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11/02/2005 05:00:36 PM · #1 |
Here I go struggling with definitions and categorizations again, but this seems necessary as soon as you want to branch out beyond personal photography. My impression of editorial was that it focused on the context or story of an image rather than the subject character (a portrait) or the clothing (fashion). I have seen sites/photographers that tied editorial to images that were shot and published in a magazine. So the question(s)...
What is an acceptabled definition of editorial?
Can work done for self-promotion be considered editorial if it is not tied to a specific story or publication?
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11/02/2005 05:06:06 PM · #2 |
Editorial Photography is basically work done for magazines. Covers a lot of ground. You typically get paid "page rates"; so much for a full page, so much for a cover, so much for a quarter page... It covers a lot of ground; if a magazine asks you to shoot a fashion show, you're doing editorial photography even though the subject is "fashion".
I did a lot of this, was on staff for a couple magazines and free-lanced to quite a few more.
Robt.
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11/02/2005 05:15:39 PM · #3 |
Another way to look at this:
Commercial photography - photos that are used in advertising - to promote a product or company.
Editorial photography - photos that are used to illustrate an article in a magazine, newspaper, or book.
With commercial photography - you will need model and property releases.
With editorial photography, you are basically doing news and informational shots, model and property releases are not considered as necessary.
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11/02/2005 08:43:45 PM · #4 |
I'm probably asking the wrong question, so let me just blurt this out and see if anybody can help.
I'm trying to pull together a basic online portfolio that I can use to get some work as a photographer. My target markets to start off will just be local portrait work and maybe some editorial work for small local magazines. I don't think Sally's mom wants to see shots of Desiree wearing a slip and up to her waste in river water, but that might be interesting to a local magazine that wants some more edgy work. I guess the challenge is categorizing my work so the photographic conservatives done get worried and the photographic liberals don't get bored. I'm fairly happy with how my work is evolving, but I have no idea how to describe and categorize it so I can market it. Any of your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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