What the Heck is Editorial Photography? (And Why You Should Be Shooting It)
What the Heck is Editorial Photography? (And Why You Should Be Shooting It)
Let’s talk about editorial photography! So many people think “fashion” when they hear the word “editorial”, but the genre encompasses so much more than that. In this video, I talk about what editorial photography is, how to shoot and price your editorial work, and why you should consider taking on editorial assignments.
0:00 Intro
0:21 What is Editorial Photography?
0:44 Elements of Shooting Editorial Photography
1:23 Lighting in Editorial Photography
2:42 Pricing Editorial Photography
3:40 Why You Should Be Shooting Editorials
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thank you for the tips Kevin!
I am so glad that you clarified on this! Do you mind me asking what made you get into editorial photography?
Great video. You mentioned licensing your photo(s). Would like to know more on what is involved and what is needed in this business transaction. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
So helpful!
It is hard to find anything on You Tube about editorial photography. Thanks for being here. I want to see more videos on editorial photography.
Thanks for breaking it down👊🏾👊🏾
Great video and definitely useful tips. Some feedback here: I felt distracted by your voice in stereo, panning from one side to the other. Anyways, cool stuff, thanks for sharing your experience! =P
I am an aspiring Editorial Photographer, but I do not own a camera at the moment. I plan to save for a good if not best camera I can purchase. What do you guys think should I buy? What kind or brand of camera? I am a freshman college student and the camera price here in my country is quite costly. Need your tips about this.
How do you go about licensing? I really don’t want to mess up
what kind on lenses do you use for the photos you show on this video?
Thank you, very beneficial
Yup got me a 7′ umbrella
Thank you for the insights king 😍
Thank you! I’m currently watching this before a test shoot. I’ve recently been using a speed lite and I’m lovin it. I’m currently building my portfolio. I want to come back to this video a year in and see how I’m doing.. thank you
Can I ask roughly how much a license was worth?Ball park?
Great video Kevin! I’ve been interested in shooting Editorial, I’m just starting out & trying to build my portfolio. If I don’t want to shoot Fashion but wanted to do photo story editorials for example like the runner you shot — Would you suggest I do some personal projects? I was considering I’d reach out to businesses/artists/people and pitch them on it? I don’t want to do free work but if it’s to build out my portfolio / gain experience and the client knows it’s a one-time deal, it would be more of a barter – like how fashion test shoots are ‘time for photos’. Anyway, enjoying your content and looking forward to your future videos.
I’m not huge on college education. Though I love to tell stories, do you think college education is preferred by magazines? Or can I get by with experience? Thanks!
Great video bro well explained
How many times did I say the word "editorial" in this video? 🤔
if i don’t put works on social media, where should i put them? send them to the editors?
As a person long in the photo game (director of photography in publishing in NYC and then a commercial shooter since 2000) I’d like to give my idea of what editorial means or used to mean actually. Editorial meant shooting for a magazine. Usually the photographer was given more free reign creatively (and less fee) than shooting for a commercial client. Often it would be you and the crew but not uncommon for no magazine staff to be along. When I was a director of photography I’d hire a photographer, give him or her the shoot outline or shape of the job and then just pray and hope that when I opened the box of prints it would be a spectacular shoot. If the subject of a shoot was a celebrity then staff would go but the shoot style was usually decided before hand by input from the photographer and discussions between me and the creative director and the photographer. Covers would always have staff on hand. When I first began shooting I did a ton of magazine work but as magazines faded away I turned to shooting almost exclusively commercial. I think "editorial" is usually the way to think when creating your portfolio or viewpoint but it certainly won’t pay the bills. The goal is to find clients that like your editorial work and then hire you for commercial…