Who could i work for if i am just 12??

Question

I am only 12.
Dont report me and say i need to use yahoo answers for kids. I have been useing this for like 3 years now. My question is where could i get a job??
Not like a real one or anything. I mean like what could i do to get money?
I really love photography! like alot. I have my own SLR camera and i love taking pictures of things and people. I just dont think i could start my own buissness when im 12. I dont think people would take me seriously. They would want somebody older.. but i want to do that sooooo bad.
Does anyone know of what i could do.. to get money. that invloves a camera. and taking pictures.?
please help me.

Answer 1

I think you need to sneak photography into different jobs. For example, babysit to make money, but then bring your camera along and take pictures of the kids. Show them to the parents and explain that you want to get into photography. Then offer your services with baby pics etc. If the pics are good, then you can get positive word of mouth advertising.

You can also do the same thing walking dogs or cat sitting when people are on vacation. People love getting pictures of their pets. You could even put the pic in a nice (cheap) frame and sell it to them that way. Good luck!

Answer 2

That is great that you're working with an SLR and that you're passionate about photography! Keep working at it.

Unfortunately for you, as passionate as you are, it is against the law in the U.S. to employ any child under the age of 16. So until you reach that age, you technically cannot work for any other employer. But if you work hard at developing your skills and put together a great portfolio, you might be surprised at the kinds of work you can find when you hit 16. I regularly work with a 16-year-old girl who came to me with a very strong portfolio. She'd also been working with an SLR camera since she was about your age and she really knows her stuff. She is my assistant at many of the gigs I shoot, and I pay her $200.00 per day she works for me.

In the meantime, maybe you can talk to your parents and see if they can help you run an Etsy account. You can make note cards with your photos through many different printing companies and sell them on Etsy or eBay, but you will definitely need to have a parent's assistance with that since you're not allowed to sell on those sites as a minor, either.

I'm sure if you talk to your parents about this, you can come up with some creative ideas! And when you turn 16 and can finally legally work for other people, start showing your portfolio to professional photographers and asking them if they are interested in hiring you as an assistant. I worked as an assistant for a photographer before I started my business - it was the best education in running my own business I can imagine getting!

It is not necessary to get a formal education in photography in order to become a professional, but don't turn up your nose at going to school if you're able to afford it!! A formal education in photography would be VERY useful - and spending these next several years working on a portfolio that will knock the socks off of any college admissions department would be a very worthwhile use of your teenage years. :) If you don't decide to go to college for photography, you can still work as a professional but it will require more self-education and tons of hard work for many years. So stay serious about it, read all the books you can, ask for critiques on your photos, and stay involved!

Answer 3

Stay in school, dont do drugs, and .....

Hmmm..., I am sure there should be something else up there, but....

Keep learning. As for jobs, it wont happen. You way too young. Yeah, I know you dont want to hear that, but its the truth.

For now, just enjoy your photography. Learn more about it. Honestly, I doubt you have the technical or esthetic skills to make $$'s at it anyway. You are too young.

Just enjoy it. Have fun.

Answer 4

You are way way way to young and inexprienced to get a job in photography. You obviously don't under stand that you need a lot of training and exprience to get into the business and actually be good. Just because you have a DSLR camera does not mean you know everything about photography (can you do a time exposure, how about burning a print, adjust a color pack for subtractive color spectrum). Really just be patient for photography even then be patient about getting a job your 12 for got sake go out and have fun youll regret having a job when your a kid. And really you shouldn't be on yahoo if your not old enough.

Answer 5

Since you obviously disregard rules and regulations you probably don't have the discipline to learn what you need to work as a photographer and run a business. Not what you wanted to hear, I'm sure, but your arrogant statements here would prevent me from hiring you regardless of age.

I would hire a certain other young lady on these boards in a heartbeat because of her great attitude


PS Thank you for PROVING I am correct about your lack of maturity. As a person who was once in charge of hiring, firing and training photographers it is good to know I am still as perceptive regarding personalities.

Answer 6

try local stores for modeling kid clothing, learn how to use a yawn mower and cut grass. showel up snow, ask your parents if they can pay you for cleaning the house. make flyers and put them up around your neighborhood saying "i'll walk your dogs 5 buck every two days" etc..there is lots of kid jobs. just google "kid jobs"

Answer 7

i agree with the anwsers you have alreay recieved except for mirapretty. Mirapretty, you are a vile woman. how dare you suggest to a child that she prostitute herself. it's people like you who are destroying our world.

Answer 8

At 12 your main focus is the school and learn all you can about everything. A good photographer is the one who has a very profound background education because that helps him in the understanding of life and therefore about a better elaboration of a message in any photo he takes. So forget about making money and focus in the learning. That's why you can see a lot of photographers out there,taking photos with neither substance nor style.
Think about it.

Answer 9

Keep up the photography!! When you start hobbies as a kid it really blooms into something good as you get better and better. Do chores around the house, ask your parents if they have any friends that need work done, even better if your parents know anybody that could hire you.

Answer 10

continue photographing as a hobby and don't worry so much about getting paid for it think more about going to school after high school for photography get a degree then think about making money and maybe if you lucky someone in you family maybe will see how good of a job you do in taking pics and hire you to take a few pics for their special event