Photography or Sales?

Four years ago this fall I took my first trip to New York City to meet with editors and agencies to review my work. One question that I was asked several times was “how are you promoting yourself?” The only answer I had was “I’m not.”  I started asking them what the best way to promote my work was.  I got several different answers but the service I heard mentioned the most was AdBase. The first thing I did when I got home was sign up with AdBase. It is both fantastic and the bane of my existence. I hate …

Oh Photographers…

About every 3ish months someone posts a blog about how photographers shouldn’t take jobs for “exposure.”  Either the original poster or readers think this is valuable information for students and recent graduates.  It explodes with accolades from the photography community as it makes the rounds on the web.  It normally includes some math which sums up the cost of one image based on the purchase price of all their equipment and software. It’s good that we don’t assign the value of everything on this model, I would hate to know the cost of the keyboard I’m using right now. Here’s the thing. Taking a job because …