Cosmopolitan Magazine Senior Visual Editor: Emily Adar Photographer: Cameron Davidson Read the story here Heidi: How has your skills as a pilot transferred to the drone? Cameron: It has helped immensely. Understanding airspace and being able to pre-visualize a location is helpful. Knowing how the light falls from an elevated perspective has been useful. The biggest part that I enjoy about drones is the ability to loiter over a subject. To wait until a moment happens or more importantly, to get low and slow and still be safe. I enjoy being able to shoot from 30 feet as much as from 40 ..read more

Every year has been a little better than the previous. I have a solid base of repeat clients that keep me busy consistently. I probably have, on average, 10-15 in studio days a month. Client work rates range from $3000 – $6000 a day. I also fill in with session/testing. After I pay my teams, I take home about $500 per shoot session (an hour and a half of shooting). That amount includes shoot time, processing, and retouch. Last year $75k on session testing. I have a rep but get most of my own work currently. Most of my clients are in New York and the Midwest, and they range from very large cor ..read more

Amy Rose Photography Who printed it? Mixam printed the Zine Got Print printed the Art Cards Primoprint printed the Postcards Who designed it? We designed the zine, art cards, and leave behind cards in-house. Chelsea has a background in graphics, so we create most of our own print and design projects. Tell me about the images. We’re passionate about capturing the beauty of spaces and well curated homes. Our zine reflects a combination of commissioned work and personal projects. We were inspired by the variety of unique elements that spoke to us, from the architecture and design ..read more

Last year I shot primarily editorial work. My clients are Local, generally small-scale companies. My expensenses are Business Insurance: $1,850 (CAD), Adobe subscription: ~$972 (CAD), car expenses, occasional gear repairs and upgrades. I’m not sure I’m making any profit at the moment. If I am, it’s barely worth mentioning. I might work 25 days a year. I’d love to improve that. Prior to January 2022, I was working regularly as a photo assistant at a large commercial studio in Toronto, while doing my own shoots on the side. The assisting work made up the majority of my income. When I decided to ..read more

The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own.  I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show something I have never seen before.  In this thread, I’ll include a link to each personal project with the artist statement so you can see more of the project. Please note: This thread is not affiliated with any company; I’m just featuring projects that I find.  Please DO NOT send me your work.  I do not take submissions. Today’s featured artist:  Andrei Duman Andrei Duman&nb ..read more

The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own.  I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show something I have never seen before.  In this thread, I’ll include a link to each personal project with the artist statement so you can see more of the project. Please note: This thread is not affiliated with any company; I’m just featuring projects that I find.  Please DO NOT send me your work.  I do not take submissions. Today’s featured artist:  Chad Holder The same street ..read more

Visit Instagram to see all the commentary from these posts: https://www.instagram.com/aphotoeditor/ The 70k year was 25k shooting, 25k re-licensing work and 20k side gigs My clients are fortune 500 and occasional international (Finance/Insurance/Healthcare/Pharma/Travel/Etc.). Going into Covid — shooting large campaigns and bidding often. Getting new opportunities with dream jobs right into the shutdown. Post shutdown: gigantic drop in income, and bidding opportunities got less and less. Bidding opportunities seemingly paused over past year. I had a great rep until somewhat recently. Editoria ..read more

The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own.  I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show something I have never seen before.  In this thread, I’ll include a link to each personal project with the artist statement so you can see more of the project. Please note: This thread is not affiliated with any company; I’m just featuring projects that I find.  Please DO NOT send me your work.  I do not take submissions. Today’s featured artist:  Matt Odom This work explores ..read more

“NFTs are a wonderful way of saying art is the reason we are here” – Marc Duron Head of Innovation – Great Bowery The Artist Management Association (AMA) is a trade organization acting on behalf of companies representing creative talent working in the commercial photography and fine art industries. The AMA provides educational programming, supportive resources, community action, and legislative advocacy for our industry and the artists we represent. The programming aspect includes a webinar series, where leaders in our industry are invited to speak on topics of interest to the membership. . On ..read more

My clients are Fortune 500 and run the gamut from awesome to terrible. 60% of my income is commercial and 40% fine art. I have zero employees and 12k in overhead. My profit margin is 65%. Around 25% of my work is video. I shoot 50 days a year but am working 365 on everything else.  An average shoot day is 10 hours, sometimes more. I work on a day rate plus use model. Most use is between 2 and 5 years in North America or globally. I usually have a producer handle all expenses, and I bill back for lighting equipment and other tools the production uses. I own all my own gear, so this is a p ..read more