And so should you. Featured in Vanity Fair's January issue, Annie Liebovitz shot her for the cover and article, and Maureen Dowd wrote the article. Read it here thanks to Vanity Fair understanding the potential of posting articles online. Or buy the magazine. Or do both, like I did.
You can see a pathetic video of the shoot here. This was the first time I checked out Vanity Fair. I hope their video production gets a lot better in the future...Off to watch some 30 Rock episodes.
I was chatting with a friend of mine about business cards the other day and realized I should update mine. I hate the design I currently have (so much I'll never post it online) so I figured now's the time to change.
In my search for inspiration, I ran across these sites/blogs that feature cool business card designs. Some of them are really, really cool. Check them out:
No, not really, but some are advocating it (well, sort of, read the posts) over at Strobist and at Chase Jarvis' blog.
I think Vincent Laforet hit the head on the nail with his post in response to all this buzz about working for free, here.
From Vincent's post:
"Big name actors do occasionally work for free, so do big name talent in all areas - IF THE PROJECT is AMAZING - and not backed by a HUGE company sitting on cash. This is a VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION."
Very well put and it is quite the distinction. I have an education in Film and in school, my friends and I would crew on films for free all the time. But those same people we helped out would later help out on our film. Now, these projects weren't amazing but they were experience and portfolio builders. I worked for free on those film projects but it was a very selfish free. I don't think I can emphasize the selfish aspect enough.
Maybe I don't understand David's point but I don't really consider doing charity work or shooting TFP or TFCD shooting for free. That's just portfolio building. The thing I worry about is people might think too small or screw themselves over instead of actually understanding what is good to shoot for free.
And so should you. Featured in Vanity Fair's January issue, Annie Liebovitz shot her for the cover and article, and Maureen Dowd wrote the article. Read it here thanks to Vanity Fair understanding the potential of posting articles online. Or buy the magazine. Or do both, like I did.
