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A small proud moment (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Kuierlat@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro
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Since about a year I've been getting into photography a bit more serious and I think I've been developing a love for candid portraits. Trying capturing people as they are in spontaneous moments, I guess that's my thing a bit.

I take some shots at work every now and then to put on our cantina walls (i'm a social worker at a sort of day-centre).

A while ago I took a shot of a co-worker who didn't like it as much at first (he's the shy/modest type) but yesterday he told me he had many positive comments about the photo and asked me if he could hire me to shoot his family.

This was the very first time someone offered me to pay for a shoot! I'll do the shoot but for free. A, I don't consider myself good enough yet for paid gigs and B, I don't want financial ties with someone at work.

But still, I was secretly pretty proud because of the offer itself. I guess it reflects my progress and I found that very cool and encouraging because this is the direction I'd like to go.

Just my small proud moment I wanted to share. :)

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[โ€“] stilljustguessing@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Charge something, call it friends and family discount. If you don't, consider whether you're comfortable declining others if word gets around the office that you do family portraits for free and everybody wants one.

[โ€“] Kuierlat@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

We're a small team (12 people) and I got promoted to supervisor/semi-manager not to long ago. I have a lot of restructuring to do also on the team-side of things because it's kind of a mess. Things like these are good for bonding and positivity. That's a win-win.

I don't want to be in a position where people owe me money in this scenario. The experience gained is good enough of a reward for me here.