Next, you gotta find the photographers you want to work with. This can be a daunting task, depending on what sort of work you want to do. If you want to assist a wedding photographer, finding them will be easy in online wedding directories or the yellow pages. But if you want to assist commercial advertising photographers…
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All Photography Jobs Are Not The Same
One of the best things about being a freelance photo assistant is that almost nothing is ever the same. One day you’re working on a product shoot surrounded by strobes, the next day a lifestyle/fashion shoot for a big ad agency…
A Photo Assistant’s Grip Kit
Do you have your own grip-kit? If not, you probably should. When I first started assisting, it seemed unnatural for me to just show up to a studio, or on location, empty-handed. So, I decided to put some essential tools into a simple fanny-pack.
Photo School, or Not?
Many would-be photographers are perplexed when trying to decide if they should attend college to study photography. I think a lot of amateur photographers feel, especially these days, that they can learn what they need to know just by assisting. While it’s true that I have learned far more on the job than I did [...]
The Photographer’s Survival Guide
Today’s photography assignment world is changing dramatically. With so much world devastation, the dot-com market going bust, stock vs. assignment, etc. … how is a photographer to keep up?
