Hi Everyone

As a professional event photographer working in and around Edinburgh and throughout the UK, this is a busy time of year, with sport, gala days and all sorts of events taking place.  While I seldom have any time these days to just pop along and take photos for fun at the weekend, event photography was a great way to start and I urge all amateur photographers to get themselves along to a local event as it is ideal practice.  Often these events can be attended free of charge, or if its a local junior football team, you can offer to give them photos for a priority position at the games.  Airshows are great events to attend with all sots of opportunities.  This was how I got a foothold in local newspaper photography in Edinburgh and Scotland, I was approached at a rugby event by a newspaper photography who asked me to contact them with my portfolio.  As I had been attending events for a few years, I had a good varied portfolio which is ideal for the type of photography required by newspapers.  Working for the press also enabled me to raise my profile locally and I was approached for private interior and wedding commissions.  This type of marketing is invaluable, even in these days of social media.  I do appreciate it is a bit more difficult nowadays with the surge in digital photography and there are probably more rules in relation to the taking of photographs, but its still worth a try and a great way to gain valuable experience and to experiment and find your photographic niche.

So out you get photographing, there is plenty on.

Anyway, until next time.

Kind Regards

Colin

www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk

www.edinburghphotographer.com