http://site.rockportrait.com.au/2009/07/24/online-article-the-free-exposure-trap/ At Night We Rock, but you want more don't you? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:10:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://site.rockportrait.com.au/2009/07/24/online-article-the-free-exposure-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-3670 Channel Steve » Digest for July 24th Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:17:52 +0000 http://site.rockportrait.com.au/2009/07/24/online-article-the-free-exposure-trap/#comment-3670 [...] Online article – The Free Exposure Trap I really enjoyed this article published by Mark Stout, called The Free Exposure Trap, and have [...] [...] Online article – The Free Exposure Trap I really enjoyed this article published by Mark Stout, called The Free Exposure Trap, and have [...]

]]> http://site.rockportrait.com.au/2009/07/24/online-article-the-free-exposure-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-3669 Joepi Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:20:31 +0000 http://site.rockportrait.com.au/2009/07/24/online-article-the-free-exposure-trap/#comment-3669 It's hard for a new photographer to figure out what is a good deal or not especially if on the onset it looks interesting (ie: big event, no big equipment/set up required, all you have to do is shoot random shots.) If I had nothing better to do and if the "exposure" is with high-distributing publications, I might give it a go. BUT you had also mentioned before to never short change yourself - they might start seeing you as an el-cheapo photographer and you end up making the wrong name for yourself. So where do you draw the line between wanting a little exposure to the industry vs shortchanging? It’s hard for a new photographer to figure out what is a good deal or not especially if on the onset it looks interesting (ie: big event, no big equipment/set up required, all you have to do is shoot random shots.) If I had nothing better to do and if the “exposure” is with high-distributing publications, I might give it a go. BUT you had also mentioned before to never short change yourself – they might start seeing you as an el-cheapo photographer and you end up making the wrong name for yourself. So where do you draw the line between wanting a little exposure to the industry vs shortchanging?

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