A Photo Editor: Working with a Rep

This is one of the best posts on how an editor sees the photographer's rep, and whether you need one. Additionally, the look into the politics and career guidance a good rep can be on a photographer is really spot on. Take a look and read the whole thing. It can apply to many other fields as well as photography.

A Photo Editor - National Magazine Photo Editor: "There’s 3 basic types of agent I deal with. Editorial friendly, advertising heavy and fashion flacks. Editorial friendly agents know their photographers love to shoot editorial and will bend over backwards to accommodate any job. They can juggle the tightest schedule to land a shoot, are quickly back with an answer about availability, let you challenge a first hold and have several other capable photographers available should your first choice fall through. All this for a paltry cut of the $500/day fee. Since these shooters take so many editorial jobs I always try and accommodate when an advertising job suddenly lands on dates I’ve confirmed."