Life as a Freelance Photographer
But having the up to date equipment is no good to you if you don't have three things. Firstly, you need to have talent. You don't necessarily need to have a photography background to be good at it. What you do need is to have an artistic eye, speed of thought and instinct. Photography is all about split second reactions. You have to be able to visualise what the end product is going to look like and be comfortable with it. Secondly, you need to have luck. At any moment something can obstruct what you are trying to photograph. A bird, for example, could be the difference between you getting paid or not. There are no second chances in photography. Finally you need to have instinct or the ability to be in the right place at the right time. When freelancing there are no papers, magazines etc. directing you where to go or telling you what to photograph. Being one step ahead of fellow photographers is vital to your success. Like journalism, photography is a cutthroat business and you have to be tough to succeed. Above all else you have to have a passion for what you are doing. But most professionals who are artistic in nature are passionate.
Freelance photography is a career only those who were passionate about images, objects and beauty would pick because it has a lot of things going against it. But there is no feeling like seeing your finished photographic work when it is done. Knowing that nearly every decision made was yours gives you an enormous sense of worth and pride.
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