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Creating fab free tutorials & content + doing all of the work behind the scenes definitely keeps me tied up! ā»ļø Pretty please with sugar on top, give me a hand & share (it costs nothing but a click or tap of your time) ā„ļø Sharing your favourite posts & videos from my blog, channel & social media with your online circles, enthusiastically introducing people to my work & encouraging them to follow, like, comment & share would really go a long way to increasing my visibility & those all important behind the scenes numbers which are so crucial when attempting to create opportunitiesĀ +Ā find the ārightā connections needed to help me take my Confessions of a Refashionista to the next level š„° . . . . #onewomanshow #allbymyself #refashionista #workingforfree #sustainablefashion #slowfashion #upcycle #ecofashion #thriftedfashion #recycledfashion #sew #sustainableclothing #upcycledclothing #secondhandfashion #secondhandfirst #newtoyou #fabover40 #refashion #secondhandstyle #circularfashion #upcyclingfashion #conciousfashion #lovedclotheslast #zerowastefashion #ecofashionista #makedoandmend #chooseused (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGf89jLpsDZ/?igshid=1plmcjs04vg8d
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#Artist #WorkingForFree Contrary to popular belief, there are times when it's okay to work for free. However, there are important questions you have to ask. Is the person I'm helping committed to finishing the project and putting in more than anyone else around them? Will I suffer losses what I could otherwise prevent, if I say yes? Would this person help you? I'm thinking of doing a video on this subject because most of the time you really shouldn't work for free but that doesn't mean doing it is always a bad thing. #Art #FilmmakingProblems #filmmaker #filmmaking https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs_886vF0Ws/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wd6ly9rptomm
Working for Free Part Deux
Welcome back! I have been feeling pretty defeated lately. I canāt help but wonder if I should have waited to write this story until AFTER I HAD A FUCKING JOB. But this is a process.Ā
A personal process.Ā
A growth process.Ā
A creative process.Ā
Where was I?Ā
Oh, right. Working for free is something I have been counting on to help me in my career. Why do people take internships? To learn a skill or trade. To get a job at the company theyāre interning with. To make networking connections that help them get a job somewhere after the internship. Well, I just took these internships because they came up and I didnāt know how to do anything. I thought,Ā āletās see what happens!āĀ
So, I finished two internships, which took me to August, 2016. I kept working at the bar and applied for jobs. In June 2017, I was dating a guy with beaucoup bucks and I saved a little bit of money to last a few months. After several discussions, we decided I should quit my job at the bar and make my own podcast and try to monetize it. I figured I would also apply for jobs in the meantime and thereās no way it would take me longer than a few months to find a job, right? Easier said than done, my friends.Ā
I quit my job and started working on my podcast. However, it was also summer time, and I also donāt like doing things that I donāt know how to do and are hard. Making a podcast is hard! I bought a H4N recorder on Amazon for $160 thereabouts and went to work. My friend Bob would come over and we would record, then he would leave and I would edit and post the show. That also meant I had to build a website. That also meant I had to learn audio editing software. Which I did. It was the most time-consuming, isolating, and frustrating work Iāve ever done.Ā I felt so alone in my apartment all day, trying to navigate Squarespace and spending hours listening to and editing the episodes, questioning every cut and clip. I would apply for jobs too, which only added to the feelings of isolation and defeat.Ā
During the summer of 2017, I talked to a friend who worked as an art director for film, TV, and commercials. He started as a PA and worked his way up. He gave me a list of email addresses of production coordinators and told me to use his name. I sent about 10 emails out and 2 weeks later I was asked to work for free. Which I did. Now I have been working as a freelance PA for the last 10 months.
I went back to the radio station about a year after my internship because I couldnāt find a job in radio wiping peopleās assholes. I thought I needed more experience, so I tried producing a show from the ground up. I am still producing this show almost a year later.Ā
As I was continuously looking for work opportunities, I ended up contacting a friend who worked at City Hall. He recommended me for yet another (!) unpaid internship for one of our state senators. I got the job. I would work for free yet again, hoping against hope that maybe this time it would lead to something!
It didnāt.
In summary, I have done a shit load of work for free. The Bus Project, the radio station, my podcast, a film gig, and for a US senator. All in the name of building my resume, my portfolio. Setting my future self up for success. There might be something to that. Because I have done so much shitty work for free, Iāve learned a lot. I am grateful for those experiences. Itās taught me about communication, boundaries, and conflict. Itās taught me about self-respect and professionalism. It taught me that I donāt ever want to work for free again.
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Working For Free
As someone who is trying to build a portfolio from scratch, I have had to do many jobs for free. Put yourself in my shoes for a minute.Ā
Youāre a recovering alcoholic who got sober at 27.
Before getting sober, you only work at bars and restaurants and somehow manage to pull off a transfer degree from the local community college.
At 27, you still have 2-3 years to finish your degree, so you canāt start applying forĀ ābig kidā jobs until youāre 30.Ā
So, what are your choices? You give up. Or you work for free trying to gain experience you missed in your early 20ā²s when you were too busy being a sloppy blackout drunk.Ā
But who will hire a 28-year-old with no office or professional experience? You got it! Nonprofits. Because no one knows what the fuck is going on and theyāre sometimes run by children.
My first internship was with an organization called the Bus Project. They have chapters all over the country and their goal is to get young people involved in politics. My friend was a program coordinator and invited me to beĀ āhisā intern. My job was to recruit and organize volunteers to register people to vote. Iām not even sure the higher ups even knew I worked there or if it even legit. I participated in many events like phone banks, voter education panels, and canvassing, including helping out with the National Voter Registration Day party. I did that for about 4 or 5 months before moving on. It was a great experience. But there was no path forward, no employment opportunity waiting for me at the end. And, who wants to work in local politics? Iām kidding! That is a very noble pursuit. More noble than I.
Next, a professor of mine hooked me up with this badass attorney by day and rock star by night. She was the president of a scrappy, local radio station and they needed help with their morning program. I got the 6-month, unpaid, internship after 2(!) interviews and began working as a producer for the morning show. For an independent radio station with a tiny listener base, that job was fucking intense. It seemed like I was working harder on the show than I was on my degree. It consumed most of my time. News was always breaking, guests always had to be booked, clips always had to be edited. This show was on 5 days a week. Itās a lot to ask of someone to devote 20 hours a week to something for free. And there was a team of unpaid interns! There were like 5 of us! My experience there taught me the value of pushing myself farther than I ever had before. It helped me see what I could do if I put my mind to it. Or if my boss put my mind to it. That guy had mastered the art of channeling other peopleās energy. It also sparked a fire in me for radio. In early sobriety, I discovered podcasts and fell in love. I wanted to be a part of telling stories.
I finished up that internship in August, 2016, a couple months after graduation. I was ready for my career to start! Hey, world! Check me out! Oh, it doesnāt always work out that way. I kept my job at the bar, where I was making great fucking money. I also started applying to jobs pretty regularly. One lesson I have learned over time is that applying to jobs is an art all on itās own. Who knows how many interviews I could have gotten if I knew what the hell I was doing? I didnāt know the first thing about applying for jobs.
One night, I was out with a girlfriend at a hippieĀ āgirls nightā soaking and sauna establishment and I was lamenting over the job search. A woman overheard us and asked if Iād like to come interview for a marketing coordinator at her company. How fortuitous! THIS time it would work out for sure! It was as if fate was finally intervening on my behalf. The Goddess was alive and magic was afoot.
I went in for an initial interview in which I met with each member of the team individually. It was a small staff of 4 folks and the business was ensuring that pharmaceutical companies were in compliance with some law that was passed under Clinton. They invited me in for a second interview in which I just met with the Operations Manager for lunch. I was asked in for a third interview in which I took a proofreading/editing test and had lunch with the CEO. I was SO close. They gave the job to someone with more experience.Ā
I have worked for free so much that there will be a part II to this entry. Stay tuned!Ā Ā
To all of my photographer friends: Should we ever shoot for free?
This topic is widely discussed in the photography community and although my ideas may not be earth shattering -Ā I still feel they are worth sharing -Ā so here we go. As a photographer, we ultimately want to create something we are genuinely proud of. This reaches from our images captured, the business we create, to the brand we cultivate. We dream of working in bigger cities, larger platforms, or maybe just in a larger capacity, meaning booking more in our current market. While none of these are lacking their own unique qualities, the end goal is the same: to be successful. So I would challenge you to first describe what that is for you? What do you see when you think SUCCESS?Ā Write it down. Once you have jotted your definition of that, please comment your notes below so we can all share in your goal. Then -Ā how does shooting for free, or not, play into that success? It may not. It may not help book that corporate contract you're chasing or that wedding that you've been marketing to for weeks, but it may benefit in ways that are more meaningful in the big picture. Ok, so shooting for free clearly won't put Benjamins in your savings account and there is zero guarantee that it will lead to those elusive Benjamins ever, but what if I told you that's ok?! Its ok if something you're truly dedicated to doesn't afford you the new equipment you're drooling over (on Amazon, B&H, or Adorama). Because what if the rewards are so much more than a tangible objective? I know what you're thinking- "I need to make money to succeed as a business" and yes, that is true, but what if you dove into something you are truly passionate about and saw it to completion? The feeling of doing something for someone else is a wonderful experience to have. If anyone has ever bought your coffee in the drive thru before you got to the window, I bet you smiled. I bet that feeling was a pleasant feeling. We as photographers have the opportunity, responsibility even, to capture moments in time. Moments to record of joy, sadness, surprise, love, etc. No one makes us passionate about our craft, we are drawn to it for our own personal reasons. So in the end, you can do whatever you want.Ā You can donate your time and skill anyway you prefer. I love volunteering at our Church anytime they need another photographer to capture events, or just the typical Sunday morning service. I dream of taking a missions trip with my Church and doing just that. Capturing the need of others in a way that someone else would be lead to do more, be more than they are.Ā I also love having my camera with me when out in public and strive to capture moments and objects I see that catch my eye or that make up the world around us -- you never know when those images are going to change in meaning or value.Ā Imagine after 9/11 having been able to log into your computer and see images that you'd captured of the city in years past while you were just enjoying your world around you while walking the city...we, as photographers, have the privilege of snapping and archiving the wonderful things around us, but if you only wait to do so once you've been hired or told what to do, you miss this opportunity. Now, am I talking about hired pro bono work here too?Ā Maybe, sometimes yes.Ā You don't have to simply give your time away to some event if you choose not to, however. There are lots of benefits to choosing to do free work for yourself (so much creative freedom!) -- You could also start a photo project that means something - a project that speaks directly to you. By doing so, you may challenge others to do the same, or share a story that helps someone who really needed to hear that particular story. One of my absolute favorite photographers is Ryan Muirhead. His work is hauntingly captivating, but his approach is as well. I'll never forget the video he posted where he is sitting in the floor with his subject and so engaged that when he realized he had the shot he couldn't pass up, he couldn't take his eyes off of her long enough to even reach for his camera and found himself blindly reaching for it. He wanted to capture exactly what he was seeing, that moment, that expression, that emotion and I want that almost-hypnotized-experience. I'm challenging myself to create for myself as well as others. I challenge you to do the same. Life is far too fragile and far too fleeting to not make today different than yesterday was. Maybe for yourself, your clients, or someone that stumbles upon your work some day. Working for free may pay more than we are capable of calculating when we open our eyes to the possibilities of it.Ā JG
A different type of stitching today - fly wires for my daughter Rhiannonās apartment. #sewing #stitching #flywire #homedecor #nomoreflies #workingforfree #mumjobs (at Fawkner Park, Melbourne)
