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I'm a 14-Year-Old Car Photographer, can you give me some criticism on my photos, and advice on making money as a photographer. Thanks (alien.top)

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You can see my work here ; https://rmsphoto.mystrikingly.com/

Hi, I'm a Car Photographer, and I've done quite a few shoots in the past, some free some paid, with some amazing cars, for example I shot a lamborghini tour in the Yorkshire dales and an M5 & X7 for a car dealership. I've probably made about £300 in total from photography. I've emailed about 10-15 Companies around me asking if they would be interested in my photography, social media management & developing videography skills, with quite professional sounding emails. I've not told any of the company's the price or the fact I'm 14, but haven't got any responses at all even though I genuinely think I could help companies- I'm stuck on what to do. Any advice is appreciated or critique on my photos. I have a free photoshoot this Sunday of a Porsche 356, as I know the owner quite well (who also has a 992 GT3) but nothing after. Thanks so much

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Just keep shooting for fun!

At 14 you will struggle to find an insurance company willing to insure you for any sort of business insurance, without it a lot of work will be unavailable to you.

For example you can't take a car out and shoot it somewhere for a restoration company, car sales company etc as your not old enough to drive and you wouldnt have the business insurance to cover you if you damaged it.

You can't shoot motorsports as you need to be 18 to be trackside and you need £5 or £10 million PLI at most tracks now.

Just enjoy shooting everything, work towards being better all the time and once things will start to fall into place as you get old enough to be able to do these things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn’t the owner of the car have the insurance though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A photographer shooting expensive (or otherwise) would very much need to carry a general liability policy. What if photog bumps camera into the side of a $250k Porsche and does $10k in damage? Or more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ok that’s fair. I thought you meant driving it.