Today I heard of the passing of a wonderful New Zealand photographer, Jocelyn Carlin. Jocelyn embodied the word ‘adventure’, travelling the world with her camera, educating photographers, creating a popular studio and darkroom facility in Auckland, shooting for clients, and above all following her passion to explore multiple cultures and build relationships with their people.
Photographers I meet are often stumped as to how they can win those bigger jobs and what they should be doing differently. But they so often make assumptions of those who do; ‘I need an agent’ (This is helpful but not always, and besides you have to prove yourself first.) ‘It’s all about who they know’ (Well,
After the recession my photo agency and production company were in debt to the tune of $300,000. Yes, it was scary. In fact it was downright awful. I had learned that the more you make when times are good, the more you can lose when times are not good. I had staff, a large office,
A few weeks ago I received an Email from a photographer: ‘I have to know, Christina. Why didn’t you ever rep me?’ OMG. This poor photographer had been hanging onto my ‘rejection’ for 10 years. Holy moly. Admittedly his dog had just died, he was having a few stiff drinks and he was feeling VERY
Last night, after an amazing day where I proudly joined the first Women’s March on Washington in Auckland, we had a severe storm and lost power. Trees and power lines crashed down around Auckland and roads were closed. It seems only appropriate that today I judged the IPA Climate change competition. It also seems appropriate as
I want to introduce you to Bruce Marigold. (We’ll get to David later). Bruce is a pen name my husband has invented for a script he really wanted to write, but with which he didn’t initially want his name associated. (Oh damn- there goes that secret). He wanted to be completely free to explore an
It’s that funny old week between Christmas and the new year. In Auckland everyone is on holiday although summer is being obnoxiously evasive, dammit. Oh hang on, here it is. Oh and it’s gone again…. Wherever you are, if you’re a photographer and thinking about 2017, you might want some reading material. (For, you know,
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