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Klinko & Idrani 2010 Student Photo Competition

Bron Imaging Group has partnered with the iconic photographic team of Markus Klinko and Indrani.
The Bron Imaging Group bi-annual BIG ED photographic contest will be hosted by the power couple this spring. The theme of the contest is an intimate portrait of the girl or boy next door. The image could be a brief glimpse [...]

SFTX 2008: Film “Last Tango in Kodachrome”

Here’s this week’s link post… Something fun, something different…

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.

So You Think You Want To Be A Photo Assistant?

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…

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 [...]

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