I took one great photo this year. So far I have shot 13k images (way below the norm for a year) with 60% being published in various magazines and books, but only one truly great image. I’m happy with that ratio.

Weekend warriors. They have full time jobs and undercut the market. They damage the industry they claim to aspire to. They can’t take criticism from full time pros either.

I’ve been using them for years and never encountered any problems at all.

You’re seventeen, you have a load of time to find your niche.

When I was seventeen I was working as a wedding photographers assistant, getting experience in the field. There was portraits, too, but I wanted to do either music, things or war correspondence. Being allergic to flesh wounds and bullets and bombs, I decided to do music. I worked for small town bands, took their pictures, got some in local papers. I worked with larger bands and then moved to studio and advertising things. I’m still studio based but now the things I shoot are old, rare and ancient fabrics, with a healthy dose of artefacts. It’s been a long career since I started and the worst thing you can do is rush it.

They can, tricky little shits.

The one that does the job I need it to when I need to.

No way would I take someone on without paying them. I didn’t have to do it, no one should have to do it.