Comments on: Note for Freelance Creatives: Make Work Happen http://www.wiseelephant.com/blog/2009/11/03/note-for-freelance-creatives-make-work-happen/ Get your stuff together, amplify it, get it moving Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:54:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: david harry stewart http://www.wiseelephant.com/blog/2009/11/03/note-for-freelance-creatives-make-work-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-30532 david harry stewart Tue, 11 May 2010 15:33:04 +0000 http://blog.wiseelephant.com/?p=3644#comment-30532 hi jason, well said. i love these little pushes. keeps me on the tracks. david hi jason,
well said. i love these little pushes. keeps me on the tracks.
david

]]> By: Jason Moriber http://www.wiseelephant.com/blog/2009/11/03/note-for-freelance-creatives-make-work-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-29370 Jason Moriber Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:06 +0000 http://blog.wiseelephant.com/?p=3644#comment-29370 - Mark, an answer to "positively aggressive": The photographer Brett Beyer (he's a client) pitches targeted ideas to brands/outlets. He'll shoot work he feels passionately about uses them to gain an introduction with a brand. He (http://bit.ly/mFIG1), and the Alex Wright from Dripbook (http://bit.ly/2n05Ry), have (separately) started making short video pieces (the market has begun to ask for them) as realizations of ideas. These pieces can either be stand alone creative pieces or on-spec ads. Brett also sent his work into Wired's Raw File and was accepted (http://bit.ly/1sB0FU). Similarly, Leland Bobbe did a series on Burlesque artists (http://bit.ly/2FQtda), Darryl Estrine is working on a book involving chefs and food artisans (http://bit.ly/2L2Sgb), and Jeff Fiterman became the tour photographer for Britney Spears (http://bit.ly/4yQh7m). Thanks for you feedback! - Carol, re "branding": Yes, its true, as the market becomes much more freelance-based we all become "enterprises." My wish is that creatives think of themselves more as clay than cement, staying fluid to opportunities and not being tied down to labels. This brings the message closer to the core, I'm not a food photographer, I'm an artist who loves colorful imagery. - Ed, thanks for the props! - Mark, an answer to “positively aggressive”: The photographer Brett Beyer (he’s a client) pitches targeted ideas to brands/outlets. He’ll shoot work he feels passionately about uses them to gain an introduction with a brand. He (http://bit.ly/mFIG1), and the Alex Wright from Dripbook (http://bit.ly/2n05Ry), have (separately) started making short video pieces (the market has begun to ask for them) as realizations of ideas. These pieces can either be stand alone creative pieces or on-spec ads. Brett also sent his work into Wired’s Raw File and was accepted (http://bit.ly/1sB0FU). Similarly, Leland Bobbe did a series on Burlesque artists (http://bit.ly/2FQtda), Darryl Estrine is working on a book involving chefs and food artisans (http://bit.ly/2L2Sgb), and Jeff Fiterman became the tour photographer for Britney Spears (http://bit.ly/4yQh7m). Thanks for you feedback!

- Carol, re “branding”: Yes, its true, as the market becomes much more freelance-based we all become “enterprises.” My wish is that creatives think of themselves more as clay than cement, staying fluid to opportunities and not being tied down to labels. This brings the message closer to the core, I’m not a food photographer, I’m an artist who loves colorful imagery.

- Ed, thanks for the props!

]]> By: Ed http://www.wiseelephant.com/blog/2009/11/03/note-for-freelance-creatives-make-work-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-29367 Ed Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:49:23 +0000 http://blog.wiseelephant.com/?p=3644#comment-29367 Great post Jason! I think you really distilled the matter down to it's essence. Thanks for this. Great post Jason! I think you really distilled the matter down to it’s essence. Thanks for this.

]]> By: Carol http://www.wiseelephant.com/blog/2009/11/03/note-for-freelance-creatives-make-work-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-29366 Carol Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:34:36 +0000 http://blog.wiseelephant.com/?p=3644#comment-29366 Great post Jason. We get asked the same questions of students, too. I can't emphasize enough the "passion" component. You have to "brand" yourself just like you would a product or service. People have to "get you" and your passionate - right off the bat. I also recommend people spend time crafting their own personal "elevator pitch". Great post Jason. We get asked the same questions of students, too. I can’t emphasize enough the “passion” component. You have to “brand” yourself just like you would a product or service. People have to “get you” and your passionate – right off the bat. I also recommend people spend time crafting their own personal “elevator pitch”.

]]> By: Mark Harmel http://www.wiseelephant.com/blog/2009/11/03/note-for-freelance-creatives-make-work-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-29359 Mark Harmel Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:06:49 +0000 http://blog.wiseelephant.com/?p=3644#comment-29359 Take the work. For less ? Maybe? There are still times to say no to a low-baller. And other times it may pay to make opportunities by helping others. When I read that a Twitter buddy was coming to LA to shoot for his Lemonade film on life after being laid-off from the ad agency, I volunteered to help. That led me to add some video chops to my still shooting background and generated a good series of photos and footage to use to promote myself as well as two great documentary projects. You can read about both of these projects at my blog. http://www.harmelphoto.com/blog what are others doing to be positively aggressive? Take the work. For less ? Maybe? There are still times to say no to a low-baller. And other times it may pay to make opportunities by helping others.

When I read that a Twitter buddy was coming to LA to shoot for his Lemonade film on life after being laid-off from the ad agency, I volunteered to help. That led me to add some video chops to my still shooting background and generated a good series of photos and footage to use to promote myself as well as two great documentary projects.

You can read about both of these projects at my blog. http://www.harmelphoto.com/blog

what are others doing to be positively aggressive?

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