Finding work as a photographer

[emmacro]

October 22, 2013 at 3:17 pm

Hey guys,
New to the forum so not 100% where I should post this! I’m doing a bit of research at the minute and interested in talking to photographers and people in the creative community to find out a bit about their experiences finding work in the industry.

Doing interviews but also available to talk over email/phone/ IM- whatever’s easiest for you :) If you’re willing to give me a hand (will be able to provide some kind of compensation for helping me out) I’d love to hear from you- once you get in touch I’ll be able to explain in more detail and get the process in motion.

Asides from this, I’m looking forward to being part of the forum- amateur photographer with a love for animals and nature so I’m sure this will be a great resource for me :)

Thanks guys,
Emma

[Ashley]

November 1, 2013 at 8:06 am

I think you will find there are very few actual full time jobs out there anymore in this industry, Emma, because times have changed. So for the most part, it’s simply a case of you having to look around to see who needs to use images and/or who may want some new images produced, so as they can use them for whatever reason.

Then it’s simply a case of you having to show them your existing work to see if they would either be interested in commissioning you to produce some new images for them to use OR be interested in using your existing work which you have already created.

So it’s really all about producing images that others will want to use – and want to use enough, that they will be willing to pay you for the use of them – as that’s really the only difference between what you are now and what you want to be.

A photographer [from Greek φωτός (photos), meaning “light”, and γράφω (graphos), meaning “written”] is a person who takes photographs. A professional photographer uses photography to earn money; amateur photographers take photographs for pleasure and to record an event, emotion, place, or person.