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02/09/2004 03:18:44 PM · #1 |
OK- I couldn't get to sleep last night so I had an idea.
I've never really had any experience doing photography for events at all like parties or anything but I think it would be so much fun and that I'd be good at it. I was thinking perhaps putting an ad in the paper or flyers up advertising that I am available. I'm young so I don't know if anyone'd take me seriously. But I do know how to use a manual SLR camera and a digital camera. I'd probably do it for cheap and start off slowly. Does this sound feasable. This would be just so much fun I don't really know how I'd get started. |
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02/09/2004 03:25:21 PM · #2 |
I think it is a great idea! Go for it!
You are 18 years old that is old enough for people to take you serious. You are never going to get Experience for you don't do it! Start just like you said, put out some flyers and post it in the newspaper. It is worth a try.
Melissa
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02/09/2004 03:31:31 PM · #3 |
Absolutely! Do it for cheap like you say. Usually people gain their experience by having the people pay for the supplies. With film, that was necessary - but for digital, you'll have to decide on something equitable.
Good luck! Show us and tell us how it goes! |
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02/09/2004 03:38:08 PM · #4 |
Great idea Liz,
The only way to gain experience is by doing it.
One word of warning, I did some pics for my local masonic xmas bash and if you are not careful you can drift into "snapshot mode" and loose concentration on the basics,I nearly did a few times, luckily with digital, nothing is wasted.
Good luck and keep them batteries charged,
Paul. |
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02/09/2004 03:40:41 PM · #5 |
| Thanks you guys- you're awesome. What would you say is a good cheap price. Also, what is better, digital or SLR. 'cause is fancier but digital is easier 'cause you can erase and check immediately. |
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02/09/2004 03:47:19 PM · #6 |
I'd think twice before 'going for it' I was recently asked to take the pictures at a wedding and said a resounding no! I ended up taking about 150 pictures for free (well their wedding present) I was worried about the pictures not coming out/being ruined. Do wedding photographers have insurance? how much would it cost to reinact a wedding?
That said, if you feel confident (and you sound it) why not piggy back an official photographer on a wedding or two? Oh, and an idea I had, do you have a laptop? if so why not plant yourself in a pub/restaurant taking pictures and sell a cd of the picture for a few pounds?
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02/09/2004 03:47:35 PM · #7 |
here's my 2 cents
i tried doing candid, portrait photography for christmas cards and the like and put an add in the local newspaper for a city of aroun 16,000. It was a 4"X4" add so it was substantial and ran for 2 weeks. i got 0 yes, 0 calls. Why? I think because people get pictures taken from people they know. Perhaps even moreso in a small town. So my advice is find someone you know or a local club or something and ask if you can take pictures to build a portfolio.. if people like any of them they can pay for prints, and gradually you can build up a client base and get better and start charging....
that is what i have done now. I asked at a local jazz club if i can take pictures of their weekend concerts. They were only too happy to let me do it. I don't know what will come of it, but at the least i will get experience and a portfolio.
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02/09/2004 03:49:11 PM · #8 |
Depends on what you want to do.
If, for example, I wanted to shoot a birthday party, I might take along my printer that has a card reader in it, and print off 'party favors' for each kid in the party as they leave.
Or, I might want to have a monitor (TV) set up, so that people could make selections of the best pose for a formal dinner dance. With my camera plugged into the TV, they could preview from a couple of choices, and I could print a photo package off my printer for them, or at the least take their order.
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02/09/2004 05:06:23 PM · #9 |
| It is fun!!! I'm a beginner in photography and I carry my camera almost every where I go. I've shot pictures at my best friend's sister wedding and at my niece's birthday party. The pictures in the wedding were a complete success, I made two 8X10 prints and framed them as their wedding present and they are really happy. I'm sure that when their friends see them they will ask them who the photographer was. |
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02/09/2004 05:33:17 PM · #10 |
I would offer to show up and take pix for free - no sitting fee - and they only pay for the prints that they buy. That way you're not on the hook if you screw them up ;). if they like a lot of them, you could offer the sell a whole disc of pictures that they could make their own prints from.
worst case scenario you get some experience, best case you sell a whole schwack of prints.
Pedro
ps how many pics constitutes a 'schwack'? |
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02/09/2004 08:29:09 PM · #11 |
Call some wedding photographers, show them your portfolio and offer to assist him or her at their next wedding. Even if you have no wedding experience, do it anyway. Since you are just the assistant, you don't have the big responsibility of worrying that your shots don't come out. Just make sure that some do.
The receptions are basically big parties anyway. Just make sure you get some food and cake.
Message edited by author 2004-02-09 20:31:00.
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