Originally Posted by JustDaveXxx

But I'm a "Spec" shooter. I shoot what the client wants and to the specifications that they want it. If I don't like it, or if I'm not interested, I just don't take the job.

It is as simple as this: Client tells me what he wants and I tell him what it costs. If the guy is a savvy and "in tune" website owner and understands his traffic, he will be able to convey that to me. If he conveys what it is he wants, I have been around long enough to know if I can make it happen or not. If I can and we are both happy with the price, it happens.

But if i cant make it happen for what ever reason, (stuff I don't like to shoot, Things I dont think I could make happen, Price, etc), I politely decline.

Well I'm fortunate enough, that I am always busy and I have have the skills enough to turn in high end, "Artsy Fartsy", Super hardcore, and or amateur. And yes you do need some degree of skill to turn in amateur content. What skill might you ask??? The skills enough to duplicate the same look, feel, and style in a different place with the same consistence as you did all previous shoots.

Why is that important? Well if a client likes a particular amateur scenes look, style and feel, that you shot, but he wants it in a different, place, location, at night, during the day, in the back yard, in a car, etc. You better have the skills to reproduce that.

Not saying that the guy who actually is an amateur, wont sell content, but a "Spec" shooter better be able to reproduce what the client actually likes and wants.


But I will tell you 1st hand, and this has been my experience; I don't think its about hot women or even pretty women. I think its about getting the right content for the right targeted traffic.

Just Dave