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Gary Compton's avatar

I was an assistant here in Sydney Australia for 6 years before I started shooting for myself and have to say it was the very best education you could ask for, working on every conceivable type of photography job for many different photographers and learning as much about what not to do as what to and how to deal with clients and direct talent... the list goes on and on and the best part I was paid for the privilege... paid to learn on a daily basis... I tried to study in a formal photography course and lasted one term before I returned to assisting...

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Gabe Fuhrman's avatar

I can't be creative if I'm not ingesting good art. That can be as simple as music, but ideally, I'm reading fiction or poetry. Creativity is magic and there's little magic to be found in my phone or in the eternal news cycle or work email loop. I must consume beauty to have a gnat's chance at making it.

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