Comments on: Headin’ west http://michaelcsnell.com/blog/2008/10/05/headin-west/ michael c snell photography blog Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:15:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://michaelcsnell.com/blog/2008/10/05/headin-west/comment-page-1/#comment-3530 Administrator Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:48:55 +0000 http://michaelcsnell.com/blog/2008/10/05/headin-west/#comment-3530 Hi Justin - thanks for visiting and good question. A lot of things go into deciding where I will photograph. Sometimes it is purely an assignment by a client that needs images of a particular place or event. Other times I will self-assign something that I think will do well as stock - like fall color or a new museum or attraction that doesn't already have a lot of coverage and seems newsworthy. Then there are trips that come my way through organizations I belong to like the Society of American Travel Writers. They have several conferences a year that are hosted by destinations that want press coverage. Attending these conferences isn't free but I can often combine several of these reasons for traveling into one trip to offset costs. The trip I'm on now, for instance, will partially be a hosted trip in New Mexico that I'm attending by invitation. I'm also doing some architectural work on the way down for a manufacturing client and I'm shooting and doing several interviews for a new video podcast that my wife and I are launching this Fall. More on that later. I would love to see the horses in Wyoming. A friend of mine photographed them last year during a heavy snow and his shots are great! It's definitely on my list. - Michael Hi Justin – thanks for visiting and good question. A lot of things go into deciding where I will photograph. Sometimes it is purely an assignment by a client that needs images of a particular place or event. Other times I will self-assign something that I think will do well as stock – like fall color or a new museum or attraction that doesn’t already have a lot of coverage and seems newsworthy.

Then there are trips that come my way through organizations I belong to like the Society of American Travel Writers. They have several conferences a year that are hosted by destinations that want press coverage. Attending these conferences isn’t free but I can often combine several of these reasons for traveling into one trip to offset costs. The trip I’m on now, for instance, will partially be a hosted trip in New Mexico that I’m attending by invitation. I’m also doing some architectural work on the way down for a manufacturing client and I’m shooting and doing several interviews for a new video podcast that my wife and I are launching this Fall. More on that later.

I would love to see the horses in Wyoming. A friend of mine photographed them last year during a heavy snow and his shots are great! It’s definitely on my list.

- Michael

]]> By: Justin http://michaelcsnell.com/blog/2008/10/05/headin-west/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Justin Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:11:58 +0000 http://michaelcsnell.com/blog/2008/10/05/headin-west/#comment-3521 How do you decide where you're going to photograph? Are you assigned projects based on a client's wishes, or do you determine what you want to pursue? Love your photographs - I've been following for about two years and I check in several times a week to see what's new. Take a trip up to SW Wyoming to see the wild horses and the wide-open terrain - well-worth your time! -Justin S. How do you decide where you’re going to photograph? Are you assigned projects based on a client’s wishes, or do you determine what you want to pursue?

Love your photographs – I’ve been following for about two years and I check in several times a week to see what’s new.

Take a trip up to SW Wyoming to see the wild horses and the wide-open terrain – well-worth your time!

-Justin S.

]]> By: Bruce L.Snell http://michaelcsnell.com/blog/2008/10/05/headin-west/comment-page-1/#comment-3502 Bruce L.Snell Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:38:51 +0000 http://michaelcsnell.com/blog/2008/10/05/headin-west/#comment-3502 Ditto on the Photodudes trip. We are way over due... besides... I need something to do while I'm homeless... -Bruce Ditto on the Photodudes trip. We are way over due… besides… I need something to do while I’m homeless…

-Bruce

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