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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Any tips on how to gain exposure as a photographer? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Min1rrino@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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How does one start earning money as a photographer? And how important is it to have the best equipment?

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[–] EastCoastGnar@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

When it comes to the photography business, the "business" part is considerably more important than the "photography" part in many cases. If you're OK at photos and great at marketing, you'll have more success than someone who's great with a camera and bad at the other aspects of the job.

Also, general "exposure" is pretty much worthless until you get to a very high level. If you can reach 100,000 random people, that's one thing. But if you're trying to start reliably making money on a realistic scale, then finding a specific group of people and figuring out how to get your work in front of them is much more important.

Also: Don't try to make money from photography. You'll have a bad time and it'll make you dislike photography.