If you have a personal project gallery on your website, are you guilty of having a list of place names? CUBA TOKYO ALASKA It sounds so exotic and farawayish…but actually- does it? Nope. To advertising creatives, it’s like landing on yet another amateur travel bloggers site. And that is at best boring, and at worst
“Why would I order a camera part online when I can get out into the world and take photos on my way to the store? Why would I not want that experience?” These are the words of London born NYC/ Sydney advertising photographer Simon Harsent, who chatted to me a few weeks ago about his work,
OK, obviously this is hypothetical, because I sold my photographers’ agency, The Collective Force, years ago. But after talking to photo reps around the world, and hearing their gripes (and finding them similar to mine!) I wanted to share what I’d work with you on if I was repping you. I’d help you to get
What with the closing of agent doors in some cities and the opening of new ones in others, there’s been a lot of shuffling around recently, and you might be a bit daunted by any suggestion of finding representation. But when there are two of you marketing (and one of you knows just about everyone
We’re now into the second half of a year that has been tough for many, so let’s talk about divorce. Not divorce from your partner, but divorce from your agent (or rep, or production house). Many photographers contact me saying they’d like to leave their rep and make a new start. But if you’re blaming
As top advertising creatives around the world arrive home from the sunny Med, clasping their Cannes Lions award metal, it’s time again to talk about the best competitions to enter if you’re a photographer. A question I am asked more than I can count. And honestly the ‘best’ ones, if best is about elevating your career as
As a freelancer do you sometimes dream of having a job, anything, even something menial, just so you don’t have to think; about all the decisions, finances and stress of every single bid, treatment, production and negotiation? I know that when I owned The Collective Force & OPTNZ I had moments where I dreamed of
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