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12/04/2006 04:12:55 PM · #1 |
I had my first officially paid photographic gig this weekend!
OK, I only got $50, but it's a start.
Maybe.
I've been going to my local SPCA once a week for the last two or three months and taking pictures of the cats and dogs that need adopting and putting them on various websites.
Obviously I do this voluntarily.
Well, last week, the woman in charge of the SPCA sent me an email telling me that they had lost their photographer for the "Celebrity Chili Cook-off" and would I be interested in doing it?
I agreed, shot 605 photos, got free beer and chili and a check for $50.
And apparently some of the picture were on a local TV station this morning and they said "these pictures were taken by Steven, a local photographer"
There weren't any "real" celebrities there, just local television people and the such.
But it can be looked at as a "foot in the door" I suppose.
Maybe they'll want me for other stuff?
Oh yeah, I also looked on my DPC prints site yesterday and found I'd sold six 6x4 prints of this image:
I have no idea who bought them, but thanks :-)
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12/04/2006 04:18:10 PM · #2 |
The first job is the hardest to get.
Congrats!!!
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12/04/2006 04:28:58 PM · #3 |
yeah, its all about the contact, a friend once told me about a shoot for a beach house, arquitecture stuff, i had no expirience on the field, but i took it any way, i used 2 lended bowens. the work came ok i think, i only charge half price cause it was my first work for them
you can se the pics here
//www.renefunk.com/renefunk/commercial.php?path=co_galeria_1 |
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12/04/2006 04:36:00 PM · #4 |
| Woo-hooo... congrats Steven! |
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12/04/2006 04:58:27 PM · #5 |
thanks.
The best thing was that I was walking around, taking pictures and thinking "I'm getting paid to do this" and I probably would have been doing it for my own pleasure anyway.
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12/04/2006 10:38:47 PM · #6 |
awsome! good job ;)
Message edited by author 2006-12-04 22:40:32. |
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12/04/2006 10:53:57 PM · #7 |
| Congrats, nothing feels better than the first check. Its a drug. |
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12/04/2006 11:00:10 PM · #8 |
Unclebro,
Congrats! and great shot of the bridge that will never come again!
Message edited by author 2006-12-04 23:00:34. |
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