Interview with stock photographer Inti St. Clair
John: From my point of view, you young, hip and success. Can you tell us a little about your journey to where you are now?
Inti: LOL. I'm flattered that you think for me this way … It is not I agree, but, Thanks!
My journey here has been a long string: After living in Austria for one year in high school, I was Travel hooked and I knew what I was doing, I wanted to travel the world to do so.
photography course fits well, but to be honest, I was afraid for her. I do not know exactly why … probably fear of failure. So, at that time, much as I love photography, I do not give you much more than a thought passenger. I recognized that I have a natural talent for languages, so I majored in foreign languages in college, hoping to segue into a career I could help feed travel addiction.
junior year, living in Chile, I took my first photo class. I liked it, but it was pretty terrible in it, I think some have to do with the language barrier, but it is still the truth … prof. I went out of pity. Also during this year, I decided I could consider a career I really wanted to involve my language skills, so I decided to use my obsession with food to become leader.
I immersed myself in full force my way to assistant manager in 6 months, and the head of next year while going to school full time to finish the race. I loved professional kitchen, but not as much as I love traveling, and four years into it, after working 196 hours in two weeks, I realized that I would never have the life I wanted as leader.
I stopped and decided the picture was actually the best solution, and I hate myself, if indeed it is not simply I enrolled in the Rocky Mountain School of Photography Summer Intensive program. Two and a half months living and breathing the picture, and I was hooked.
After (August 2000) I moved to Seattle, started helping those who would take me. As fate would have I was working with an architectural photographer, Robert Pisano, in a restaurant where Jonathan Ross and Amy have to eat. After his departure, and I checked his work, he asked me I had witnessed before, as soon as possible.
I met formally with an ASMP event a few weeks later, and knew immediately that I wanted to work for them. Just enter the transition from full time activities of the commercial world, and he did not really think they were ready to hire someone, then I started part time.
I am your … everything. LOL Studio Manager, Producer, Assistant … and so on. Through this work, I fell in love with the photographic industry. It certainly was the experience and education of a lifetime. Jonathan is a photographer with an amazing stock of the best. I'm still in awe of their ability to light the way, as it does, and can produce images to sell more in less time than anyone else I know! Ross Andersen worked for 4 years before leaving on my own.
Always knew I was coming out of my own — especially because, as I love the production, I can get more, not to mention the fact that just being independent I can travel as I want.
John: You get the lifestyle, food, travel, architecture and more. The conventional wisdom that success is easier to be achieved through specialization. What is your opinion?
Inti: Honestly, I did not think I did. In Ross Anderson, who have made our lifestyle, I know they sell better, and above all, I like shooting people is what triggers everything.
Imaginary journey I am because I love to travel and take the places I visit, but I doubt to do with the knowledge I put it in the global trade shares.
The food photography began a year and a half when I decided to write a cookbook to give to friends and family to my wedding. It's funny, but I never thought you might enjoy it as much as me (I never liked shooting in the studio, and find pictures of the products really annoying.)
It's so different style Life for me is a form of … relaxation. Obviously, I love to cook, so I used to cook all, drink wine, take some pictures, and then eat! This is an added advantage that I have to sell these photos. I think in the end, only the specialists the shot that I'm a fan!
Juan: Is there something you love to shoot more?
Inti: Certainly, people, preferably on the spot. I just came back to shoot Ohau, Hawaii. 20 outbreaks, 47 models, 12 days. It was amazing! Once I think East will not produce as much as I can enjoy a little paradise. 
John: How much work is trust, and how many shares?
Inti: The last year was about 2 / 3 stock, 1 / 3 allocation. I had some really good work assignment last year, mostly because it advertised workstations.
John: Do you have a preference for an assignment or actions?
Inti: I consider myself a photographer of the action, and all I can say that I prefer. I liked some of the work assignment I did, but I like the freedom to produce my own offspring.
John: How is the material world treating you these days?
Inti: Well, the charges are definitely down. Know that I am not alone in experiencing. It is a nuisance, but in the end I still feel like I'm making a large living room doing what they really do, and why I am very grateful.
John: Who is your idea, and get a Direct Sales
Inti: My main bodies are Getty Images and Mixing. I'm also with Jupiter, Culture, and Danita Delimont uppercut. I'm not sold direct. The intrigue all direct sales, but I can not imagine trying to treat type unmanned. At this point, is a woman, so much work as it is!
John: How does the market?
Inti: I do not. Embarrassing, but true. It's in my things to do … and has been for a long time. I too wrapped up in production, shooting and postproduction. In all honesty, I felt very fortunate to have great fall job assignment in my knees, and I have made it a priority put on the market. My need / for ever! LOL
Juan: What is the role of the Internet and / or play on your website your business? Have you changed your Internet presence forever?
Inti: Good questions! I have a website that the basic function is only to demonstrate its legitimacy. What I mean is that I expressed the street all the time helps models show I am what I am saying that I am, and show enthusiasm to work for me.
I have the intention this year to slap back, and really start to sell it / me, so hopefully that will help me get more jobs as well. Also, I'm on Twitter, Facebook, linked-in, etc … In this time, all these things have turned out a lot of fun and networking with other great photographers and people with similar ideas, but I had no after work (yet;)).
Throw in the idea of a blog I regularly read some of the photographers that you really admire, Chase Jarvis, Shalom Ormsby, Vincent Laforet, Strobist … I really enjoy reading, and you can see, and other online networking forums, can serve as an incredible marketing tool. I think Chase is a particularly salient example of a person who uses the Web and all it has to offer for it.
For me, I do sometimes feel that I need to not use what's in this area better, but returned in time, and I have enough!
John: Is the economic downturn impact your company?
Inti: Of course. As mentioned earlier, the costs have decreased considerably. This meant having to produce much more to do the same amount as before.
Juan: If so, how do you handle that?
Inti: In general, keeping costs as low as I can. I unstaffed. They rarely hire assistants. I do every part of my job to produce all my own shoots, editing, post-production images.
John: When taking action, where do you get your ideas and inspiration?
Inti: Everywhere! Sometimes is based on a location, or model. Sometimes I see a hole in the collection of a body or get the idea a brief search creative. Sometimes I see images of a film or another and want to try to capture a similar feeling in relation to the lighting and emotion … Inspiration is everywhere, just pay attention to it.
John: Do you have a typical way of approaching a movie?
Inti: Hmmm. It's something I've thought a lot lately. I feel like I am used try to get everything done in the shortest possible time. Sometimes it is a good approach, but I think the slowdown is benefiting from a better focus, and really craft images as I imagined.
John: Is that the allocation of different Stock?
Inti: Well, with the assignment, I'm usually working on the schedules of others, and often the visions of others, in this case are much more accountable for how things flow. I just try to create the best pictures I can to meet your expectations.
Juan: What is the largest challenge for you at the launch of the action?
Inti: I guess I have to say that to comply with post-production. I'm in fear of what can be done in Photoshop, especially when I look at the photographers work as you do and Colin Anderson.
I am constantly looking to improve my skills, and though I have a lot of job satisfaction in the pictures, I get tired of sitting at the computer for days. I'ma very social person, and you can do long before you start itching to be there to shoot and interact with people again.
Therefore, much work, and always seems to be plenty of post-production work that awaits me. I do not help here and there, but I'm still going over each image after it was done, and work some more. Maybe I'm a fan control and the need to overcome …. Lol
John: What about assignments?
Inti: When I am shooting action, I know when I became what I want. When fire stations is not always clear. More often than not, is a communication problem. It can be a challenge trying to capture someone else's vision, particularly of serum can not communicate with you and what that vision is.
John: What do you consider a "great opportunity" (or the closest)?
Inti: Certainly working with Andersen Ross. I was able to get down and dirty, and learn from industry top-down one of the best.
Juan: Did / Do you have a mentor?
Inti: Andersen Jonathan Ross. I have not worked there for 3 years and more, but is preserved still in touch, and I'm still impressed by what he does and how it is produced.
Juan: What are your If the photographers had a great influence on your career?
Inti: Beyond Jonathan, I would say I have a huge list photographers who inspire me (which increases with time), the influence that they are not really something that I thought, but I'm sure they are.
I am certainly inspired by photographers who have begun to mix. On the hardware side of things to find Colin Anderson, Stewart Cohen, and especially compelling images "I admire the way you are constantly bringing unique images in the stock market.
A few photographers whose work I like the no-action (the top of my head): Sebastian Salgado, Peter Lindbergh, Andreas Bitesnich, Lara Jade …
Juan: What are you going?
Inti: Passion. Also I like the challenge of being a photographer. I am someone who gets bored easily, but the industry constantly evolving, there are always new things to learn, try new arts and margin improvement for boredom I never become a problem.
John: If you want to be (in a photograph) in five years?
Inti: I hope to do creative work in both stills and more movement of matter and the allocation, love as much as I do now. (And still be able to pay all my bills, and traveling the world to do!)
Juan: Our industry is constantly changing at a staggering pace. Do you have any predictions about where things are run?
Inti: On the reservation, it is increasingly difficult to be just a stock photographer is so much competition, the market is flooded with images, and since almost everything the world can be a microstock contract is going to get worse.
When you also take into account the rapid advances in digital technology (not to mention the low cost of this technology for 2 years to get a decent camera that had to leave $ 8K Now you can get some kind of even better under $ 3 K) is obvious that the phenomenon will intensify.
I believe that to survive, the professionals will have to diversify. I mean, a mix of stocks and delivery of shooting photos, and participate in the movement. I truly believe that the image movement will continue to play an increasingly large role in the world picture …
John: Do you have plans to enter in the movement?
Yes Inti what capacity I'm not sure. I mean I do not know if it will be as director, cameraman, or what. From my limited experience so far, I realized that, unlike the picture, this is not thing I can do.
I have a contract with Getty for the movement, then I'll start playing with movement, and see where it takes me.
Juan: Any special project you are working or considering?
Inti: Nothing concrete yet. Need to plow through of the mountain of post-production bury me before I really started thinking about future projects. lol
John: Do you have any advice for aspiring young photographers?
Inti: Shoot what you like. There are not many, it is easy to be a professional photographer, and the sad reality is that very little time is spent taking pictures, but as long as you love, all worthwhile.
Juan: Any word that you want to leave?
Inti: A friend of mine once told me that people are always wanting things to be easy problem-less / less stress. The reality is that only by creating, it comprises, and solving problems, bigger than we are doing great things.
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