This is part three in the Attracting Work and Staying Visible in the Photo Community series.
A few days after sending out our emails, we will want to follow up with some of the photographers on our list–especially the ones we really want to work with. All we are really trying to do here is to [...]
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Photo Assistants: Follow-Up With Photographers Via Phone
How To Email Photographers To Get Assisting Work
This is the second installment of the Attracting Work and Staying Visible in the Photo Community series.
Now that we have some photographers that we want to contact, we can start thinking about HOW we want to get in touch with them. There are many ways to do this, of course–phone calls, snail mail, knocking on doors, working at rental and camera stores–but I have found that sending an email is the best ice-breaker.
Find and Build Your Photographer’s Contact List
This is part 0.5 of 10 in the Attracting Work and Staying Visible in the Photo Community series
To start things off in the Attracting Work and Staying Visible in the Photo Community series, I thought we should jump right in with the one of the easiest, cheapest, and most useful tools available to us. Email! [...]
10 Ways to Attract Work and Stay Visible in the Photo Community
A few weeks ago, Brian, a photo assistant in Minneapolis, emailed me and asked how I had been keeping so busy with work over the summer. He mentioned how slow things had been for him and how frustrated he was getting because the phone wasn’t ringing. He was besides himself, worried he was doing something [...]
