Always really enjoy the more insightful videos about your personal working experience, and I really think that’s what people should be producing more of rather than just algorithm satisfying content. There’s so much more you can learn from other people’s personal experiences that you can then merge into and evolve your own practice. I’ve been shooting now for about 18 years, have been working professionally within a brand in creative for 10, and only now am I finally starting to want to really figure out freelance world at 36 and also start publishing my bodies of work. There’s already so much insight that I’ve taken on board and started applying to myself (the book making and publishing videos especially) so look forward to seeing more!
@@fredandharryborden thank you and yeah I really don't learn do I!? If I'm to be a RU-vidr I should have made 10 videos on each header and dragged it out 🤣
Awesome video cheers good timing for me ive been shooting for 45 years the last 21 on a newspaper loved it every second of it sadly the company decided actual photographers who also shoot video are no longer needed so they made us redundant last week so now i have an opportunity to go my own way on the plus side i believe i can make a good photograph from any subject on the downside i have zero business sense so its gonna be a hell of a ride. Ive been uploading some of my work to RU-vid for 7 plus years i have absolutely no chance of going viral although im currently making around 7 quid a week so hey baby steps n all
@@paultaylorphotography9499 that's rough Paul. Hope you find something. I've got this far from lots of different freelance employers, print sales, book sales etc never was in the "artist who gets grants / residencies" crowd....not for want of trying! But there is commercial work out there but like all freelance it's famine or feast. Ok in your 20s. Scarier in your 40s and with a mortgage
What a breath of fresh air, just found your channel, watched the video about uni, completely agreed with all points in that one. I came out of a fine art photography course completely clueless, worked in shops, then lecturered for ten years, worked commercially and gave up about two years ago. I lost all motivation for any of my own work after been berated by my last boss about how ***t I was photographing his products, although all my photography is still used on their website even though they replaced me with another photographer. Do you think there is a good platform online for sharing work anymore, for cultivating a community? I’ve closed my Facebook account, pretty much given up on Instagram. I want to try and get back into making work, so I’m going to work through your videos for motivation. Really like the idea of creating a book. If I find a spark I’ll subscribe to your paid videos, as on RU-vid I have no interest in gear reviews. Keep up the cracking work
@@general_crap online forums in photography are generally the devil's playground. Ha! Keyboard warriors win the internet. I think getting to the point where you have a consistent body of work and getting it published (either in a book or on a website like BBC, The Guardian, Huck...) is a good way to go as your work is going outside of the small cabal of photoland.
@@kalaharistuart yeah I think as an assignment photographer I'm used to bending over backwards for access just because I know I'm on assignment. But the good thing about self-initiated projects is if someone's being really difficult you can just walk away! I think there's a power in saying no to people who are stopping you. There's always another way in, and sometimes a different person to talk to. I've often found in projects when dealing with the most negative person in a group if I ignore them and focus on the positive people, by the end of the project they want to be included as well. But if you start throwing all your attention and energy at the person in the group who's being negative ultimately they will turn you against the group and your access will stop. That's just my experience over the years.
