It starts with the website, which is a key element in wedding photographer John Solano's business. John's goal is to be pre-sold before the client even meets him. "The ideal is that I don't have to show them a picture," John says. "I do that, of course, but the work kind of sells itself, and if they've seen it already, the selling is...

"If you define your creativity by what the market wants, you're dead before you start."

When James Balog traveled to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in January, he knew there was little chance of his photographs being picked up by newspapers or magazines. The tsunami, which struck the region on December 26, had been well covered by the media. But as a photographer...

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David Field
Savannah College Of Art And Design
Savannah, Georgia

Sweet Science

When we spoke to David he was a few weeks from graduation. "I have plans to move up to New York and look for a job in the city," he says. Knowing it'll be hard to...

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David Calvert
Reynolds School Of Journalism
University Of Nevada
Reno, Nevada

Workout

David is a sophomore at the Reynolds School, where there are two photojournalism classes offered, a beginning and an advanced course. He hasn't taken either yet, and by the time...