Full Time Photographer Episode 295 Underwater Imagery With Heather Perry “Be shooting all the time. Don’t be afraid to do non commissioned work. Our jobs is to be creative and be creating all the time.” Heather is an editorial and commercial photographer who specializes in underwater photography and lifestyle and environmental portraiture. Getting Into Underwater Photography Underwater photography is just a natural extension of Heather’s work. She began swimming competitively

Full Time Photographer Episode 265 With Seth Lowe: Fads Come and Go, Good Business Stays Seth is a lifestyle portrait photographer who prides himself on telling the stories of real people in real life through his images. Known for his lighting and ability to make people look natural and approachable in his images, Seth admits he is constantly evolving. How To Make Clients Comfortable During A Shoot Seth constantly tries new techniques for each shoot to make his clients feel c

Full Time Photographer Episode 263 with Justin Barton: Winning Awards Can Be A Plus In Your Marketing Justin Barton is a commercial, editorial and interior photographer based out of London. He works in many areas of photography including portraiture, architecture, still life, interiors and landscapes, but his main interest is in documentary photography. Becoming a Full-Time Photographer When Justin became a photographer, he assisted many different photographers in many differ

Full Time Photographer Episode 249 Know Your Craft Before You Charge With Robert Evans Robert Evans How Does Someone Get Into Photographing Celebrity Weddings? Robert booked one of his biggest celebrity weddings - Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston - you could say by accident. He sent a florist photos with a note from a prior wedding they had worked at together and it caught the florist by surprise. The florist hadn’t had to asked for them and it wasn’t a common practice to get

Full Time Photographer Episode 218 With Brad Feinknopf: The Ups and Downs of Partnership Brad Feinknopf is an architectural photographer who has been in the industry for over 25 years. In this interview, he gives insight on who commissions him for work, how he became a full time photographer, his advice on getting a partner in the business, how marketing has changed over the years and the most important thing you need to be successful in this business. Who does an architectur

Listen and take good notes of Episode 203 With Vance Jacobs Vance Jacobs is a San Francisco based corporate photographer who works with a variety of clients including various foundations, non-profit sectors and the government special forces. Vance began his career as a photojournalist working for news magazines and eventually, word of mouth and Facebook brought him to where he is today. He explains that he uses his personal Facebook page as a marketing tool. Keeping his posts

The main issue that sparked these questions was a few years ago when I was doing a job for Acura. I misinterpreted what the client wanted and the client got a little heated over it. In the end the image turned out great and everything was fine. What I realized was that I had not asked the right questions from the get go and I was continually interpreting what the client was SAYING to me instead of what they really wanted. This happens all the time and it is OUR job not the cl