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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 18280" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>Anthony, as soon as the editor becomes more comfortable with your shooting capabilities you will get the &quot;major&quot; assignments. Years ago I shot for two news papers, the Baton Rouge Advocate and the Times Picayune in New Orleans. The biggest headache you will have is meeting the deadline for the next edition. And if you miss a deadline it won't matter how good a photographer you are you can be out of a job or sent back to shooting high school basketball games. I would also recommend you get into the habit of shooting all assignments in RAW+jpeg. On a major assignment and a short deadline you may have to send jpegs back to the editor almost as fast as you shoot. The RAW versions are for followup requests from coaches, law enforcement, attorneys, the courts, insurance companies, private investigators, or other interested parties that have a need for your pictures. I would also get in the habit of handing out your business card to anyone who might have an interest in your photos. You would be surprised at the follow up sales of shots that can be made.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 18280, member: 654"] Anthony, as soon as the editor becomes more comfortable with your shooting capabilities you will get the "major" assignments. Years ago I shot for two news papers, the Baton Rouge Advocate and the Times Picayune in New Orleans. The biggest headache you will have is meeting the deadline for the next edition. And if you miss a deadline it won't matter how good a photographer you are you can be out of a job or sent back to shooting high school basketball games. I would also recommend you get into the habit of shooting all assignments in RAW+jpeg. On a major assignment and a short deadline you may have to send jpegs back to the editor almost as fast as you shoot. The RAW versions are for followup requests from coaches, law enforcement, attorneys, the courts, insurance companies, private investigators, or other interested parties that have a need for your pictures. I would also get in the habit of handing out your business card to anyone who might have an interest in your photos. You would be surprised at the follow up sales of shots that can be made. [/QUOTE]

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