Motivate your photographers by supplying them with the necessary tools to assist them in creating memorable visual images.
Motivational factors:
- Using photo credits on spreads
- Providing proper photo facilities/software
- Providing necessary camera equipment
- Providing photo credentials to events (if needed)
- Setting reasonable deadlines
- Giving photographers needed input on spread designs
- Making sure photographers have total control of negative/photo files
- Assigning an organized photo chief to coordinate staff’s photo needs
- Making sure photographers have input at staff meetings.
What photographers should ask of staffers:
- Fill out photo assignment sheets for all assignments
- Do not handle negatives or alter established disk filing system
- Handle finished prints properly
- Crop photographs appropriately
- Work with photographers when selecting photographs
- Adequate film/equipment/hardware/software budget
What editors should ask of photographers:
- Adherence to photography budgets
- Proper use of photography facilities and equipment
- Expectation for photographers to learn basic spread design concepts
- Expectation for photographers to meet all reasonable deadlines
- Appropriately filed negatives, prints and disks (if used)
- Provide needed information for captions
- Photographers should keep up on photography trends/technological advancements
- Attendance at photo workshops, if possible
