Best advice on starting out in commercial area

[Studio12NYC]

Great Story Rainer.  Very motivational

[Raphael]

My batteries are now fully charged.. tks Rainer.

[dlew308]

Great words rainer, very inspiring.
I enjoyed your work on your website, very awesome stuff. The behind the scenes made it all really impressive.

[Studio12NYC]

Rainer,

Again, thanks for the great post.

I just flipped through your website and you have some wonderful work.

The special Gottschalt with the sliding adapter that you are using on the airport shoot likes pretty amazing.  Is there a model number to that camera system with the viewing magnifier/sliding back combo?

Thanks,

So

[rainer_v]

Rainer,

Again, thanks for the great post.

I just flipped through your website and you have some wonderful work.

The special Gottschalt with the sliding adapter that you are using on the airport shoot likes pretty amazing.  Is there a model number to that camera system with the viewing magnifier/sliding back combo?

Thanks,

So
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so many flowers ...... great.  
no, there is no model number. the sliding back was a modified prototype gottschalt formerly has made,- after insisting a lot he made one for me. i am not sure if there is a second one out.
same about the back adapter, which is rotatable and can just work with the sinar back directly mounted on it. the camera itself  is  a modified ds30.

[hobbsr]

Thank you to everyone for sharing some insights to there stories. Maybe to further assist and use this thread for others can you maybe recall the best aspects of your marketing or ways you presented yourself to get the first jobs/assignments.

There are some many options and ways you can approach things but I think it would be very useful to see if there are common aspects that can be used and leveraged for us entering the business.

Items I can think of like:
- How do you approach an agency to test models if you have no book to show them?
- How to approach creating your own shoots to build your book
- How do you find out about the best hair and makeup artists
- Where do you learn the post production skills - as I see most high end commercial images have a different look, I am not talking David Hill but the other key parts to finishing an image?

Thanks again.

Rodney

[James R Russell]

Thank you to everyone for sharing some insights to there stories. Maybe to further assist and use this thread for others can you maybe recall the best aspects of your marketing or ways you presented yourself to get the first jobs/assignments.

There are some many options and ways you can approach things but I think it would be very useful to see if there are common aspects that can be used and leveraged for us entering the business.

Items I can think of like:
- How do you approach an agency to test models if you have no book to show them?
- How to approach creating your own shoots to build your book
- How do you find out about the best hair and makeup artists
- Where do you learn the post production skills - as I see most high end commercial images have a different look, I am not talking David Hill but the other key parts to finishing an image?

Thanks again.

Rodney
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[marc gerritsen]

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I second that!