Author Archives: Lou Lesko

How much should you pay your model?

An issue that often confounds photographers is the amount of compensation they should pay a model upon the sale of a stock photograph. It’s a situation that arises when you want to shoot a spec shot, but, you don’t have the financial resources to pay for the model’s time. Most models, especially friends, are happy [...]

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A book about the craziest industry in the world.

If there was a stupid mistake to be made as an advertising photographer, I made it. Not by design. It’s just that no one told me that being a commercial photographer required more business acumen than the ability to sign a charge card slip. I was happily living the delusion that, one day, I would [...]

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The Least Profitable Phrase for Photographers

It is an occupational imperative. When you least expect it, you’ll receive a phone call out of the blue from a friend, ex-lover or relation that has just started a new business, or attained some sort of notoriety that requires a photograph. As the details of their situation unfolds, the conversation will inevitably wind around [...]

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