When to cut your losses...
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- Tungsten0
Just keep shooting. You're still young and have lots of time to make mistakes before you decide what you really want to do. Shit man, go back to school at 30 if you want. Don't be fooled by the few kids who get lucky and start shooting huge ad campaigns in their early 20's. This is the exception and not the rule for most of us. If you're not prepared to slog it out and be poor for the first 5-10 years of your career you might be in the wrong field.
Also, woodworking sounds like a pretty awesome career, and photography is a hell of a lot more fun as a hobby than as a profession. Trust me.
- harv0
All awesome words guys. I greatly appreciate it.
I was one of the lucky ones when I graduated to get a job right away. Ive been able to assist/edit full time (7 months) for a larger celebrity portrait photographer in Toronto and I learned lot. Not so much any of the development side but more on the people side. As well Ive been able to assist for other guys to and I do believe that it is a great way to go about it.Ive been looking into schools to finish my BFA because it is something I love. I hope I dont come off as a little bitch about this. I know that it take time and pacients to become anything in this world.
- Hombre_Lobo0
Im a very amateur photographer and don't know the trade very well, so take my limited advice with a pinch of salt -
i looked through your portfolio, and thought exactly what calli said.
You have some very nice shots, but some do look like snap shots with friends. And then the occasional studio-esque shot would appear and that would look very good and interesting, but there isn't much of that type of thing.
Get some studio work set up, get some good lighting and you'll have some great pics as your portrait skills already look decent, but with room to improve.
Also in terms of the 'snap shots with friends' thing i said above, you could do with maybe cutting down the amount of pics? removing the snap shot style ones that look less considered in terms of composition framing etc than others.
if it were me i would. I always go with less is more for portfolio work. Show less work, but high quality, than lots of work with high and average quality. The average work will bring it down.
I thought this pic was great and if it were my portfolio, id put it on as the first image visible. -
just my opinion though dude.
- PIZZA0
21 is way too early to be thinking about going back to school
- goldieboy0
Looking at your portfolio I think you have stacks of potential. Sure, not all shots are amazing but there are some amazing shots. Keep with it man
- user_00120
just wander the earth and take pictures.
- DoTheMacarena0
Find a really, really shitty girlfriend and get a drug problem. You'll be making great art in no time.
- harv0
^
It makes so much sense now!
- instrmntl0
i like that bs lip on the yellow rail. great actions photos. trim the people section.
- spraycanII0
Do waht you have to do,nothing comes fast nothing is for free, listen to your haert.
- harv0
Kittys rock....I should take picture of cats for a living.
But for now Im just going to continue landscaping and construction. Buy a new truck and work on assisting.