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Hi! I am an amateur photographer and illustrator based in Rutland, VT. For more than a decade, I've been producing non-commercial artistic work.
Want to take a look at the work I've done?
DA Portfolio site
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For the last few years, I've been shooting exclusively in 35mm film. For the personal expressive work I do, it's the best option. However, to break into modern commercial work (portraiture, weddings, events, models, web media production, etc.) a digital set up is necessary. That cost of entry is more than beyond my reach.
My target camera is a Nikon D5200 dSLR and a pair of appropriate lenses. (Other required gear such as case, tripod, and batteries I already own for my film camera and can be used with this one.)
I'm a full time single parent stuck in a minimum wage job and under a significant amount of personal debt (accrued as a single parent living on such an income while receiving no child support). We live paycheck to paycheck, scraping by. My goal is to climb out from under that debt, but with my current income this is impossible. Were I to begin gaining commercial photography and design jobs, I could work myself out in just a few years and then begin transitioning over to this work full time. I have the eye, the skill, the training, and the experience to make this commercial endeavor succeed, but I lack the start up capital to launch the ship.
It took a fair bit of convincing for me to do this GoFundMe campaign. I'm not a fan of asking for help (often to my own detriment), so I'm including reward levels to provide services for the donations. Check out the various reward levels!
(Note: I am also open to recommendations on cameras if the one I am looking at is known to others to be inadequate or simply not the best choice.)
Want to take a look at the work I've done?
DA Portfolio site
Facebook page
For the last few years, I've been shooting exclusively in 35mm film. For the personal expressive work I do, it's the best option. However, to break into modern commercial work (portraiture, weddings, events, models, web media production, etc.) a digital set up is necessary. That cost of entry is more than beyond my reach.
My target camera is a Nikon D5200 dSLR and a pair of appropriate lenses. (Other required gear such as case, tripod, and batteries I already own for my film camera and can be used with this one.)
I'm a full time single parent stuck in a minimum wage job and under a significant amount of personal debt (accrued as a single parent living on such an income while receiving no child support). We live paycheck to paycheck, scraping by. My goal is to climb out from under that debt, but with my current income this is impossible. Were I to begin gaining commercial photography and design jobs, I could work myself out in just a few years and then begin transitioning over to this work full time. I have the eye, the skill, the training, and the experience to make this commercial endeavor succeed, but I lack the start up capital to launch the ship.
It took a fair bit of convincing for me to do this GoFundMe campaign. I'm not a fan of asking for help (often to my own detriment), so I'm including reward levels to provide services for the donations. Check out the various reward levels!
(Note: I am also open to recommendations on cameras if the one I am looking at is known to others to be inadequate or simply not the best choice.)
Organizer
Scott Frank
Organizer
Rutland, VT
