by Donald Giannatti | Jul 23, 2010 | LE News and Info
Rant/Rave today. So it kinda sounds like this to a lot of young photographers: 1. You can’t get gigs unless you have experience. 2. Without actual shoots you cannot get experience. 3. You must always charge for your work (see # 1 above) 4. Get an assistant gig....
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 1, 2010 | Going Pro
Getting an assistant gig is top of mind for a lot of commercial shooters starting out. It can mean exciting photo shoots, learning the ropes they didn’t learn in photo school (and them’s a lot of ropes), and an opportunity to work in their chosen industry...
by Donald Giannatti | Mar 31, 2010 | Going Pro, LE News and Info
Finding your Creative Center with Google by Daron Shade A few months ago, I recommended that you sign up and implement Google Analytics. By now, I’m sure you are all getting pretty proficient with GA and have been watching your traffic and are beginning to...
by Donald Giannatti | Mar 16, 2010 | Going Pro
How’s that for a panic inducer? So could you tell them? Say someone walks up to you at a mixer for the Art Directors club meeting, introduces himself and you realize he is one of the guys you have been trying to see for a few months. Now he is standing there,...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 23, 2010 | Going Pro, LE News and Info
I discovered Nick’s work a couple of years ago. Surfin’ from link to link, I stumbled upon his opening page and the image there of a woman with some amazing flare engulfing her. I immediately liked that shot, so I took some time to look around his site....