Paul Bestwick
pro member
As a pro photographer in the field I work in I do a great job. Ok, weddings being the mainstay, add to that families, kids you know the type of work I am talking about. I love weddings, they are my first choice of asssignment. Now, I have a main street studio. It is on street level with a huge window so passers by get to see the work.
Now here is the twist. You do great work in a chosen genre & people assume you are expert at every type of gig. Now it is like Ferrari saying, hey this guy is a great rally driver, we should make him our F1 driver......yea right. Well not quite the same here but here is the deal. I get an agency contact me, they know my work & seem to like it.....no actually they do like it so that is why I got the call. I know the girl who is the creative director or something like that. I actually shot her for an ad a couple of years ago.
Anyhow, they send me a tear sheet of some cool model shots & indicate that this is what they would like & I am the man. OK.....so I might have an ego but I am not a complete ****wit. That being the case my first reaction is to tell them to find someone else for the job. My second reaction is ....dude, you are a people photographer, you can do it....just work it out. Well I guess I have never bitten off too much previously so what the hell, I am gonna have a go. Allright, so you guys get the drift huh. I have asked this question privately & been ignored...............must be uncool to communicate with lesser mortals I suppose. So I figured I would ask the brothers here at OPF............ first have a look at my site www.studio58.com.au & then any advice you have which would help me further down the track would be most appreciated.
I remember back when I started out & was clueless about the entire field............I have learnt that you can learn. Fortunately I have always recognized my limitations & now as ever, never too proud to seek out help & advice from those more advanced.
Thanks,
Paul
Now here is the twist. You do great work in a chosen genre & people assume you are expert at every type of gig. Now it is like Ferrari saying, hey this guy is a great rally driver, we should make him our F1 driver......yea right. Well not quite the same here but here is the deal. I get an agency contact me, they know my work & seem to like it.....no actually they do like it so that is why I got the call. I know the girl who is the creative director or something like that. I actually shot her for an ad a couple of years ago.
Anyhow, they send me a tear sheet of some cool model shots & indicate that this is what they would like & I am the man. OK.....so I might have an ego but I am not a complete ****wit. That being the case my first reaction is to tell them to find someone else for the job. My second reaction is ....dude, you are a people photographer, you can do it....just work it out. Well I guess I have never bitten off too much previously so what the hell, I am gonna have a go. Allright, so you guys get the drift huh. I have asked this question privately & been ignored...............must be uncool to communicate with lesser mortals I suppose. So I figured I would ask the brothers here at OPF............ first have a look at my site www.studio58.com.au & then any advice you have which would help me further down the track would be most appreciated.
I remember back when I started out & was clueless about the entire field............I have learnt that you can learn. Fortunately I have always recognized my limitations & now as ever, never too proud to seek out help & advice from those more advanced.
Thanks,
Paul