How to get media accreditation?

[gleff]

Hi all,

I went to the red carpet event for channel 7's TV Turns 50 on sunday and it got me thinking how good it would be to have media accreditation to get to a better location for other events. Eg. the ARIA's coming up.

Can anyone advise who/what/where I need to go to become media accredited. I realise it's a two pronged approach.. eg. general media accreditation and then getting accreditation for the event as well, but it might be worth looking into. I want to go to the ARIA red carpet event as well

I'm hooked.

Any info would be appreciated.

Geoff

[big pix]

........ you could start here.......

http://www.aipp.com.au/

[gleff]

........ you could start here.......

http://www.aipp.com.au/

Thanks.. I just had a look and couldn't find anything about it. Lots about their organisation though.

Unless i'm going blind.. I'll have a closer look tonight after work. If anyone else has any info.. it would be much appreciated.

[Yi-P]

To what I know, you need to show that the large proportion of your income is from photography and you're really 'into the business' and then apply for an AIPP membership by then and move on...

[gleff]

To what I know, you need to show that the large proportion of your income is from photography and you're really 'into the business' and then apply for an AIPP membership by then and move on...

Damn.. I hope this isn't the case.. I was told by someone (obviously not a photographer) that he thinks it's just a matter of getting an ABN and then applying for it as a 'freelance' photographer.

Oh well.. I guess i'll just have to do what I did with the channel 7 one and camp out for 5-6 hours beforehand and guard a good spot.

[ozczecho]

Maybe get a 2nd camera body to look more professional

Seriously, maybe PM wendellt..as he is da man on the ground....

[Raskill]

Try to groom some clients in local papers or small circulation magazines. Once you get a few images published, you can start to approach other bigger clients.

At first you'll nearly be giving away your images for free, or possibly completely for free, but it's all a means to an end. When you get images and want to get them out there you need to think big.

Approach editors of all the magazines, news paers or websites you think might have ANY use for your images, sure you'll get ignored or knocked back, but you only need to get a couple published and it will start to help. Always make sure that the photo is credited to you in some way though.

I'm trying to claw my way up a bit just now, so I know what your wanting. Don't give up and good luck!

[Raskill]

Also, like Oz says, get a second body. It's of great assistance having extra focal lengths ready at hand, and it does look more professional.

I know this concept has been discussed and some will agree and some will definetly diasgree, but having that extra bit of 'credibility' will help you. People are more likely to think you must need to be there if you have two cameras dangling, one with a 24-70mm F/2.8 and the other a 70-200VR.

[gstark]

Also, like Oz says, get a second body. It's of great assistance having extra focal lengths ready at hand, and it does look more professional.

I know this concept has been discussed and some will agree and some will definetly diasgree, but having that extra bit of 'credibility' will help you.

The issue of a second body comes back to the motivation. Having a body as a backup is, for me, when I'm working a job, and essential part of the kit. The body must be working and servicable.

Otherwise, it's merely a paperweight, or a millstone

[TonyH]

Membership seems to hinge on a minimum 2 year photography course (tertiary) requirement.

Would be hand to have membership, but I'm not confident that it will open too many doors....

[gleff]

My first priority is to get accredited so that I can get to areas of events that the rest of the media can access.. This would enable me to get better shots than trying to stick a lens between someone's underarm and anothers head.

Once I can do that, then my next step would be to try and sell or give away photo's to build up to the point of selling photo's. Which incidently is a little down the road. I don't think i'll invest in a second body this early in the piece.

I still need to get over the hurdle of not giving my work enough credit. But after showing some of my photo's today of the red carpet event, some people at work are telling me to start selling, so it got me thinking.

I hope to get the photo's on my website sometime either tonight or tomorrow so perhaps people can tell me if they are sellable or not. Not that i'd necessarily sell these ones.

Incidently, do prints eg. publishing in magazines etc, require a lot of resolution. I've noticed my orginal shots seem to be a little blurry but after sharpening a bit and cutting them down to web size, they look decent. I'm concerned that what looks good on a webpage may not cut it in the selling stakes due to the overall quality.

[TonyH]

Hi Geoff,

Printers and magazines do require high resolution images (generally). Newspapers are different and aren't as critical.

As printers we try to obtain the max resolution possible from the photographer and in our instance convert that image to a tiff to reduct the amount of loss.

I'd suggest shooting RAW and then converting to tiff may be required by a number of print type clients.

I can only advise on my own preferences on photos coming to me for printing.