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Old 04-10-2008, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DedeB View Post
I know that if I was planning on doing photography as a career, I would look for a professional photographer in the area who is doing well and try to get hired as an assistant.
This CAN work, but not always... I used to assist for a wedding photographer (high dollar photographer, $3k for a wedding usually), and she tried very hard not to teach me much, since her last 3 assistants went off and opened their own business and became competition for her...

Another photographer I worked for was happy to teach me the tricks, though... just depends on the photographer.
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