Comments on: Photo School, or Not? http://aphotoassistant.com/2008/11/28/photo-school-or-not/ Resources for photo assistants and photographers. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sz http://aphotoassistant.com/2008/11/28/photo-school-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 sz Wed, 04 May 2011 03:52:11 +0000 http://aphotoassistant.com/2008/11/28/photo-school-or-not/#comment-2384 My business-marketing degree is actually what got me my ongoing photo assisting gigs. Photography is 90% marketing and 10% shooting so if you studied that 90% people will be interested in you. Its how I got my 1st internship that led to photo assisting him to working on a regular basis for another successful and busy photographer. In a market where mostly art students apply for work, the outlier may have an easier time being noticed... Everyone's situation is different, but I feel very lucky. My business-marketing degree is actually what got me my ongoing photo assisting gigs. Photography is 90% marketing and 10% shooting so if you studied that 90% people will be interested in you. Its how I got my 1st internship that led to photo assisting him to working on a regular basis for another successful and busy photographer. In a market where mostly art students apply for work, the outlier may have an easier time being noticed…

Everyone’s situation is different, but I feel very lucky.

]]> By: la.photo.assistant http://aphotoassistant.com/2008/11/28/photo-school-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-165 la.photo.assistant Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:43:28 +0000 http://aphotoassistant.com/2008/11/28/photo-school-or-not/#comment-165 I tend to think it depends on a person. Some are classroom folks and some rather jump in and get their hands dirty so it sort of goes with the person. Whichever the way you go, assisting should be the next step. It gives you a chance to get your feet wet in the real world and observe how it works. You get to watch how the photographer handles different situations from lighting to dealing with clients. Plus if you're also handling office too, you can get an idea of how he runs his business. Oh, I like this, keep it going ! I noticed you haven't written this year yet ! I tend to think it depends on a person. Some are classroom folks and some rather jump in and get their hands dirty so it sort of goes with the person.

Whichever the way you go, assisting should be the next step. It gives you a chance to get your feet wet in the real world and observe how it works. You get to watch how the photographer handles different situations from lighting to dealing with clients. Plus if you’re also handling office too, you can get an idea of how he runs his business.

Oh, I like this, keep it going ! I noticed you haven’t written this year yet !

]]> By: Sesso http://aphotoassistant.com/2008/11/28/photo-school-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Sesso Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:41:42 +0000 http://aphotoassistant.com/2008/11/28/photo-school-or-not/#comment-57 Great site. Great site.

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