“I like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.”
Ellen Von Unwerth
If you are in the midst of making a tough decision – quitting your nine to five to live a wild life of freelancer, the photographer freelancer, this “ASK 4 PHOTOGRAPHERS” Youtube episode is for you.
We asked 4 Professional Photographers about their moments of self-reestablishment as the freelance photographer.
The full interview is available of YOUTUBE. For your convenience, here is the transcript of it as well.
Sana Nodelman @sana.nodelman: I saw like little butterfly and just wanted to just wanted to picture this little beautiful piece of art, this piece of God. Then, I need the money at the same time so I just decided that I’m going to start and just do this photography for a living. I was 15 years old at that time. Then, I got my first camera. Yeah, this is just how I started. I just needed the money so bad.
Jeff Tse @jefftse123: I don’t think it was a conscious decision to become a photographer for me it was just mostly it was a form of expression, I was just taking pictures of my friends. I was photographing my friends just cycling, I was very into the sport of cycling and a couple of years went by and was working in the Tour de France photographing Lance Armstrong. I think it was a good marriage between my creativity and the sport of cycling which I was very passionate about, so it was a really good fit. I became a photographer mostly because I wanted to create strong aesthetics, it was definitely the right medium for me to express my visual creativity.
Kelly Elaine @kellyelainephoto : I used to be a technical writer for the government, writing software manuals, it’s as terrible as it sounds. I knew I needed a creative outlet and wanted to go in a different career so that’s how I ended up here. I just really love shooting and I’m happy to be doing this now.
Loretta Richert @lolagraphy_photo: You know I actually just took a class in college and fell in love with it. The teacher encouraged me to take it up as a minor. I was studying dance, at the time, so I immediately just started shooting dancers and really fell in love with it and after graduating college, turned it into a professional career.
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