Any Photographers, Models, or MUA on this site.

You do simply amazing work. wow

 

I'm in Howard County, but you are right. That is the DC Water Front. We did a shot down there a couple weekends ago. Got some good shots on a yatch. I set a lot of these Mini-shoots. Usually chart 15 - 20 and we simply shoot who shows up.

 

you're a clever sausage jordie...you able to show your artwork to us...???

 

she is what she ea....................hmmmm

:smt050

 

lmao...!!!! now why aren't i surprised that you went there...??? :smt003

 

Went there?? Does he ever leave??

Sorry Ymra those are not my personal pics but examples of what it looks like. Mine look exactly like them though.

 

you're right...he's set up permanent residence in smutville

 

sounds like a winner. there are plenty of faces in the crowd down here. the weather is gettin amazing again too. so glad the steam bath is over. uugghh...

 

They are very nice, Jordan... we used sometimes black Tea before colouring

 

Y no one should say shyte unless they are competing, do you playboy and keep pressing...

 

In addition to my animation & live-action filmwork, worked in model photography myself....made tv/magazine adverts under contract with L'OREAL for 10 years (1998-2008)


What YOU have is *superb*, m8....

I put it on the backburner when my contract came to an end in '08..

First, cause I have other projects I attend to...and they take TIME....

Second, when I started the L'OREAL gig...I was a bachelor & was pretty much adding a nice amouint of names & numbers to my Little Black Book. Now that I'm a husband...well, let's just say I am compelled to focus my artistic pursuits & endeavours towards other directions....


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I'm a photographer. Trying to figure out how to get paid at it presently.

 

When I *do* make it Stateside and in YOUR neck of the woods, we'll talk..

Suffice it to say, the 10 year gig with L'OREAL all stemmed from a Student Film vignette that I made Many Moons Ago (More on that later; Intellectual Property, and all that y'know..)..The L'OREAL folks saw it a few years afterward...and the rest is history.....








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See, everyone who's been successful at anything in the industry always seems to have a story like that. All of it boiling down to one project they did, either in school or freelance. I need one of -those- projects. -_-

I'm kind of hoping to make some cash to upgrade my equipment with photography. A new computer would make it possible for me to chase that "holy project" with 3d lighting and compositing, which is what I really wanna do eventually.

But I gotta figure out how to even get a photo gig first. lol It'd help if I had my own camera, but I have resources available were I actually to get a paid gig.

 

Are there not any Open Media Foundations where you can rent equipmwnt &/or studio time to get yerself started?

It sure worked fer *me*...


Maybe *this* can be of assistance to you:

http://www.openmediafoundation.org/


GO for it!
















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You know I have always said I don't care about money and I ALWAYS have jobs. Always, in fact sometimes I have to push jobs off to other photographers.

Do it for the love the arts and the money will come. I do a lot of portfolio improvement, a LOT of boudoir, and portraits. Its all about how you approach things. I use facebook A LOT I also post my work all over the place and I get jobs based off that. I'll be on a message board and post a shot I was just playing around with and I'll get a "message" (Hey Ymra do you do parites) boom.

btw: If the first question a person asks you is "how much do you charge" they don't want a photographer, that want picture developing. Don't waste your time.

If a person comes to you, tells you what they want and then asks your rates........those are the people you want to sell too.

 

And that's telling it like it *is*, folks....



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HA! you don't even need your own camera, you can rent everything you need for less than 200.00 bucks for the weekend. I will tell you about the easier 3,000 I just made.

I went to my daughters ballet recital and took lots of pictures (take more pictures of your children then everyone else it doesn't look weird) but take good images of all the kids.

Posted the images on my website and sent an email to all the parents saying "I took some pictures of my angel and got of few of the other children as well, please feel free to download the original files. The pictures will only be up for 7 days so please hurry"

I put it on my site, but unlisted so it doesn't show up for anyone but the parents.

but aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, in the email I include a bare link to my site as well. They get free pics, I get to slip in that I am a photographer....

....give away free pics you say?

OF COURSE, because that is not where you are trying to make money. So now the entire school knows about Parris Photography. They have seen the pictures I took of their children, AND they have seen sample of my other work. WOMEN SPEND MONEY

"Hey can I order pics directly off your site"

my reply "Yes you can, but you can also down load the pictures by clicking on the "full save" , downloading to your desk top, upload to a site like target, and they can send it too you"

(Make the explanation long so it looks like they are doing more work)

Or you can order from my site and have it send right to your house, let me know which pics you want and I will set up a package for you.

All my pics are marked 25% which isn't much...but again, that's now where I want to make money.

So they go to site, buy the pics the they start thinking "Man its been awhile since we had in pictures taken of the family.

THAT IS WHERE YOU MAKE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!

SEE.......very very simple. And I really didn't do any extra work, i was going to take pics of my baby girl ANYWAY. Package and prices are already set up on the site.

People make more than 200 orders, for the recital pics and I have booked more than 20 in home portraits...

....little or no work.

The way to make a nice little chunk of change is to get your name out and show people what you can do and price within your skill level. I sell 8X10 for 25.00 that is my skill level. My buddy sell them fro $100.00, and that is his skill level.

(not keep in mind an 8X10 only cost me 5.00 bucks, but I charge a standard fee of 72.00 an hour. It takes me about 19 minutes for one 8X10.) THUS...25.00

I hope that all made sense, I typed it on one breath. LOL

OH and if you are woman, you should be making money hand over fist.