I really like Coudal’s 3 Question Test for taking a project.
I know what a bunch of you are thinking, though, “How can I say ‘no’ to anything these days?!” That’s a fair argument. Things are tough and will be for a while. But remember that compromising your quality or your ethics or even your price can have much greater ramifications over the long term that you might first think. I’m not saying you ALWAYS have to say “no” if it’s a less-than-perfect project; I am saying that you should give it a good hard think before doing anything.
Especially these days.
One of my mentors early in my career once told my, “never take a job that won’t advance your career”.
Well said Bruce. If there’s no forward motion from a job, be it lots of money, opportunity for photographs that will enhance your book or both I pass.
It sucks at first but if you find the right clients they will hire you for your style and if you present the budget right they will understand what everything costs.
Its the cheep clients that become expensive for us.