Newspaper Photography Tips from a Professional Corporate and Event Photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland
As a professional corporate and event photographer operating around Scotland, I have often been asked about what other work I have done. Well, in addition to doing landscape and fine art photography at the start of my career, I have also worked for almost 10 years in the newspaper photography industry and this is where I learned a lot of my craft for conferences and events, particularly the need to work under pressure in limited time and it also gave me the confidence to tackle anything new. So here are a few newspaper photography tips below:
- You need to work fast with very little time
- You need to travel light with limited gear, as you are going to travel from location to location, often on foot, depending on parking
- You need to be good at dealing with all types of people from the old granny, to the football manager
- You need to be able to send the photos to the paper right away with limited editing
- You need to totally be able to rely on your gear, back-up is recommended, you can’t go home to replace a flash if you are 30 miles form home with a deadline
- You need to be versatile, ie on one day I would have to photograph football, rugby, gala days, politicians and local disputes. it give you a good general grounding and is why newspaper photographers can also make good wedding photographers
- You need to enjoy the pressure and buzz. it is hard work and you wont get paid as much as other commissions, but it’s great fun
Hope this helps.
Regards
Colin
www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk
www.edinburghphotogrpahy.com
