Tuesday, November 03, 2009

The Visual Science Lab: Combatting the Oppressive Sense of Isolation Many Freelance Photographers Feel

Nice little post on being Isolated.
The Visual Science Lab: Combatting the Oppressive Sense of Isolation Many Freelance Photographers Feel:

"Our logic driven (but totally misguided) demand for the lowest price on everything we bought for our businesses effectively killed off most of the good camera stores. With the labs and the retailers gone we lost two points of intersection that were part of the fabric of the freelance life.

Now the recession has taken away a large percentage of our human contact with clients. I don't know about you but we're booking fewer jobs and the ones that come in seem to be produced and negotiated and delivered all on the web. Once again diminishing human contact."

In video form, Kirk tells us:


Read the whole thing. It will help you take back a bit of your life.

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