“I’ve got another job.” The Passer says. “I’m going to be a Corrections Officer.” “You mean like a Prison Guard?” I say and try to imagine the slightly pudgy, fairly short man in front of me as a prison guard. “It’s a good job and the pay is good.” “Well, good luck with that.” Over …
Category Archives: Photography
Checking Out The Competition
“Do you do anything on the side?” The Man says as he watches me process the images for The Passer. “No.” I say and smile. “This pretty much takes up all of my time.” I’ve been scoping out photographers on Craigslist-mainly LA, New York, and Chicago and I am pretty impressed by a lot of …
Hanging Out At The Mall
“Have you looked at their website?” I say to the Passer as I hand her one of their flyers. “It’s a lot slicker than The Company’s.” “Yeah, I know.” She says as she looks at the sample images on the flyer. “I spend over four hundred dollars on their pictures the last time I took …
One Piece At A Time
“I wouldn’t mind trying a couple of Shoots of my own.” I say to the Old Timer Assembly Line Portrait Photographer. “But I don’t have the money to buy a whole studio.” “Oh, I’ve got equipment.” He says as we pull into his driveway. “I’ve been doing this for a while. You tend to pick …
There’s No “I” In Team
“When he turned in his notice, the Boss didn’t even ask him to stay.” The Passer says with a shake of her head. “I always liked working with him.” “I only worked with him once.” I say and shrug. “He was fun to talk to, but he took even less time with the Subjects than …
Karl Taylor Photography Masterclass DVDs
“So how come you don’t work for National Geographic?” The Subject says in what appears to be all sincerity. “I think you would be good at it.” “Thanks.” I say with a bit of a laugh. “But if I could get a job at National Geo, I wouldn’t be here.” Karl Taylor’s DVDs are porn …
Part of a Dying Breed
“Well, we lost three Photographers this week.” The Passer says with a shake of her head. “Two of them were good, too.” “It’s not a job for everyone.” I say. “Some of these young people, they have this thing called, oh, a life.” Most of the Photographers that I have met since I have been …
The Philosophy of Portraits
“We’re using light to try and capture something more than a person’s face.” The Old Man who runs the High School Senior Studio says to me. “We’re trying to capture their personality.” “Is that right?” I say as I take a break from vacuuming the office floors. “And how do we do that?” “We find …
Thinking about a Meritocracy
“Why can’t I work the Shoot that is close to where I live?” One of the newbie Passers says at a Meeting. “We like to put our best people at our best Shoots.” The sober and stern sounding Boss says with a frim nod, daring anyone to challenge this common sense assertion. “So does that …
Information Wants To Be Free
“I’m just going to take these home and scan them anyway.” The smiling woman says as she holds her small package of portraits. “So I don’t need anything else.” The Passer can only stare at her as she walks off. One of the products offered by The Company is a CD with all the digital …
