Photographers, you gotta love 'em, part 5

[Benny Profane]

This guy is in love with himself. Looking for retouchers who aren't. 20 grand to start.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/955687241.html

EXPERIENCED RETOUCHER – GRAPHIC ARTIST – DIGITECH WANTED (Midtown West)

Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-12-12, 5:47PM EST


CELEBRITY / COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
ERIC VON LOCKHART
WWW.ERICVONLOCKHART.COM
WWW.STUDIO1NYC.COM

IMMEDIATE OPENING AVAILABLE.

THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE GLAMOROUS WORLDS OF BEAUTY, FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY. STUDIO 1 NYC, INC. IS THE WORKPLACE OF CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER, ERIC VON LOCKHART, NYC ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS AND WEBCOS, INC. POSITION MAINLY INVOLVES RETOUCHING, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PROCESSING DIGITAL PHOTOS, MAINTAINING PHOTO LIBRARY, PRINTING AND ASSISTING PHOTOGRAPHER AS NEEDED.

TEMPORARY TO PERMANANT POSITION BASED ON PERFORMANCE LEVEL.

OPEN HOUSE INTERVIEWS (DATES BELOW). PLEASE BRING YOUR RESUME AND PORTFOLIO.
(NO PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS PLEASE)

JOB REQUIREMENTS

PORTFOLIO WITH “BEFORE” AND “AFTER” PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK REQUIRED AT THE INTERVIEW.

NO PHOTOGRAPHERS. NO STUDENTS. RECENT COLLEGE GRADS OK.

WORDS TO DESCRIBE OUR PERFECT APPLICANT ARE PROFESSIONAL – TEAMPLAYER – KNOWLEDGABLE – PEOPLE PERSON – ORGANIZED – DETAIL-ORIENTED – PROBLEM-SOLVER – MULTI-TASKER – COMMUNICATOR – RELIABLE.

WORK HOURS: MONDAY – FRIDAY – 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM BUT MUST BE AVAILABLE TO COME IN EARLY, WORK OVERTIME, SOME WEEKENDS AND TRAVEL AS PHOTO SHOOT SCHEDULE DEMANDS. EQUAL TIME OFF AND/OR PAY ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.

RETOUCHING: EXCELLENT “HOLLYWOOD” (BEAUTY) PHOTOSHOP RETOUCHING SKILLS ARE REQUIRED, ESPECIALLY FOR CELEBRITY AND TOP MODEL CLIENTELE.

GRAPHIC DESIGN: ASSISTING STUDIO ART DIRECTOR CREATING MOCK ADS, PROMOTIONAL PIECES, MAGAZINE COVERS, PDF DOCUMENTS, WEBART, TEMPLATES AND LOGOS.

DIGITECH: DOWNLOADING AND PROCESSING DIGITAL FILES. EXPERIENCE WITH CAPTURE ONE (C1) OR BIBBLE IS A PLUS BUT WILL TRAIN. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP / ILLUSTRATOR, INDESIGN, MICROSOFT WORD, EXCEL. MAC OSX PLATFORMS. FTP KNOWLEDGE.

VIDEO EDITING AND/OR WEB DESIGN SKILLS (FLASH – HTML) ARE NOT REQUIRED BUT CAN INCREASE PAY ON A PROJECT BASIS.

SMALL-BUSINESS WORKPLACE. REPORTS DIRECTLY TO STUDIO 1 NYC PRINCIPLE AND PHOTOGRAPHER. TEAM EFFORT: ANSWERING PHONES, TAKING MESSAGES, PROVIDING FRIENDLY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND STUDIO CLEAN UP AND MAINTENANCE.

MUST HAVE OR BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A U.S. PASSPORT AND DRIVER’S LICENSE.

MUST PRESENT VALID PHOTO I.D. AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW.

NON-SMOKER.

IF YOU ARE THIS WONDERFUL APPLICANT WHO MEETS ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU!

OPEN HOUSE INTERVIEWS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2008 – 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2008 – 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008 – 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

ERIC VON LOCKHART
PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
STUDIO 1 NYC, INC.
231 WEST 29TH STREET, 9TH FLOOR, NYC – BETWEEN 7TH & 8TH AVES.
2 BLOCKS FROM PENN STATION / MADISON SQUARE GARDENS

[MrRyan]

Well, I applaud him for how busy he is. He's obviously put a lot of work into his business, and is indeed has his thumb in a lot of pies. However Benny, i agree with your sentiment. Snagged shots of a celebrity from the sidelines isn't "high end." Also, "high end" retouching for $400/week, ends up determining that it is NOT high end.

WHAT you're retouching doesn't matter. What matters is the client, and how you can further your career/bank account/personal enjoyment. This job post would satisfy NONE of these for me personally. I don't want to $hit on the gentleman here, as I don't know specifically what his vision is. I would however recommend that anyone considering this speak with a few "Photoshop Pros" first.

I get to work with extremely high end photographers, models, technology, etc. But i certainly don't feel entitled. If the money/people weren't a good fit for me, i wouldn't be doing what I'm doing.

[pixelzombie]

damn caps have got to go...

[twopoint0]

The ad represents a typical Craigslist opportunity...

[shanafagan]

LOL Non Smoker! thats discrimination ha

[sonny7]

Yo Benny,
Whats a MOCK AD? Is that where one makes fun of ads?
And what’s a WEBCO? This is all very mysterious. I think over the weekend I am going to walk over to W 29th and see whats over there...maybe its a parking lot.
Have a great HOLIDAY ya’ll.

[Little Fisher]

I saw this ad too. At first I thought he wanted to hire 3 people... a retoucher, a graphic designer, and a digitech. After reading the whole ad, I laughed and moved on.

[Benny Profane]

You stopped reading before the answering phones and studio cleanup part.

[zganie]

This is a typical add on craigslist not only there but everywhere.
Some are even worse like,Need a photographer for (whatever)no money but great exposure or blah blah.
But You Know What?they get people to do it and not just one or 2 calls but some are bombarded with calis/applications
So what can you do
zganie