Do NOT Work for Free! Unless, of course, you should…
This is freaking hilarious and ANYONE in a creative industry needs to see this. A truer word could not be spoken about working for free vs. getting paid.
For the love of all things holy! Please take 3 1/2 minutes to watch this video… Writer, Harlan Ellison speaks the truth… Brilliant and hilarious!
After that, you’ll think I may be crazy… But working for free has been one of the best experiences of my career (in certain situations…)
Ok, I don’t have Warner Bros. calling me with such insane requests; but I have had certain magazines requesting the same thing… And they are the ones I stay away from..
In my travels I have found organization that I truly believe in and want to support. As you know, I’ve been doing work for Oxfam this past year (that’s my photo on their homepage for Close the Gap) and I love that I can offer my skills to support such a worthy cause. You can see some other work on this previous post… here.
I have also recently gotten on board with Rotary Club and will be creating some images for them to help them grow a new rehab facility here in Brisbane.
For these organizations I don’t even think twice. But when I get requests from magazines offering “exposure” I get pretty twisted up.
Mr. Ellison couldn’t have expressed my feelings clearer. But for the organizations that deserve a free shoot… Well, I couldn’t be happier supplying them with images.
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