Watch What Happens When a Photographer and Model Switch Roles

As photographers, we might spend our entire lives behind the camera without ever experiencing what it is really like to be the one in front of it. This fun and interesting video follows a photographer and model as they switch roles to see just how difficult life is on opposite sides of the camera.

Coming to you from Manny and Diana Ortiz, this great video follows them on a shoot in which Manny hands the camera over to Diana and she photographs him modeling. I've always thought it's important to try as many things as you can in life simply to understand what other people have to deal with so you can be a better colleague, friend, etc. My modeling career (which lasted all of 10 minutes) was a similar situation: I was asked to step in front of the camera after the client realized they also needed a few shots of a male model for a line of clothing. To say I had no idea what to do with myself would be an understatement: every picture looked like someone had just given me a lemon slice to suck on and I had also recently seen a ghost. It definitely gave me a new appreciation for just how hard a model's job is. It was also fun to see what life was like in front of the camera. Check out the video above to see how it went for Manny and Diana. 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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