Budding videographer wanted
Discussion
Simpo Two said:
Well, you can define amateur and pro either by quality of work, or how much they get paid. The two are not always linked. A good amateur can do better quality work than a bad pro if the former is talented and the latter a good salesman.
In this case I'd say a pro does it for a living - so has to charge a living rate - and an amateur has a dayjob so can do it for beer money if he wishes.
I mean, that's ignoring the literal definition of an amateur but I agree with the sentiment that it doesn't necessarily dictate quality. In this case I'd say a pro does it for a living - so has to charge a living rate - and an amateur has a dayjob so can do it for beer money if he wishes.
I would envy the amount of spare time someone must have to shoot a week of footage and spend at least 3 times that editing it around an actual shift pattern where they work. Having an amateur commit to a task like that is a big ask, especially when they've had to pay their own way to do it.
A few years back, I was asked to photograph a band who were performing at a major music festival. They were one of the opening acts on the Friday afternoon; someone I knew was the drummer's Dad. No payment was offered or asked for. I got two passes for me and my mate (bag carrier :-) ) and we spent the entire weekend milling around back stage at a major music festival and had a cracking time, repeated each year for three years with the credentials that initial one giving me enabling me to gain access and shoot stuff at other festivals that I then sold on. All off the back of that initial freebie.
Did a few photoshop favours for someone last year. That someone works in catering for one of the LMP1 teams and the favour turned into an all-access pass at LeMans this year, where I captured stuff that I used to make photo art that I then sell.
Designed and organised printing for party invitation for someone I only vaguely knew for the launch of a new tech start up. they had no money for the invite but I got invited to the party instead and took one of my clients as a bit of corporate entertaining. The tech company ended up being a £20k a month client for 2 years.
Point is that whilst there has to be limits to generosity, it's also worth keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
Did a few photoshop favours for someone last year. That someone works in catering for one of the LMP1 teams and the favour turned into an all-access pass at LeMans this year, where I captured stuff that I used to make photo art that I then sell.
Designed and organised printing for party invitation for someone I only vaguely knew for the launch of a new tech start up. they had no money for the invite but I got invited to the party instead and took one of my clients as a bit of corporate entertaining. The tech company ended up being a £20k a month client for 2 years.
Point is that whilst there has to be limits to generosity, it's also worth keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
paulmnz said:
I'm looking for a motoring enthusiast into making youtube videos / films who is looking for some interesting stuff to film during 2020.
I'll be racing cars, racing offroad vehicles, doing trackdays, supercar stuff, classic car stuff, road trips and eurotrips all in my own cars. I have a collection of fairly interesting and collectable cars which I also work on so may do some garage 'how-to' stuff and know a bunch of interesting folks who make 'good tv'.
It's mostly for fun, unless the content is interesting enough to turn into a youtube channel, so obviously it's not paid, but you'll get to experience some pretty cool stuff - I have some highlights videos from the last few years I can show to give a bit of an idea of some of the events. I don't really do walking around car shows much, so most of the events / video subjects will involve actual driving
I have 4 gopros and a huge array of mounts, but you'd need to have your own additional gear and editing setup. looking for someone keen and reliable.
If anyone here is interested, PM me please... I'm based in London, but most weekends I'm doing something motoring related around the UK.
Just stumbled on this thread and wondered if the position had been filled!I'll be racing cars, racing offroad vehicles, doing trackdays, supercar stuff, classic car stuff, road trips and eurotrips all in my own cars. I have a collection of fairly interesting and collectable cars which I also work on so may do some garage 'how-to' stuff and know a bunch of interesting folks who make 'good tv'.
It's mostly for fun, unless the content is interesting enough to turn into a youtube channel, so obviously it's not paid, but you'll get to experience some pretty cool stuff - I have some highlights videos from the last few years I can show to give a bit of an idea of some of the events. I don't really do walking around car shows much, so most of the events / video subjects will involve actual driving
I have 4 gopros and a huge array of mounts, but you'd need to have your own additional gear and editing setup. looking for someone keen and reliable.
If anyone here is interested, PM me please... I'm based in London, but most weekends I'm doing something motoring related around the UK.
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