Tag Archives: Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer

Spring 2017 Newsletter

05.16.17

The Spring 2017 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign up for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial with recent news, a review of Wacom’s Intuos Pro graphic tablet, an article detailing a recent...

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Reality Check

12.06.16

While revamping my website recently it was decided to take down a few of the stories I had on my portfolio website to simplify it a bit. I wanted to repost this insight into the life of a pro photographer here on the blog, and just now have finally gotten around to doing so. This is...

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Advice for those looking to start a career in Photography

10.10.14

Updated September 5, 2017: Some of the links I originally posted in this blog have disappeared so I removed one link and revised a few others. I get on average three to six emails a week asking basically the same question: “I want to be a pro photographer and travel the world shooting adventurous assignments. How...

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Jay GoodrichOctober 14, 2014 - 3:48 pm
Thanks for linking into my post Michael! Totally appreciate it!
Susan CrittendenOctober 14, 2014 - 11:28 pm
Great info to share with all.
Dan JacksonNovember 6, 2014 - 6:05 pm
Wow, what a great “standard” drafted response that you use to promote other people’s books. So tired of people selling information that should be free. Hopefully these people contacting you aren’t gullible enough to pay for that advice easily found elsewhere.
Michael ClarkNovember 6, 2014 - 7:51 pm
Dan – Not sure what you are getting at. I won’t make anything by offering up these books or even any money from sales of my own book. I am just giving out some hard won advice and I am not sure if you read the first part of the blog post but half the info shared here is free on the internet. I myself bought a dozen books or more when I was starting out and they were worth every penny so I do not hesitate to recommend solid information.
Barry SchwartzNovember 8, 2014 - 12:17 am
Really nice. I teach a business class for photographers at a local college, and everything you’ve written echoes what I try to communicate for my students. It takes a lot of hard work and time – and first-rate people-skills to make for a sustained career.

I would suggest another book: The ASMP Guide To New Markets In Photography, Edited by Susan Carr, which gives a broad view of the current changes in media, and the place of the individual creator navigating within that world.
Michael ClarkNovember 8, 2014 - 9:26 am
Barry – Awesome, thank you for the new book recommendation. I’ll have to check that one out. Susan was an amazing educator! If you have any other recommendations please feel free to list them here as a resource for all.
Summer Reading List - asmpMarch 31, 2016 - 1:50 pm
[…] For more links to stellar reading material relating to the business of photography check out my recent blog post entitled, Advice for Those Looking to Start a Career in Photography. […]
Luck is Not a Factor - asmpMarch 31, 2016 - 3:49 pm
[…] this industry. While you are at it, check out this article I wrote on my blog last year, entitled Advice for those looking to start a career in Photography. It offers up a bit of advice and also links to quite a few excellent articles and […]
Mike BennetAugust 4, 2016 - 5:28 am
Thanks for this great resource!

This info is essential:

“It usually takes 3 to 5 years to go full time, then 10 years to gain 90% of your skills and start making decent money and 15 years to really make it big.”
Narin ChauhanJune 5, 2017 - 3:44 am
Great post for beginners like me.. if it doesn’t drive you, Take a step back.. one need to be passionate enough to consider photography as a career as it takes time and lots of patience to make a mark.
Advice to Aspiring Professional Photographers: Part 2 » Michael Clark PhotographyNovember 27, 2017 - 12:09 pm
[…] back in October of 2014, I posted a blog entitled, “Advice for those looking to start a career in Photography.” I have sent a link out to that blog post quite often and I have had quite a few aspiring […]

Book Review: The Rise of Superman

05.04.14

Disclaimer: This is kind of a long-winded book review but stick with it to the end and you’ll see why I am so excited about this book and why I highly recommend it to everyone! About a month ago, I had lunch with New York Times bestselling author Steve Kotler here in Santa Fe, New...

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A Manfrotto Webinar: Taking your Photography to the Next Level with Michael Clark

08.04.13

I will be giving a webinar with the fine folks at Manfrotto later this month on August 15th. Below is information about this webinar. Hope you can join us. it should be a very fun conversation filled with adventurous tales of woe and behind the scenes insight into creating top-notch images. Join us for a...

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Exposed Excerpt in the Fall 2012 ASMP Bulletin

12.24.12

An excerpt from my latest book with PeachPit, Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer, was published in the Fall 2012 issue of the ASMP Bulletin. The excerpt is from a chapter on the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race and some of the trials and tribulations that I experienced while covering that race....

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Authors@Google Talk now Live on YouTube

11.01.12

A few weeks ago I gave a talk at Google as part of their Authors@Google program. I gave an hour long talk on my work and discussed the realities of working as a professional adventure sports photographer, as well as telling some stories about specific assignments. The talk dovetailed with my new book Exposed: Inside the Life...

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