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CaptureTek crew are hand-selected, and personally trained by the founder, and "Head Geek" of CaptureTek, Mir Lada. Each understands and adheres to the highest levels of professionalism, knowledge, reliability, friendliness, creativity, and enthusiasm that are the cornerstones of all CaptureTek crew. CaptureTek guarantees your satisfaction with all crew, and wants your feedback on working with them. In the rare instance that something may not be to your satisfaction, and services are not delivered as outlined, we will step in and make things right, instantly. You don't get that with working with independent freelancers.
In working with a CaptureTek crew member, you will be given a short, one-time agreement to sign, to eloborate on responsibilities of crew and client. You will also receive a project sheet for every job to provide essential details to make sure we have suggested the right person for the job. Furthermore, we fully prep them for the specific challenges of your project. Click on below crew type for more details.
If you book a crew member for at least 5 consecutive weekdays, a 10% discount can be granted upon request. If you book a crew member for at least 20 days within a one-month period, a 20% discount can be granted upon request.
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The General Photo Assistant has experience working in our studio and has gone through other formal education and working experiences in the field. Often referred to as "second" or "third" assistant, the General Photo Assistant is most comfortable in being given specific instructions to execute, rather than high-level problem solving and anticipatory preparation activities. If only using one assistant at this level, the photographer should have an excellent grasp of how the equipment and workflows function, thinking of the assistant as a helping hand, carrying, rigging, cabling, setting up and striking, and checking captures for focus and framing. With such a low price, it is often a good idea just to have an extra set of eyes and hands to make the job easier. The General Photo Assistant should not be responsible for organising critical digital workflow, captures and archives, especially in the first time working with that assistant and gear setup.
Has familiarity with:
Canon and Nikon digital SLR's, Speedotron lighting, Chimera light modifiers.
Adobe Photoshop CS5, Phase One Capture One Pro 6, Adobe Lightroom 6
Includes: No extra equipment or additional support is provided.
Rate details:
Day rate is $100 per 8 hour shoot day and includes up to one hour travel to and from location, from their residence, for a total work day of 10 hours. Travel expenses not paid by production directly are to be reimbursed by the production within 24 hours to the assistant. A meal is to be provided at least every 6 hours, with a minimum 30 min break for each meal. An additional minimum 5 minute break at least every 2 hours should also be provided. Booked, non-refundable overtime beyond 8 hours on set is $15 per hour, and emergency overtime is double that. Meals and breaks are not excluded from time worked, unless it is beyond that which is listed.
Out of town / overnight productions are $150 per day, up to 12 hours on set, with $30 per hour for overtime beyond that. Travel time is paid at $150 per day, and starts when they leave their residence to when they return. Partial days beyond the first day are $30 per hour up until day rate is hit. All travel, accommodations and meals (at least 3 per day) are provided by the production.
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The First (senior) Assistant is one who has at least several years experience doing shoots themselves, and has assisted a number of other photographers. Often referred to as "first assistant", this experienced individual engages high-level problem solving and executes anticipatory preparation activities. In booking a first assistant, you should provide details of your production, including layouts, shot lists, and gear lists, to make sure the first assistant has full knowledge of the production and equipment. The first assistant has greater experience using more esoteric camera controls and more experience with different types of lighting systems and modifiers. First Assistants have a full Ontario driver's license, and can also be counted on to do second unit shooting, with your creative and direction, if need be.
The First Assistant can do some light production and coordination, as well as some light capture management, rough compositing or basic retouching.
Has good knowledge of:
All gear rented through CaptureTek; which are the most popular brands and models, as well as some very specialized gear.
Adobe Photoshop CS4, Phase One Capture One Pro 5, Adobe Lightroom 2, Hasselblad Phocus 2, Leaf Capture 11, Nikon Capture NX 2, Nikon Camera Control Pro 2, Canon Digital Photo Professional 3.8
Includes: No extra equipment or support is provided.
Rate details:
Day rate is $200 per 8 hour shoot day and includes up to one hour travel to and from location, from the assistant's residence, for a total work day of 10 hours. Travel expenses not paid by production directly are to be reimbursed by the production within 24 hours to the assistant. A meal is to be provided at least every 6 hours, with a minimum 30 min break for each meal. An additional minimum 5 minute break at least every 2 hours should also be provided. Booked, non-refundable overtime beyond 8 hours on set is $25 per hour and emergency overtime is double that. Meals and breaks are not excluded from time worked.
Out of town / overnight productions are $300 per day, up to 12 hours on set, with $50 per hour for overtime beyond that. Travel time is paid at $300 per day and starts when they leave their residence to when they return. Partial days beyond the first day are $50 per hour up until day rate is hit. All travel, accommodations and meals (at least 3 per day) are provided by the production.
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The Digital Technician (aka digital tech) is one who has substantial experience with medium format digital backs; fine adjustments and calibrations of camera and software systems; can trouble-shoot OS X Macs and has been involved in lens and camera testing at CaptureTek. The Digital Tech excels at organizing, naming and archiving workflows, and has excellent RAW processing and RAW correction skills. The tech can also calibrate monitors and printers, on Mac systems, and create ColorSync profiles for them. Some of our techs use Windows machines themselves, or have extensive experience with them, and can use them in capture workflow. If you need to use Windows machines in your workflow, please tell us and we will suggest a "Windows first" tech.
If you have never used a medium format camera or digital back and don't have the opportunity for one-on-one or group training by Mir Lada, then you really should book a digital tech, as they will make sure everything goes smoothly on the digital end.
Digital techs should not be expected to provide general assisting while managing captures or doing any pre-or post-shoot activity, unless they have done all the work, and have nothing else left to do.
The digital tech can also do some rough compositing, or light retouching, if needed. The digital tech will suggest capture and archiving workflows that match your level of acceptable risk.
Capturetek's digital techs also provide extra value and security, since they bring a fully-loaded backup notebook computer, that can function as a troubleshooting machine, or for obtaining resources or communicating information. If the laptop is used as a primary capture or post-production device, then it will billed as a rental.
Secondly, the digital tech service also comes with hotline support with Mir, and the other techs back at the studio. If a problem exists on-location, we can analyze, replicate, or look into solutions, while the shoot continues, so you get a whole team for that rate, not just one person. One of the benefits of having multiple systems, multiple generations of gear, and multiple support personnel on-hand.
If the production rents one of our computers, we are fully responsible for its performance and functionality. If you provide your own equipment, you do so at your own risk, and you should not expect the tech to successfully repair your machine's problem. If they do, consider it a bonus.
Has expert knowledge of:
Phase One, Hasselblad, and Leaf digital backs; Hasselblad H and V systems; Fuji GX680 systems, including Kapture Group OneShot and GX680 stitching adapters; Mamiya AFD systems; Canon and Nikon digital systems; and some of our techs have experience with the Sinar P2 and Betterlight 6K-2 scanning back.
Adobe Photoshop CS4, Phase One Capture One Pro 5, Adobe Lightroom 3, Hasselblad Phocus 2.5, Leaf Capture 11.x, Nikon Capture NX 2, Nikon Camera Control Pro 2, Canon Digital Photo Professional 3.8, DxO Optics Pro 6.
Includes: Fully loaded 17" MacBook Pro with above software, and diagnostic and drive recovery software, technician's toolkit, emergency drive interface cable for 3 internal drive interfaces (SATA, ATA, and IDE). Emergency external OWC quad interface 500G 7200 RPM high-performance hard drive, and full set of interface cables for backup drive. Has boot partitions with OS 10.5 and 10.6 for Intel and 10.4 for PPC, along with Disk Warrior, Cocktail, and iDefrag for diagnosis and repair.
Rate details:
Day rate is $400 per 8 hour shoot day, and includes up to one hour travel to and on hour travel from location, from their residence, for a total work day of 10 hours. Travel expenses not paid by production directly, are to be reimbursed by the production within 24 hours to the assistant. A meal is to be provided at least every 6 hours, with a minimum 30 min break for each meal. An additional minimum 5 minute break at least every 2 hours should also be provided. Booked, non-refundable overtime beyond 8 hours on set is $50 per hour, and emergency overtime is double that. Meals and breaks are not excluded from time worked, unless it is beyond that which is listed.
Out of town / overnight productions are $600 per day, up to 12 hours on set, with $100 per hour for overtime beyond that. Travel time is paid at $400 per day, and starts when they leave their residence to when they return. Partial days beyond the first day are $100 per hour up until day rate is hit. All travel, accommodations, and meals (at least 3 per day) are provided by the production.
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Our retouchers are experts at using Photoshop CS4. Most also are well-versed at using popular plug-ins, and auxiliary programs.
They can calibrate a monitor, set up an appropriate work area, and are used to working with Wacom Tablets. Masks and paths are a natural. Some dabble with some light CGI. Most are compfortable in creating high-quality print output on calibrated systems.
If the production rents on of our computers, we are fully responsible for its performance and functionality. If you provide your own equipment, you do so at your own risk.
Has expert knowledge of:
Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Lightroom 2, OS X.
Includes: no equipment is included. Add $200 per day special rate, if retoucher is working at CaptureTek facilities, for use of 24" Core 2 iMac with 4G of RAM, and a 20" calibrated secondary display, 5k lighting work area, and a 9"x12" Wacom tablet. Upgrade to 8 Core MacPro tower with 18G of RAM, 2TB striped array, and 30" + 24" dual monitors is just $100 more. If working on extremely large files, or utilizing very intensive filters extensively, it is worthwhile doing the upgrade.
Rate details:
Day rate is $400 per 8 hour day, and includes up to one hour travel to and on hour travel from location, from their residence, for a total work day of 10 hours. Travel expenses not paid by production directly, are to be reimbursed by the production within 24 hours to the assistant. A meal is to be provided at least every 6 hours, with a minimum 30 min break for each meal. An additional minimum 5 minute break at least every 2 hours should also be provided. Booked, non-refundable overtime beyond 8 hours on set is $50 per hour, and emergency overtime is double that. Meals and breaks are not excluded from time worked, unless it is beyond that which is listed.
Out of town / overnight productions are $600 per day, up to 12 hours on set, with $100 per hour for overtime beyond that. Travel time is paid at $400 per day, and starts when they leave their residence to when they return. Partial days beyond the first day are $100 per hour up until day rate is hit. All travel, accommodations, and meals (at least 3 per day) are provided by the production.
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The Lighting Technician completely specs the lighting equipment and modifier needs, and directs crew with the installation of the lighting designs. This allows the photographer maximum time in interacting with subject and client, while the lighting tech is doing the setups according to the creative given.
There is a minimum half day engagement rate of the lighting tech for project review and lighting design before shoot day. Although the lighting tech doesn't have to be on set, this is really the only way of making sure that the lighting concepts match the needs, and there then is the opportunity to work with the photographer and client to tweak the lighting.
Has expert knowledge of:
Speedotron Black Line; Profoto Pro 6, 7, 8; Canon, Nikon, Metz, and Nissin flash units; Pocket Wizard radio slaves, traditional hotlights, HID lighting. Lighting design, light modifiers, projectors, LED technologies, virtual lighting and photo-realistic rendering and composition using CGI.
Phase One, Hasselblad, and Leaf digital backs; Hasselblad H and V systems; Fuji GX680 systems, including OneShot; Mamiya AFD systems; Canon and Nikon systems; and the Sinar P2 4x5 camera system and Betterlight 6K-2 scanning back. Special knowledge of how these backs interpret different lighting types and color / contrast ranges.
Adobe Photoshop CS4, Phase One Capture One Pro 5, Adobe Lightroom 2, Hasselblad Phocus 2, Leaf Capture 11, Nikon Capture NX 2, Nikon Camera Control Pro 2, Canon Digital Photo Professional 3.8.
Basic knowledge of KinoFlo, HMI.
Includes: Lightmeter, Flashmeter, Spotmeter, iPod Touch, DSLR for doing quick tests and keeping notes, fully-loaded imaging laptop for design / reference.
Rate details:
Day rate is $600 per 8 hour shoot day, and includes up to one hour travel to and on hour travel from location, for a total work day of 10 hours. Travel expenses not paid by production directly, are to be reimbursed by the production within 24 hours to the assistant. A meal is to be provided at least every 6 hours, with a minimum 30 min break for each meal. An additional minimum 5 minute break at least every 2 hours should also be provided. Booked, non-refundable overtime beyond 8 hours on set is $75 per hour, and emergency overtime is double that. Meals and breaks are not excluded from time worked, unless it is beyond that which is listed.
Out of town / overnight productions are $900 per day, up to 12 hours on set, with $150 per hour for overtime beyond that. Travel time is paid at $600 per day, and starts when they leave their residence to when they return. Partial days beyond the first day are $150 per hour up until day rate is hit. All travel, accommodations, and meals (at least 3 per day) are provided by the production.
The lighting tech gets a credit line in the same space as the photographer, if a credit line is provided to the photographer or any other collaborators, or if any discounts are given on lighting tech services, such as local editorial clients.
The lighting tech fees assume Capturetek is given first opportunity at supplying any lighting and grip equipment that is spec'ed. If that is not the case, there is a 50% surcharge on the lighting tech fees.
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For only $60 per day, add use of a silver Mazda Tribute LX 4x4 small SUV with one of our licensed crew driving. Includes their insurance. Mileage is only $.50 per kilometer, which is less than then the current Canadian government mileage allowance standard.
The Tribute LX is the fully-loaded top end model, which includes sunroof; leather seats; tinted windows; aluminum rims; responsive 200 hp V6; roof rack; ratchet straps and bungee cords for roof rack; trailer hitch with trailer lighting hookup; 200 watt, 6+1 audio system with 6 CD changer; iPod FM transmitter; and small inverter for powering laptops, chargers, etc.
Optional add-ons we have available include a 4 bicycle rear carrier that goes into trailer hitch; 60" x 20" cargo carrier that goes into trailer hitch (available soon); roof carrier bags; 10' x 10' free-standing white canopy with optional walls, and a variety of portable power sources.
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We are always looking for Toronto, GTA, and Ontario based, enthusiastic, responsible, and professional photo assistants, first assistants, digital technicians, digital retouchers, lighting technicians, photographers, videographers, editors, sales reps, and both small and large partners to join our photography and digital team. Please forward your name, email, phone numbers, and website URL, and we will get in touch with you with further details.
We also are very active with a number of schools throughout the country, and provide long-term co-op and internship experiences with bright students who are prepared to invest a 400 hour / 20 hour per week minimum commitment, in exchange for one-on-one teaching and career guidance, as well as access to one of the finest, best-equipped moderately priced still photography day rental studios in Toronto. To pay for the time and physical assets that go into this free education, the students also get an opportunity to be hired out as $100 / day trainees, in exchange for this very attractive day rate and client feedback which helps us further refine their education. We do everything as an investment into long-term relationships.
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