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trackend said:One tip that I used to use for getting into interesting places and it is perfectly legal is.
1. Buy a really expensive fu*k off camera and a big equipment bag.
2. Make a large plasticized Id tag with your, photo, name, phone number and the words freelance photographer across it.
You are not lying, anyone who takes photographs and is not employed by somebody for that purpose is freelance.
It doesn't always work but I have been allowed exhibit side of barriers many times and it makes getting decent shots a hell of a lot easier.
I also used to post a copy of my pictures to the exhibitors in the way of a thankyou.
However always wait for an invite do not try to sneak in
ollieholmes said:I am just doing some probing around and looking into a few ideas here. Is it me or is there a distinct lack of professional aviation photographers specalising in ww11 and earlier aeroplanes? There seems to me to be alot that deal with modern jet liners etc but not the earlier stuff.
Any comments/thoughts on this observation are more than welcome.
I am just thinking of taking advantage of this loophole and starting to sell some of the images i have taken over the years and whas wondering if there are already people selling them or not.
norbert yeah said:There's always room for another top shelf aviation photographer, in my opinion the more the merrier. However I would say that you should concentrate on the smaller venues and not the big shows, which are already over photographed.
Do you have a particular angle in mind. A niche market and contacts that you can exploit ?
Where do you submit your photographs at the moment ?
I was successful last year and had a few published, unfortunately for one reason or another I won't be travelling to air shows so much this year, so there will be one less competitor.
ollieholmes said:Ive had a few e-mails whanting my photos but they where not prepared to meet my asking price which was very reasonable. In fact one was asking for them for free.
ollieholmes said:I mostly only visit the smaller venues, i dont like the big venues. Im not a fan of massive crowds.
ollieholmes said:And i prefer being able to get right up to the planes rather than a big distance away.
ollieholmes said:I dont know about angles, but i have coontacts i can exploit. Owners, pilots etc.
ollieholmes said:Ive had a few e-mails whanting my photos but they where not prepared to meet my asking price which was very reasonable. In fact one was asking for them for free.