Interviewing A Professional Photographer

I interviewed Addie Mannan, a fashion and portrait photographer based in Portland, Oregon. I had a very good experience with my interview. Ms. Mannan was so excited and "honored" to be interviewed for my project. She gave me a lot of very valuable information for the career research project. In addition, she gave me some advice for the future. She said, " Learn to take criticism constructively and not take it personally.  There will be a lot of disappointment and learning curves in this business, but keep at it.  Experiment with different avenues and be willing to try different things with your photography, you might be surprised at what you find you are good at or that you enjoy doing. Collaborate with other artist, you can learn a lot from other creative people.  Look at other photographers as your colleagues, not your competition, [it’s] a smaller world in this industry than you think and having good relationships with other [photographers] leads to recommendations for work. " These are a few of Addie's photos from her website: Addie Mandan