Five Things That Will Ruin Your Photography Career

JamesMiller

There are just a few things in your photography career that can almost totally ruin your current business, future career prospects or even your life. See if you agree…

http://www.photographytalk.com/3408-five-things-that-will-ruin-your-photography-career

framer

Show up high...

framer

Elvishefer

I don't think they take the word 'ruin' seriously enough in the article.

Ruin = destroy.

Shooting a session at a high ISO might make you reshoot it, but it is not unrecoverable from a career standpoint.

Getting a model killed/maimed through carelessness, or sexually assaulting one... now that's ruin.

MikeGunter

Hi all,

Mistaking battery acid for Visine©?

Confusing shooting in the raw instead of shooting RAW?

Where do folks get these things?

My best,

Mike

haroldp

Hi all,

Confusing shooting in the raw instead of shooting RAW?

Mike

If you must shoot in the raw, make sure you sign a model release.


... H

safyre

This article should be renamed, 5 tips for Amateurs venturing into Professional Photography.

If you're already a professional, this "advice" should be second nature to you. And if it isn't, I'll make a note to not book you for the next wedding; lol.

sevencrossing

Run the film through the camera twice
leave the lens cap on
Develop in Fixer
Forget to load the double dark slide
Forget to lock the darkroom door

ThomasHorton

Hi all,


Confusing shooting in the raw instead of shooting RAW?


Mike

I shot in the raw once. The model made fun of my 35mm pancake. (cry)

Fritz

Never let your F3 bounce off the hood of your ambulance on the front straight of New Hampshire International Speedway - it went tumbling along the pavement and hit the wall and survived! So don't forget where you left it. Don't wash your spare batteries in your coat pockets either. Don't grab your battery pack for your flash and find out later its the one you didn't charge last night. Don't leave your Mac Mini and your back up hard drives plugged in when you have a lightning strike. Don't fall off the back of a WW2 tank with your D4, don't go swimming in a beaver pond with your D700. Don't leave your new D700 on the front seat of your pickup and don't forget to clean ALL the window glass off the seat before you drive home. And NEVER lend your F3 to your wife's niece for her college course 8 years ago ( at least its still going strong). Never drop your D3s, lens first onto a concrete floor. And NEVER EVER lend your NEW NEW D700 to your brother-in-law for his daughter,s wedding.

ThomasHorton

Fritz, these are all hypotheticals right?

Fritz

I wish!

framer

I worked for a guy that once drop his camera off a scaffold and dove head first to catch it. He had a photo that someone else took of him in the air. The rest of the story was the POTUS was below on the stage. That was 1967ish. I think he had some brain damage because every year he would buy a bigger cross to wear around his neck. By 1974 the cross had grown to 12 x 18 inches and covered most of his torso. Nobody wanted to hire him because he got weird. He went bankrupt and closed his photo business.

This is a true story.

framer

TaoTeJared

Where is "Leave your lens cap on for your entire session?"

This lists are annoying.

Msmoto

Rangefinder days… may they be blessed…… see my post here:
http://forum.nikonrumors.com/discussion/2808/reasons-why-professional-photographers-cannot-work-for-free#Item_41

MikeGunter

Hi all,

Another of our own @JamesMiller - PhotographyTalk self promotion website started sites...

I don't think I mind so much that he mooched off NR, if he actually contributed something - James, Jim, Jimmy? - Are you listening? Time to fess up and add to the conversation - you ears should be burning, we are talking about you.

Don't redirect, be direct. Interact. Say, hello. Tell a story.

@JamesMiller - we really miss you!

My best,

Mike