Let's face it - if you expand the timeline long enough - you're going to find there is quite a fair amount of toxicity within the photography community.

From jealousy to envy to downright aggressive competition - no one is immune from it.

So let's break down the actual sources behind the toxic traits of so many creatives and how we can navigate it better as a community.

https://jamespatrick.com/

I want to be clear, right off the top, that I have personally made every single one of these mistakes myself in my 20+ year career.

The goal is not to shame photograpehrs for making the mistakes that all of us have made - but to shed light (that is a well-placed pun) on these misconcepts, misunderstandings and mistakes so that we can continue to learn and improve on our craft as creative professionals.

https://jamespatrick.com/

You were asked by a client to bid on a project and either intentionally or unintentionally they did not give you all of the information you need to accurate prepare an estimate that fully reflects your services and value.

Bluntly - you underbid.

So what do you do?

In this episode of the Beyond the Image podcast, host James Patrick deconstructs how to prevent this scenario from happening to begin with as well as suggestions on how to navigate it with clients should the situation arise.

https://jamespatrick.com/