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Photography Assistant Jobs
Does anyone know a good way of finding photography jobs?
I live in Philadelphia and am an aspiring photographer. I’m looking to find jobs in portrait studios (family and children) or as a photographer assistant. I’ve tried careerbuilder.com and monster.com but those types of websites dont help at all. When I try craigslist I almost never get and answer back. Does anyone know of any good photography job search websites? Or someway I can browse for them?
Thanks!
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Successful Tips For Starting A Photography Business
Often I am asked, how to best start a photography business? The answer mainly depends on which area of you wish to specialise in photography, or you may decide to be a ‘all rounder’. You should clearly know this before the start of your business. Theres nothing as distracting to achieving your goals as constantly jumping from a specialist area to other specialist area; you never make it in anything! You definitely need a plan for your business and target and goals that you have to work towards. Your main aim should be to develop competency in as little as 2/3 areas. You have the option to choose among portraiture, commercial photography, pet photography, wedding photography, group photography and much more. The main difference among them are pressures youre under for producing that level of skill you need in order to please your customer. For example, wedding photography will need working under lots of pressure among lots of people to produce these goods in just a few hours, however commercial photography could give you a couple of days, for example working with equipment instead of people. Hence, you have to decide if youre a peoples person and also if you have the ability and skill for finishing off the work in your chosen area. You also need to discover what photography style you have; this mainly applies to portraiture and wedding photography. Will it be reportage, will it be formal, will it be candid or perhaps a mix of these? Then, after you created a good picture of where youre heading to with your business goals in photography, you have to start looking at the competition. What are the prices out there, the size for the market, what gear you need, the experience you need to develop, how and where could you develop it if you dont have it? Again, as an example, wedding photography represents an area I would say you stay away from before you gain confidence, people skills, technical expertise, and other skills required for creating a high standard produce. Usually, I advise people starting with group photography then work their way onto weddings. Ideal is if you could get a little experience by shooting together with some professional photographers, you could offer support service at zero cost in assisting the pro at weddings. Youll learn lots of experience this way. Other photography areas let you become familiar with exposure and lighting techniques before deciding to tackle the weddings photography. So maybe pet photography, or group photography would be best to start with. Successful business means getting and then keeping your customers. Your aim in the beginning of your photography career should be to work extra for the first customers. For example, youll find that if you take nice photos for a family plus make a good job, theyll remember you and then youll be the first choice for other family occasions. Marketing like this is the best by far type for your photography business.
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Alex is a writer about photography techniques for http://reshade.com . Reshade works in the field of online picture processing programs and offers a free online photo resizer web-tool. It’s also possible to purchase a photo resizer application for Windows. Give it a try !
Im so nervous for a job interview?
Ok so I have a job interview for a property preservation office, for part time office help. I havnt had a decent job in two years. The only jobs Ive had are cleaning at a dog groomers, and being a photography assistant. I get really anxious being around people I dont know, but I really need a job because im in college and I dont want my parents to have to support me anymore. Does anyone know what property preservation means? lol if you ever worked in a office, especially 1st timers, how hard was is? or was it really easy?
Two-part answer to your question.
Firstly with the interview: Preparation is the best method to control nervousness. You will always be nervous but this can be mitigated with confidence gained from preparation.
1. Know your topic/job role. Research the company. Ask questions of those in similar roles.
2. Practice job questions with someone – it is one thing to think of the answers in your head but another thing to formalise them into coherent effective sentences
3 Be genuinely excited about the role. Believe me, I’ve interviewed dozens of people and genuine excitement and interest can never be faked and will always have a good impression on the interviewer.
With working in an office environment:
Because you are working in close quarters with people, it is good to be mindful of basic things like hygiene, courtesy and professionalism.
When I first worked in an office the thing that struck me was the close quarters and how the things that you do can be noticed by anyone.
It doesnt mean you change who you are – you just adapt to a new style in a certain environment.
All the best – hope you get the job 
BTW one of my workers only ever worked as a dog groomer too. She got the job and is doing fantastic!
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What do you think makes the BEST money?
I like all of these, I already have a bachelors (psychology) but I need to actually get a job. So which is better dental assistant, cosmetologist or massage therapist? I do photography part-time, I really need something more secure in this economy though.
A! there are all sorts of variations, there is a guy with a Degree in Music wrenching on Cars because he likes the job.
If you are qualified, I would guess that massage Therapist would be a good choice, would you work independently or work as part of a clinic?
The Dental assistant bit may be a good job also,
however I think that the Cosmetologist bit would NOT be a good idea because when the economy really tanks, people are not going to have $ for cosmetic anything. Just my $0.02 worth….
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