http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/60 Award-winning Commercial Photographer Benjamin Reed specializes in advertising, commercial and editorial photography internationally and in the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR. Seattle, WA. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:15:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/60/comment-page-1#comment-266 the life of a gambler much better Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:35:23 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=60#comment-266 one of my most popular classes was how to get freelance work in new york city. but the funny part is , i hear the only thing the other faculty are doing now is saying how i hurt the photo department. um, okay. one of my most popular classes was how to get freelance work in new york city. but the funny part is , i hear the only thing the other faculty are doing now is saying how i hurt the photo department. um, okay.

]]> http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/60/comment-page-1#comment-265 Shauna B. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:16:17 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=60#comment-265 Echoing Tully, I think this is exactly why so many of us end up in the newspaper world--a world in which many of us are unhappy, and which seems on the verge of complete collapse every day. Our schools foster our love of the medium, but leave us totally unprepared for the financial realities of its practice. It's an incomplete education, to say the least. Echoing Tully, I think this is exactly why so many of us end up in the newspaper world–a world in which many of us are unhappy, and which seems on the verge of complete collapse every day. Our schools foster our love of the medium, but leave us totally unprepared for the financial realities of its practice. It’s an incomplete education, to say the least.

]]> http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/60/comment-page-1#comment-264 Shauna B. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:13:38 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=60#comment-264 Word up. Well said, Chico. Word up. Well said, Chico.

]]> http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/60/comment-page-1#comment-263 Tully Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:43:49 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=60#comment-263 Dude, good of you to put this up. I agree 100%. From my point of view, I don't know as much as I should about the business except not to undercut myself and others out there. I've thought about it, and truth of the matter is, if I didn't have a job at a newspaper...where everything is essentially broken down for you in terms of salary, benefits, even tasks needed to be performed...I wouldn't make it a month in this field. Now, more than ever, I think it is necessary for students to take marketing courses and for schools to establish a business division in their program. And that does not mean going over an outdated AP contract to give us an "idea" of what to expect for about 50 minutes. Someone needs to reinvent the business or at least the way it's handled. Dude, good of you to put this up. I agree 100%. From my point of view, I don’t know as much as I should about the business except not to undercut myself and others out there. I’ve thought about it, and truth of the matter is, if I didn’t have a job at a newspaper…where everything is essentially broken down for you in terms of salary, benefits, even tasks needed to be performed…I wouldn’t make it a month in this field. Now, more than ever, I think it is necessary for students to take marketing courses and for schools to establish a business division in their program. And that does not mean going over an outdated AP contract to give us an “idea” of what to expect for about 50 minutes. Someone needs to reinvent the business or at least the way it’s handled.

]]> http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/60/comment-page-1#comment-261 » The Business Of Photography Unexplained - A Rant Against … »Digital Photography Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:16:46 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=60#comment-261 [...] Digital photography by Benjamin Reed [...] [...] Digital photography by Benjamin Reed [...]

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