studio36uk wrote:

Including being the tea boy and general sweeper upper, too. Absolutely.

Studio36

Toilet cleaner,roll replacer,nanny,substance abuse  advisor,wet shoulder holder,etc I'm in.

QOL wrote:
There's nothing liking setting bible script in all uppercase, tracking it in nice and tight, maybe horizontally scale 80%, skew it 15% and add a drop shadow. Nice logo. Oh, and use Hobo for your tagline. Nothing says classy like hobo.

My personal pet peeve is Sand. Summer is coming to an end, so we are blissfully not going to see it so much on ads for water parks and summer entertainment stuff.

Unfortunately, we are getting into the Halloween season, and will see it used and abused for everything "spooky". Ugh.

Legacys 7 wrote:
Here here. I am one. Actually if you want to make it in photography nowadays, you have to be more than just a photographer. Adapt.

I am doing the graphic design thing in school too. I was doing it before, but will have a much better hands on in this field. I want to be able to apply this in my major, advertisement photography.

Absolutely right on mark!

I imageine it might be a different story large market areas where there is usually plenty of any vocation to draw on. I'm in a very small market and having been a relative newcomer, only 10 years now, the market was pretty saturated with studios that have been around since forever.......so I thought it best not to open another one since photography studios have very high mortality rates even in the best of times.

But I did manage to land a graphic designers position with the local paper. Did that for eight years. Of course had to put up with a lot of corporate bullshit. But it did get me known in the area for my design work. Once I started using my own photography in client ads that got me noticed until now I'm back on my own working from home doing both.

The work breaks down about 75% photography and 25% graphic design. But many times I design a promo piece and leave it with a client. That gets me even more work. Last time was yesterday. Landed me a food photoshoot, a menu design and a art show all from one client. Not bad for a small market!