Whether you are a photo student, a new photo assistant just hitting the bricks, or you’ve been around a while, there will be something for everyone. The photo industry has changed a lot in recent years, and assisting has also been affected. Does this impact our role as photo assistants? How do we find jobs? Should we intern first? What gear is important to know? Freelance or full-time? What do we really need to know? Where do we start?
Posts Tagged ‘ASMP’
Vincent LaForet
This past Wednesday night, Vincent LaForet paid us a visit here in Minneapolis for the local ASMP chapter’s May meeting. The event was held at Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD). The lecture was very well attended, as you might imagine… everyone from the weekend photo enthusiast, to the photo student, to the commercial [...]
Forums Offer Feedback for Photo Assistants and Photographers
An awesome forum to monitor and participate in is the ASMPproAdvice forum over at Yahoo Groups. If you search ASMP within Yahoo Groups, you can find other local chapters’ groups and even a few directly relating to photo assisting.
Get Noticed, Take Notice
An important thing you can do to start attracting yourself to photographers who hire assistants is to list yourself on as many of the internet photography sites that keep databases of freelancers working in the photo industry. Many of the local ASMP sites have listings. On a wider scope, check out 1ProPhoto and Photocrew. The [...]
What are you, some kind of know-it-all?
The thing is, to be a good photo assistant (the kind who stays busy working gigs), you really have to work hard at being a know-it-all type of person… part photographer, part wardrobe stylist, part set designer, part janitor, part travel agent, part secretary, and sometimes part baby-sitter. A couple years ago I was scouting [...]
