I often hear successful—and satisfied— photographers say that it is critical that photographers are as interested in their subject matter as they are in making images. These same pros say that the smartest business strategy is the path of least resistance: Focus on passion.
I was reminded of this while reading about photographer Jeff Farrell. In a June/July 2007 AfterCapture article profiling Farrell, writer and photographer Peter Kotsinadelis explains that one reason Farrell is having incredible success is because he provides art direction and graphic design services in addition to his photography.
However, Kostinadelis makes it clear that the foundation of Farrell’s success is his love of everything related to the casino industry, which is the market he serves through his Outpost Productions. Farrell told Kostinadelis: “It always felt like a magical world when I was inside those places—an endless visual buffet.”
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Tags: AfterCapture, Business & Marketing, Chris and Lynn Jaksa, Inspiration, Jeff Farrell, Judy Herrmann, June/July 2007 AfterCapture, Mike Starke, Outpost Productions, Peter Kotsinadelis, Photographers, What It Takes
The standard “old fashioned” way of “making it” in professional photography—involving a lot of assisting, long-distance networking and a fair dose of luck—seems like Sisyphean nightmare from hell compared to the avenues available to today’s enterprising young photographers.
Fine art photographer Victoria Bjorklunk picked up a camera (digital) only a few years ago and she is already having great professional success with frequent exhibitions. And Bjorklund is certainly an impressive master of her specialty—B&W digital photography. She made this clear while providing expert guidance for my article “Going Black & White—The Easy Way” for the December/January 2008 issue of AfterCapture.
Oleg DOU is a Russian fine art photographer who proves that age is no obstacle to rapid international success. At only 25 the self-taught DOU has already won the Photographer of the Year award in the Continue reading “Younger and Younger Every Year”
Tags: AfterCapture, Oleg DOU, Victoria Bjorklunk, “Going Black & White—The Easy Way”, “Oleg DOU: Surrealism and Issues of Identity”
