Ask HN: Do you need great photography?
Hi all,
I'm stuck between careers and have been desperate to kick start one in photography. I have patience with the newest and the person with 30 seconds. I'd love to find clients in the tech space (or any!)
Do companies/individuals that frequent HN ever need this kind of service? Thanks for all the help!
http://granthodgeon.com
3 comments
[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 30.3 ms ] threadYet, I'm not sure how clearly it demonstrates your ability to create business value via photography. Customers, investors, job candidates have different expectations than fans and patrons of art. For many businesses the NSFW images are likely to be a non-starter. Circulating the portfolio link using the company email could generate an HR issue.
Since the about page suggests you're in a major city, it might make sense to focus on local work instead of reaching out to the entire internet. While lucky breaks happen, there are likely to be a lot of steps between opening studio and landing fly-in photographer fees.
Good luck.
I work primarily in the commercial photography world, and I forget very quickly how that experience and ability doesn't translate with a fine art based portfolio. This was my escape, but it doesn't land work. I'm flown worldwide for my talents as crew, but no one has a reason to do so with my talents as a photographer. Hard work still to come!
Steps forward are to renegotiate the wheat from the chaff, push a more commercially viable portfolio, reach out with a more focused message and example imagery and most importantly, start local.
Thanks kindly Ben