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Would you ever.... - 04-13-2007, 09:46 AM

....take a job shooting portaits at Wal-Mart or Sears? Why, or why not? I'm just curious.

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04-13-2007, 10:07 AM

If I was in need of an honest job, love photography but lacking/seeking experience and no other options available... sure! Why not?

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04-13-2007, 10:17 AM

I agree with Paulo. If I were young and just beginning my interest in photography I would consider it. But at this point in my life (and my photography life) I'd parallel it to flippin burgers and makin shakes.

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04-13-2007, 10:21 AM

Heh heh...My first job(taxed) at 16 was at McDonalds ($3.35hr) flipping burgers and etc...I would have LOVED to have been a Sears, Wal-Mart, JCPenny, etc... photographer instead...

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Heh heh...My first job(taxed) at 16 was at McDonalds ($3.35hr) flipping burgers and etc...I would have LOVED to have been a Sears, Wal-Mart, JCPenny, etc... photographer instead...
I hear ya. My first paying job at 15 was doing the same at Dairy Queen @ $2.25/hr., but that was only because my friend worked there. I would have taken the photography job over that.

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04-13-2007, 10:35 AM

WOW..John.. YOU got 2.25.... I worked at a Dairy Q... my senior Year.. and only made.. 1.15 and hour.. but I got great Tips... however.. I would have loved a job at sears or pennys.. taking pics.. Walmart.. wasnt quite .. there yet..

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I would do what ever I had to in order to feed my family.

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04-14-2007, 01:23 PM

Some of the best training I ever received was the year I worked for a church directory company. I learned how to deal with all sorts of people and put them at ease in only a couple of minutes. I learned how to pose very quickly and how to get great expressions in a short period of time. We usually booked five families per hour so you had to be quick. My record was photographing an entire country church (72 families) in one Sunday afternoon and evening.

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I would do what ever I had to in order to feed my family.
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04-15-2007, 04:43 AM

I just noticed that the closet Walmarts to me have taken out the photo studio and the Slurpee machine.

Dang I wish they would bring the Slurpee maching back!!!!

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