How are you dressed when you are meeting up with clients?
Really though, what are you wearing when you meet up with a client? Are you all dress up in formals or sporty casual with nice jeans and polo shirt or are you eccentric and go out wearing what you find to be fashionably your flavor of the day? "The quickest way to make money at photography is to sell your camera."
Stealthy Ninja wrote: I dress appropriately for whatever I'm shooting too. If it's a wedding, I dress like a guest (for example).
I dress like I'm on the job, because I am. In general I just try to look professional. What I typically wear would be suitable for many occupations.
After I've come to know a client, and I think they'd be okay with it, I might dress more casually at a meeting that I know is going to be casual.
Once at a wedding I was discussing shooting restrictions with the officiator. He said since I was dressed nice that I could do anything as long as I didn't blind him with the flash. He commented that he makes poorly dressed photographers (he mentioned T-shirts, sneakers, sandals, and photo vests) stand in the back.
"The quickest way to make money at photography is to sell your camera."
Frost Photography wrote: So I'm guessing know one is wearing their AC/DC shirt with their cut off jean shorts?
I've seen that guy shooting senior portraits in the local park on many a Saturday morning.
In non-work life that sounds similar to how I dress. They made me wear a tie when I sold cameras and developed film. I don't wear a tie very often these days, but I'll put on the nice pants and shirt for work.
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