Comments on: A New Voice - The Contributing Agent http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/ "A fashion picture is a portrait, just as a portrait is a fashion picture." - Irving Penn Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:10:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 by: Bruce DeBoer http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8772 Thu, 01 May 2008 03:19:54 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8772 I refuse to shoot naked men who are more than 2 feet taller than me. Does that count as a genre shif? OK - if Vanity Fair called I may insist I shoot them with long lenses. I refuse to shoot naked men who are more than 2 feet taller than me. Does that count as a genre shif? OK - if Vanity Fair called I may insist I shoot them with long lenses.

]]> by: avs http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8546 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:12:38 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8546 Ha Rob, that's a great anecdote. And indeed an easy way to shift genres...or at least become more specialized. Have any of them shot men or girls in bikinis since? Ha Rob, that’s a great anecdote. And indeed an easy way to shift genres…or at least become more specialized.

Have any of them shot men or girls in bikinis since?

]]> by: Ian Aleksander Adams http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8470 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:59:40 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8470 this is precisely why I decided to drop even the photo from my domain name and not set my self up for any particular area of expertise right now, I've got no idea what I'll want to do after I'm finally out of grad school. this is precisely why I decided to drop even the photo from my domain name and not set my self up for any particular area of expertise right now, I’ve got no idea what I’ll want to do after I’m finally out of grad school.

]]> by: Rob Haggart http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8343 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:43:40 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8343 I remember a very well known photographer's agent telling me he would no longer be shooting men (at least for me) and another would no longer be shooting women in swimsuits and lingerie (again I'm sure it would be different if Vanity Fair were calling) and that seems to be the best way to abruptly shift your genre (not as abrupt as going to Landscape but still). Ok, it was Norman Jean Roy and Stewart Shining. I remember a very well known photographer’s agent telling me he would no longer be shooting men (at least for me) and another would no longer be shooting women in swimsuits and lingerie (again I’m sure it would be different if Vanity Fair were calling) and that seems to be the best way to abruptly shift your genre (not as abrupt as going to Landscape but still). Ok, it was Norman Jean Roy and Stewart Shining.

]]> by: Bruce DeBoer http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8338 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:00:34 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2008/04/25/a-new-voice-the-contributing-agent/#comment-8338 My personal experience is that switching styles can take longer than when you were first introduced. Oddly, the better you are at that one thing, the harder it will be to change. A solid brand has a prominent mind space with prospects; not one easily altered. If I can risk a highjack - posting about Aan gent's brand would be just as interesting to photographers. i.e. wide spectrum agencies vs. a stable of incrementally different styles in the same catagory. My personal experience is that switching styles can take longer than when you were first introduced. Oddly, the better you are at that one thing, the harder it will be to change. A solid brand has a prominent mind space with prospects; not one easily altered.

If I can risk a highjack - posting about Aan gent’s brand would be just as interesting to photographers. i.e. wide spectrum agencies vs. a stable of incrementally different styles in the same catagory.

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