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How To Get Work As A Food Photographer

Lesson 2 from: FAST CLASS: Business of Commercial Food Photography

Andrew Scrivani

How To Get Work As A Food Photographer

Lesson 2 from: FAST CLASS: Business of Commercial Food Photography

Andrew Scrivani

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2. How To Get Work As A Food Photographer

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How To Get Work As A Food Photographer

So you want to make money as a professional food photographer? What does that even mean now? Like it means it's very. It's a very complicated ecosystem, and it's something that you need to recognize. You can fit in in a lot of different ways. There is no one path, there are multiple paths, and we're gonna talk about quite a few of those. So when you approach getting work, one of the things you have to have a firm grasp of is the environment you're existing in. And that goes as far as where do I live? What kind of what kind of food photography is around me. Local advertising, things like menus. Think about it, right? Walk down the street and look everywhere you see in your community, whether it's in the or online or in the newspaper. How much food imagery do you see how much food motion do you see? It's everywhere, and then you start to figure out OK, Well, the same people aren't doing all those things right there. Not that there are different people doing all of those different pieces.

And what are the things that appeal to me the most? What is the thing. I think I can do the best. So until you kind of figure out that landscape, this could be a very frustrating exercise because you feel like you have to be everything to everybody. And what I want to tell you is you don't and you shouldn't because that's gonna limit your opportunity. You really need to focus on the things that you feel you do well and focus on things that you want to do and then narrow that down. So there are times when you're going to have to multi task at the beginning of this career because understanding food to be able to take really good pictures of food, you should be understanding how that food hits your table. You have to be able to step into the kitchen and work with Chef will work with the or work with stylist. You have to understand their jobs. So by being somebody who can multi task on the in this arena, you will have a better grasp of how to make the art. And that's a big part of the business, right? People management. You are the boss on the set, and I will say that many times over the next couple of days because you need to understand that when you step on the set, it is not the set. It is your set. And if you are not in command of that set and you allow other people to be in command of that set, and I'm not talking about the whole creative process, because clearly there are a lot of people involved in that creative process and there are people you are accountable to. But once you cross the lines and your your on the field of play, you're the boss and you have to behave is one, and that requires you not just to have knowledge, but also to have a demeanor and pacing to the way you deal with situations, and that comes with time as well. But unless you're aware that that's part of your job, you would never know that. I mean, it might be intuitive, but I will rely on that all that much.

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