Simon Stanmore

If it's William Eggleston, Terry Richardson, Annie Leibovitz, or Laura Pannack, then definitely yes... Each of them has already proved this time and time again. If it's Gregory Crewdson, Erik ...

Names make sense for photographer's sites, but try to keep it simple... What really draws potential clients in, is the style and consistency of the work you create.

Marcio, You're raising a whole raft of issues here and it's difficult to know how to respond to each and every one of them. If I try to crystallise your post, you seem to be asking... Are the ...

Hey Marcio, I'm not in the habit of posting work on DPR, but have recently started an Instagram account. So long as it's not nudity I think I can post pretty much anything I shoot on there. I'll ...

Size... I carry a 4x4 full of gear to most shoots.
Autofocus... I (genuinely) shoot almost eveything with manual focus.
Video... Have never shot even 1 second of video with anything other than my...

You fly there, stay for a few weeks. In that time you find a film maker or photographer to employ you. They'll do this because you're full of balls, optimism (work on that), and potential talent ...

When/where did I say Brazil is "a bad place to do business" as a photographer? Really?. Please link us to that statement I made? I choose my words carefully, and "at face value" were three of the ...

Heya Marcio ... Let me edit your response down to the apparent crux of the issue here... I wrote... "So what issues prevent photography from being a viable and rewarding profession? I'll list some..."

Well, here's the thing. How can anybody - and I mean anybody - let alone the people that frequent this site/forum, expect professional photography to require anything other than real talent, hard ...

FFS (for fooks sake) Marcio, you were born to be a photographer and/or film maker. Please -PLEASE- quit with this navel gazing over the state of the (fictitious) industry as presented here on DPR ...

OK Steve, my all-out Englishness took the US of A 'hustle' to mean the (alternative dictionary) definition meaning... "hustle verb (PERSUADE) › [I or T] mainly US informal to ​ try to ​ persuade so ...

Thank you for this insightful input Steve. Just to be sure, are we talking about annual, quarterly, or single (advertising) license income here?

Oh shee'at!!!... What happens if I just pursue *my* art, market it consistently, show my genuine respect and gratitude to the clients that commission me, and then start all over again??? There's no ...

I think they're all really nice on the technical level. Aesthetically I want more context ...explanatory environment... including (especially?) no.1.

Enjoyed that - thank you.

Reminded me of a cool little series I always enjoy viewing, cheers... http://leestricklandphotography.com/category/fish-chicks/ Didn't inspire to swap my lights and lenses for a Formica counter and ...

Keep it minimal and basic to begin with. Just start with a couple of cheap monobloc flash lights, 2 stands, 2 reflector dishes, 1 softbox, 1 umbrella, and a remote firing kit/unit. Then build from ...

I think it's different for everybody. For myself it's about making rather than taking pictures. I envisage something in my minds-eye that I would like to see, and then set about making it happen. ...

Depending on a photographer speciality/markets online marketing is generally (but not 100x) more effective than untargeted printed marketing/advertising, but it wasn't in 1985 was it? In 1985 ...

Meh... Base level entry 2015 = Own a camera. Set up Website. Market via social media / Gumtree. Base level entry 1985 = Own a camera. List in the local business telephone directory. Market via ...