Originally Posted by DeanCapture

Interesting comment. I love shooting exclusive content with a flavor that I'm comfortable with -vs- shooting all types of flavors to meet the clients needs. I tend to shoot my own style and look for buyers who have a need for that style....instead of shooting a variety of styles to fill the clients needs.

I also try to make it clear to potential clients that I am only interested in producing a certain style of work and if this style is not what they are after - we shouldn't work together. I've had clients try to change the flavor of my work by requesting me to change things about the shoots that I was not comfortable changing. I explain to the clients that I have a vision about the type of work that I want to produce and if our visions don't align, we should not be working together.

This is a completely different mindset than what a non-exclusive shooter would posses. This type of shooter will shoot whatever flavor the client wants as long as they get paid. Money is important to me but is not "and" has never been the reason I got into this business. For me it's all about producing quality work and doing what pleases me. If I'm not enjoying myself - I get bored and do not do my best. Most non-exclusive shooters don't care that much about doing what pleases them.....but rather what pleases the client.

Interesting thoughts here - keep'm coming