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Question: Argh!! What should I do!?!?
I have just started work with a photographer, and couldn't believe it when he offered the job to me!.!.thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to learn more and master the art of photography!.!. only now, i can't believe this guy!.!. he hasn't got a clue what he is on about!.!. he is more interested in getting sales of pictures and telling me how to use the pc in the wrong way!.!. he hasn't got a clue what he is on about!! he has me taking pictures of tourists around and about, families in a mini studio!.!. but nobody wants to be harassed into buying a picture they never asked to have in the first place!.!. his sales targets are completely unreasonable!! i thought this job would be about taking the photos and learning as much as I possibly could!.!. not chasing people around begging to take their picture!.!. it's starting to take every bit of enjoyment out of it!! I really don't want to hate taking pictures, i love it!.!. but everybody else who works with me, feel the same way!.!. should i leave!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
My own experience is that there seem to be two kinds of pro photographer:
the first is a businessman who happens to take photographs, the second is a photographer who happens to be a businessman!.
Yours is the former!.
If you can, leave!.
The best of luck to you whatever you decide!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You should leave and try to get another job even if it isn't in photography!. You should take your own photos and make a portfolio!. It sounds like is guy is trying to make manipulate you just like he manipulates his clients!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I would leave!. You are wasting time that you could spend gaining experience somehere else!.
Good Luck!xWww@QuestionHome@Com
Definitely leave!. Find a professional PHOTOGRAPHER not a con-man!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
why not be his competitor as opposed to his lacky do your own thing and leave this muppet he gives photographers a bad nameWww@QuestionHome@Com
You're not working for Alan Sugar are you!? lol!.!.!. If I were you I'd leave, you could get the same job in any sales field and not end up hating what you loveWww@QuestionHome@Com
yes, leave, you really don't want to stay in the job!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Of course u should leave!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Charlene,
First off, as a business owner, you must realize that if the sales don't come, you don't eat!. A photographer who owns a photography studio is a photographer second and a businessman first!. If you think his sales tactics are shady, then leave!. But realize that the sale is the most important thing in a photography business!. Not the product!. You aren't selling the product, but the feeling that people get when they leave the studio!. If you think his sales targets are unreasonable, then say so!. But be prepared to give an alternative or two!. Photographs are memories!. And that is what we sell!.
Photography is a great profession, but if you are to have a business of your own one day, remember that the sale and the feeling the client has when he/she leaves your studio is the most important thing you produce!.
Hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com