approching newpapers and estate agents as a photographer

[Thunderchild]

how do I do it ?

Newspapers do they take anybody that can get them the shots regardless of education or just pay per shot,

estate agents do they hire photographers or do it themselves ?

[Thunderchild]

yea wheel thats what I hate about these automatic things see I have no power over that its a program that decides its a program that makes the pages I have limited control now thats what I loved about HTML I had precise control over the minutest detail now I have to work around the options I have it might have been yet better if the descriptions were on the albums thumbnail pages and not the main page but you try telling 3 million bytes of php scrit what you want it to do when its made to be hassle free my only idea to "compromise" is to try and get the description textxs the same length so that the images line up and try to use the naroest images possible (I have a 15:10 screen so figure its not looking great on a 4:3 screen), I'm fairly quikly rebuilding it now at least it has that advantage and there are a few custom options

[Jenga]

Estate agents usually carry a digital camera. Some newspapers use p/t freelance photographers. I saw a job advertised once.

[Thunderchild]

yea I was thinking that about estate agents but I bet they don't get great pictures depends on how important the pics are I suppose I can take indoor pictures at like 180 degrees something your point and shoot won't do nor will most cameras without huge distortion but wioth my experience of panos I can do it with low cost equipment and a powerful computer that most estae agents won't have

[weeal]

have you thought about photography for 'brochures', eg advertising pics for House Builders or Holidays or whatever ?

House Builders also now use 360degree camera shots in show homes etc.....

http://www.stephen.co.uk/360/406_downstairs.ht m

[pink-kittens]

Simon that looks fabulous! What a difference.
Very profesional, very easy to navigate and perfect colouring.
You definitely deserve a job - your pictures are lovely and I would also hire you if I were looking for a photographer :)

Best of Luck! I really hope you make your dream come true.
PKx

[Thunderchild]

problem is weeal I just don't know where to start, I've lived abroad for 14 years and come back to what I consider a mess of a country especially when it comes to jobs Englands also become very beurocratic like Italy and simple jobs have highfalute names making it more difficult to determine what is actually out there but theres nothing in photography

thanks pink kitten for your comments it is also easier to build the site now as it is an automated software so I don't have to waste time on making pages just play with my images (you'll notice that most have a panoramic treatment) and upload them when I'm done