“I strongly believe that people should assist and pay their dues, learning from the best,” was another thing commercial photographer Andrew Matusik said to me during a recent interview.
Matusik says there’s no doubt that assisting played a strong role in his rapid road to success. He started assisting the well-know fashion photographer Neil Kirk in 2000, and by 2005 he was ready to head off to New York on his own—where Matusik is doing very well.
The idea of beginning a career in commercial photography by assisting is as old as commercial photography itself, and the value of it is generally accepted. However, the digital era has Continue reading “Reconsidering Assisting in the Digital Era”
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The remarkably creative commercial photographer Andrew Matusik recently told me that, “Commercial photography is really all about nurturing clients.”
He then mentioned the critical importance of communicating well and often with clients—something most successful photographers are well aware of—and then Matusik said, “A lot of it’s a dog and pony show.”
When I asked Matusik to clarify, he mentioned how his commercial shoots have bigger and better catering than his Continue reading “How’s Your Dog and Pony Show?”
Tags: Andrew Matusik, Beyond Photography Business, Commercial Photography, Working with Clients
