Have you ever looked through a photographer’s online portfolio and noticed that his style and the quality of his photos varied? Not minor variations that could indicate an improvement in technique and talent, but wide variations where some photos just really pop out as so much better
Read more → Many photographers – myself included – constantly complain about being asked to shoot an event or a person for free. The usual justification for that request is, “You’ll get exposure.” Most photographers don’t need exposure. We need cash. We need to pay the rent or the credit
Read more → I got a call from a mother-of-the-bride asking if I was available to photograph a wedding on very short notice – less than a week from the day she called me. She said that they only needed me for an hour, were “on a tight budget”, and
Read more →A six week turn around for repairs? That seems unreasonably long to me.
Read more →It is no big surprise that outfitting a studio with the latest and greatest tools and toys can be a very expensive undertaking. From backdrops to stands to light modifiers to props – the list goes on and on and the dollar signs keep rolling by.
Read more → Believe it or not, even in the digital age, photography costs money, and working for “exposure” does not pay my credit card bills. That said, however, there are times when working for free can pay off.
Read more →My wife and I have been watching Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist on Bravo. It is another typical reality/competition show with artists competing in challenges in order to impress a panel of (allegedly) qualified judges. As this show goes to it’s final episode, I feel compelled to remark on the one photographer who was a contestant – Mark Velasquez.
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