​What you must know to play photography healthily

Speaking of maintaining the camera, perhaps everyone has a set of experience, canvas prints but playing photography at the same time, do you have to take care of their own body? Love photography, occupation or industry N, must have a lot of people often take a pile of photographic equipment to go to the sea, travel around, but for a long time down, whether there is a backache or shoulder neck pain and other problems? In view of the photographer's health, this time to see what kind of advice from American medical experts!

The body is the capital of crazy photography, when the body goes wrong, even if there is a high level of equipment is difficult to play photography. POP Photo, canvas australia a foreign photography website, has created a special topic on the possible physical harm caused by playing photography. And it has invited Dr. Gerard Varlotta, a physician from Langone medical center, New York, to give you some professional health care advice, hoping to reduce the possible physical harm caused by photography.

Choose your camera bag carefully to protect your shoulders, neck, waist and back

Camera bags play an important role in camera accessories. They not only protect the camera, but also protect the photographer, especially for DSLR users. A good camera package can be designed to carry the weight of the camera, lens and other equipment on the human body in a more comfortable way to reduce the damage caused by the long time of weight load. However, big canvas prints the market 00 total all kinds of camera bag, how to choose just right?

"Balance is important," Dr. Varlotta said. "But when you're carrying equipment, bending over, looking back, etc., can affect the direction of force applied to your shoulder. For those who carry DSLR on their backs, backpack is a better choice, and the load is more than a shoulder bag. It is not convenient to collect equipment.

When selecting, pay attention to the following points:

Cushioned shoulder straps: wider shoulder straps can increase the area under stress, reducing the pressure on a single position on the shoulders, cushioning can buffer some pressure.

The body should be no wider than the user's torso: this allows the weight of the contents to be spread over the shoulder blades.

The design of the fixed belt: it would be better to have this part of the belt, which can reduce the pressure of the equipment on the shoulders and neck. The closer your bag is to your body, the better: you can use your whole back and shoulders to support the weight of your bag instead of just using your shoulders and lower back to carry the same weight, and the straps should not be too long, allowing the bag to be Down in a lower position to increase the weight on your lower back.

Don't overload your body

Everyone in photographic equipment, remember, don't let yourself "overload", the doctor suggested that people in general it is best not to bear the weight of his weight more than 10%, that is to say, if you have only 70 kg, not more than 7 kg of equipment, or malicious easy to cause the body burden, and had better put down every 20 minutes to take a rest, can relax your muscle.

Of course, if your equipment is already too heavy for you, or if you don't want to put too much weight on your shoulders, consider using a box camera bag. It's not very convenient to move, but at least you don't have to worry about your shoulders.

Use photography accessories to assist

In order to reduce a lot of photography friends in the process of taking photos may cause "sports injury", many manufacturers developed some accessories, to solve some common problems. For example, when shooting with a long gun, a monopod can be used to assist shooting, so as to reduce the trouble of having to hold hands. Or add an electronic grip to improve the way photographers hold their images in a straight composition, reducing invisible muscle damage. The addition of electronic grip improves the way photographers hold the camera in the straight composition and reduces invisible muscle damage.

Some health advice when shooting

Don't hang your camera around your neck for too long: we all know that hanging your camera around your neck is a good way to keep your camera from falling to the ground, but it can lead to neck pain over time. Otherwise, pay attention not to frame the camera by salty long; remember to put down to rest.

Stay hydrated: this may sound silly, but doctors say it's important to relieve stress or movement that can damage soft tissues such as joints.

Before shooting of stretching: proper stretching or basic yoga, can reduce the number of photos for a long time may cause occupational injuries, are less likely to appear in after the problem of muscle soreness, the doctor suggested, when a heart can feel ⌒ steal painfully ょ Zhan in cheng before shooting to relaxes the muscles and joints, lest they strain at work because of the tight.

Pay attention to the physical exercise

Return to the source of a lot of pain, often is usually lack of exercise is easy to cause injury, so we play photography at the same time, do not forget the physical exercise. Cultivate good physical strength, not only to cope with the long shooting work, but also have the capital to travel all over the country, capture different scenery and moved. In addition, if you have an area that is often sore, don't ignore it. Dr. Varlotta says the most common injuries to photography begin with tendonitis. Tendonitis can make tendons weaker and more likely to tear, so don't take it lightly. It is very important to develop good photography habits, after all, let yourself away from pain, acrylic prints australia in order to comfortably enjoy the fun of photography.