![]() ![]() Maestro is finer dining Mexican at its very best. More locally, I live in Pasadena, so lighting-round in that area: Fishwives for oysters and beer. Shappy’s Pretzels have weekly pop-up shops all over LA, so just check their website if you crave what a REAL soft baked pretzel is supposed to taste like. Gjusta in Venice for brunch (or really anytime), but absolutely do not leave without at least one of their country sourdough baguettes. The small mountain town of Idyllwild to not only escape LA, but to avoid the Patagonia-clad weekend hikers and commercial noise of Lake Arrowhead or Mammoth (and while you’re there, you must eat at Ferro). In the greater LA/SoCal areas… Old Place Cornell, to feel like you’re dining in a completely different state (trust me, it’s WORTH the drive). Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc. Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. So, baton down the hatches and hold fast… the ride is bumpy as shit…but damn, it’s a fun one. If this was an easy career, everyone would be doing it. You can too, it just requires much more grit and sacrifice. This is how the figurative (or literal) “trust fund kids” can endure– they can stay afloat during the slopes and stagnations. You’ll need to work hard for every inch of progress you make, and even then, your last job still IS your last job. Maintaining that for 20+ years is the real challenge, and one I face every minute of every day (hence, my previous answer on the work/life balance). ![]() At best (and I do mean BEST), you can expect to make about the same as a tenured university professor– probably on the lower end. You can, however, make a good living doing something you love… and that needs to be enough. Art and ego are inherently intertwined, almost inseparable…do your best to separate the two.ĭo not get into this career to become rich and famous. No matter how good or original you think you are, hundreds of people already did it before you and are doing way better. You are entitled to exactly zero and you absolutely DO need to prove yourself. No one is going to hand you a YSL campaign. Real answer: understand no one is going to “discover” you. Well, as the old saying goes, “The best way to make money as a photographer is to sell your gear” (never gets old, haha). So, how do you “make it” as a fashion photographer. The passion for photography is often an eternal flame…the reality of maintaining a viable career in this genre is a much different and much harsher truth. Or they get out of the industry all together to pursue a more financially consistent career…and occasionally shoot/publish an editorial or take the odd (small) look-book job. Often, several of these fashion photogs will make the jump over to weddings, real-estate, family/senior portraits, and/or product photography. Ones who can easily get by, even flourish, when they are younger…but as years add up, so do the inherent, ever growing expenses that just come from getting older. I’ve been doing this long enough to personally know dozens of fashion photographers (in Los Angeles) come and go ones who make a huge splash, and burn bright, but burn out. Those lean years are make or break… and many do break. I won’t get into the granular, but suffice to say you will not make good, consistent money in this genre for several years (if ever). I don’t want to delve into classism here, but I can objectively say that photography– specifically fashion photography– is an expensive endeavor to undertake. Within the photography community, professional fashion photography is often referred to as “The Trust Fund Kid’s Career”. And thus a skewed balance begins to favor “work” creeping into all aspects of your life.Īlright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally? So, your mind is constantly churning, attempting to land on viable options, concepts, ideas– and when you do– just how the hell you’re going to pull it off… again. And as any creative person will tell you, that’s not just a button you push and something wholly new, exciting, and original comes out every time, on demand. And a critical part of that plan is how you’ll be creative. Because your last gig IS your last gig, you’re always planning/thinking of when, what, and how you’ll land your next job, aka, paycheck. In the professional creative commercial arts– especially freelancers– creative-mode is work-mode… and work-mode is creative-mode. Unfortunately, my work/life balance has kept ebbing from distinct parameters, becoming increasingly blurred. Hi Lucas, how has your work-life balance changed over time? We had the good fortune of connecting with Lucas Passmore and we’ve shared our conversation below. ![]()
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