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Mt Spokane Photography:

--- Quote from: distant.star on June 04, 2012, 01:12:30 PM ---.
Timothy:

First, congratulations on your keen interest in photography. Sounds to me like you have a good attitude toward learning and enough confidence to try new things. Don't let negative ninny type comments discourage you. Focus on what is possible! The winners in life take chances.


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I think you are referring to my comment as a "Ninny Comment". 
 
While learning is a great thing, not having even basic knowledge of lighting or the equipment involved is putting a new photographer at risk of disappointing his boss and looking bad.  This could discourage him as well as perhaps make his boss lower his opinion of him.
 
There is nothing wrong from learning by hiring someone who knows the business, perhaps even workiing with the photographer.  He has everything to gain by showing his good judgement in knowing his limitations, and everything to lose by showing poor judgement such that the result is poor and the boss has to embarass him by hiring a pro.
 
If he recommends hiring a pro, the boss may very well be willing to have him give it a try first, but he should let the boss know that he has no knowledge or experience of where to start and that he would be learning on the companies dime.

lastSKYsamurai:
Thanks everyone for getting back to me & the PM's I got too, Everybody's been extremely helpful, even you Mt Spokane, I understand from previous experience about people having higher expectations of me for projects in the past & personally thinking that I did not meet them. Photography however I love & don't mind perhaps if I fall here or there, it's all part of the wonder for me.

Luckily also that, while the end photos I produce will have to be cleared first by Company-heads, it's a small project that doesn't look to be a big money driven campaign. Perhaps the Company Facebook page, maybe some Postcards produced for Tourists who visit the place. The overall Idea I was lead to believe was to get some of the local employs involved in local projects & the sort. Nothing to Fire anyone over. Though I'd still like to be going in with some knowhow under my belt.

@Quasimodo, No all our milk is pasteurised when it arrives, We couldn't sell our Product if it wasn't. Legally I think that's the case for everyone. Thank you for your other comment Quasimodo, You have in-fact made me realise that It might be a good Idea to have multiple aspects of a particular area whilst inside the Dairy, some unique procedures the Bosses might not like being revealed, so showing the actual Cheese making from a variety of views/aspects would be a good fallback.

@distant.star Your advice will be greatly emphasised in my project I think, So much I had't figured into what I might shoot. Thinking about movement, I could visually see that working here. I also hadn't though about focusing on people specifically, initially. This should also work with what I'd gather the Higher-ups would agree with, I think the mentality here is going to be People & Product, though the overall theme of-cause is still "how it's all made."

Again at Mt Spokane, I like your view about all this, you're right in thinking that of-cause, & from past experience as mentioned before, I know now when to back away from something that's too big for me. I'll be sure to take my own notes from all this as the experience is my no drive for all this, I'm confident enough to know I can take decent photos, though it's going to be nice to have some fielded knowledge with me as I go in looking for some winning photos.

So thanks to everyone for your input. & please if anyone has their own ideas or experiences about all this, please add to the conversation.

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