I'd like to try out some night club shooting... it's peaked my interest for a while!
How do you get started/get into the first club to shoot? And how on earth do so many of these pics come out so well? Between people being very drunk and a flash going off, how are these people's faces not completely ruined? hehe...
Well, depends on the market. I got started through an internship with a local advertorial rag. They covered my costs, I got connections, so it worked out. This was the last century, things worked differently.
Now, in some markets, any idiot with a blog can become a club shooter, so the barrier for entry is low. Even people with "*.blogspot.com" or whatever get credentialed at venues.
So, it's a helluva lot easier today. Just by the virtue of having your own domain, you're already ahead of 90 percent of the people out there.
With that in mind:
- Get a dot com.
- Get some sort of logo/wordmark.
- Hit up everyone you can. Usually most venues have a marketing contact. Barring that, work through the artist who is there that evening, they often will welcome the PR.
- Don't work for free.
As far as people? Most people going out to clubs have egos the size of the entire internet. It's why blogs, Facebook, and Twitter exist. So, if they can show their buddies at work on Monday what they did over the weekend, then they are all for it. Especially when they're on a "big website".
Yeah, yeah, that was my "get off my lawn" side talking.
