Opportunities abound if you recognize them
It might sound like I am ready to throw in the towel. Quite the contrary. This photography "hobby" as a few family members have put it, is slowly getting to the point of perpetual motion.
It's a common thought to say that the business of photography is 90% business and 10% taking pictures. I can feel that now. I am realizing the amount of time and effort it takes to keep a photography business moving forward. Or in this case, just moving. It will take even more time and effort once I move into the realm of only accepting paid shoots versus the TF* shoots I do right now. TF means "Time For". The model usually gives me their time and I give them a CD or selected prints of our time together. When one is starting out, all talent usually gives their time for experience and material. Once you get to a certain point, you can begin to command fee's for your talent.
Saturday night, I was at a corporate party. In the crowd was a woman with long straight black hair. She was different than everyone else which is possibly why she caught my eye.
Forward to her leaving.
As she was leaving, I happened to be waling out to get my portfolio to show a few people. I struck up a quick conversation and asked if she would ever pose for me. Not sure if she thought it was a pick up line or if I was sincere. But her mom happened to say that her other daughter was a makeup artist. So I suggested that the two of them give me a call for a shoot. We'll see if that happens. I did get the card of the MUA daughter. Still waiting for a reply.
Tomorrow, I have an appointment with two makeup artists. One happened to message me today and tell me her car had died and she won't be able to make it to the appointment. So I called her immediately to see about alternative meet times. During the conversation, she mentioned that some of her friends already know about me and would like to work with me.
I kind of had to stop and take a pause.
Short backstory:
((Not long ago, as I was thinking about getting into the fashion photo biz, I remember seeing a conversation on a web site about photographer ethics. This industry is so small, that your reputation will spread California wildfire fast. Right now, it seems that my reputation, or at least the style and quality of my work is nothing but positive.))
Even though I was surprised to hear that others know about me, I was pleased to know my name is being circulated and that I might get work from it.
Again, I am highly motivated and will not slow much in the pursuit to realize my dream.
It's a common thought to say that the business of photography is 90% business and 10% taking pictures. I can feel that now. I am realizing the amount of time and effort it takes to keep a photography business moving forward. Or in this case, just moving. It will take even more time and effort once I move into the realm of only accepting paid shoots versus the TF* shoots I do right now. TF means "Time For". The model usually gives me their time and I give them a CD or selected prints of our time together. When one is starting out, all talent usually gives their time for experience and material. Once you get to a certain point, you can begin to command fee's for your talent.
Saturday night, I was at a corporate party. In the crowd was a woman with long straight black hair. She was different than everyone else which is possibly why she caught my eye.
Forward to her leaving.
As she was leaving, I happened to be waling out to get my portfolio to show a few people. I struck up a quick conversation and asked if she would ever pose for me. Not sure if she thought it was a pick up line or if I was sincere. But her mom happened to say that her other daughter was a makeup artist. So I suggested that the two of them give me a call for a shoot. We'll see if that happens. I did get the card of the MUA daughter. Still waiting for a reply.
Tomorrow, I have an appointment with two makeup artists. One happened to message me today and tell me her car had died and she won't be able to make it to the appointment. So I called her immediately to see about alternative meet times. During the conversation, she mentioned that some of her friends already know about me and would like to work with me.
I kind of had to stop and take a pause.
Short backstory:
((Not long ago, as I was thinking about getting into the fashion photo biz, I remember seeing a conversation on a web site about photographer ethics. This industry is so small, that your reputation will spread California wildfire fast. Right now, it seems that my reputation, or at least the style and quality of my work is nothing but positive.))
Even though I was surprised to hear that others know about me, I was pleased to know my name is being circulated and that I might get work from it.
Again, I am highly motivated and will not slow much in the pursuit to realize my dream.
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