D3s…

By: JohnMcGovern

JohnMcGovern — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Great Interview, amazing work, perfect inspiration!.

By: Antonio Carrasco

Antonio Carrasco — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Question for Kimberly French:

Set stills photography you generally work in a buyout agreement with the studio or production company, right? Meaning that you get paid a certain amount per day and the studio forever owns the rights to all the images you have shot. I know that set photographers make decent money, not crazy sums of money, but steady work, etc–usually a few hundred bucks a day.

In the past I had heard that photographers who shoot the movie posters get paid really high amounts for that one shot, or series of posters, because the studio values that one image so much to market the film.

So my question is this, when they pull you and the lead actors aside while on set and have you shoot the images that will end up on the movie posters (i.e. Brokeback Mountain), do you get paid a princely sum for that image that becomes the movie poster or have you already given up the rights and is that included in your daily wages as stills photographer?

Thanks for sharing. Your photos are inspiring. I hope this question isn’t too personal, but it’s something I have wondered about, as I have done some set stills work in the past.

By: Emily Hlavac Green

Emily Hlavac Green — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:38:00 +0000

Truly an inspiring interview. It is refreshing to hear a unique avenue of photography from a down-to-earth point of view. The meeting of photography and film is totally what I’m interested in. Damn, think I’ll have to move overseas!

By: Michael J Traynor

Michael J Traynor — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:23:00 +0000

Great interview. A long way from Gander, eh?

By: Lauren Athalia

Lauren Athalia — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:53:00 +0000

This is a great interview! I wasn’t even aware this field was out there. I would love to learn more. Are you looking for an intern Kimberly?

By: Christian Koss

Christian Koss — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:13:00 +0000

Best interview ever. Period.

By: Cathie Heart

Cathie Heart — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:39:00 +0000

I just wrote a comment on your other post about the gender divide in photography and found that you were the one who inspired me and introduced me to Kimberley French!

Thank you for doing that .. I love love love films and maybe this would be a great photography field for me to work in. I’m going to be researching more on this.