Photo Job in Iraq

March 1st, 2010

Found a link to this website, they posted an advert for a Job as a picture editor in Iraq if anyone is interested…

Their Website – http://www.photoshelter.com/c/metrography

Bearing in mind the post is Unpaid… However accommodation is provided and it would be no doubt good for the CV!

Metrography is the first (and only) Iraqi photo agency. Our offices are in Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan, but – we have photographers in every governorate across Iraq. While the agency is still in its infancy, our market is the Iraqi press. However, once we’ve got the ball rolling, we’ll be targeting the international press.

The Photo Editor’s Position:
1. To caption and keyword the existing archive
2. To caption and keyword incoming photos
3. To stay on top of the news and make sure Metrography is covering it
4. To commission photo stories from around the country

The Photo Editor will have a translator to help with contacting the photographers as well as keeping on top of the news. The translator will be instructed to watch Iraqi satellite television as well as scan different news websites to help the photo editor. Prerequisites for Photo Editor are a fluent command of written and spoken English and a good sense of humor and lots of energy.

Hours: It will be a 5 day work week from 9am to 5pm, although the hours will be flexible as news ebbs and flows. The position will be minimum one month. For the time being, there’s no maximum…

As I mentioned in the post, for the time being there just isn’t the money to pay the Photo Editor. This is a purely volunteer position. I wish it weren’t so. As “payment” we can offer the Photo Editor Room and Board with a 3 month visa to Iraqi Kurdistan. FYI, this is NOT a visa to the rest of Iraq and CANNOT be used outside of the Kurdish region. Transportation and Translation for days off when you want to go and do your own stories.

We’re looking for someone to start within the next 4 weeks. Please let me know asap if this is possible for you.
We’re also interested in summer positions, but I’ll be in touch about those after the March elections.
Thanks again for all your interest. – Sebastian and Kamaran – Contact: sebastian@sebmeyer.com

Metrography is Iraq’s First and Only Independent Photography Agency
- We are a photography agency covering all 18 of Iraq‌s governorates from Al-Basra to Zakho.
- We use local photographers which gives us unrivaled knowledge and access in every region of the country.
- Our 65 photographers come from all the different regions of Iraq and speak Arabic, Kurdish, English, Assyrian, and Turkmen along with dozens of local dialects.
- We cover everything from News to Features, Sport, and Publicity.

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Home Page Suggestion

March 1st, 2010

I have had the NewsDesk website as my homepage in my Safari browser for some months now and its a great portal for press photographers with really useful links straight to the national and local papers. News desk contacts on the left include the contact details of pressure groups and the police in all areas of the UK. It also has all the latest industry news and some details of related job vacancies.
NewsDesk-UK : Front Page.

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Welcome Message

February 8th, 2010

Hi and welcome to my photography based website and blog. I am a freelance professional photographer and like many other freelancers I have this website to showcase my work and promote my services to gain business in the commercial sector and wedding photography.

Thanks for taking the time to visit and please make sure you have a good dig around, I wish to cater for photographers and non-photographers alike with blog posts talking about photography techniques, useful web resources for photographers and news articles and lots of images for everyone to see. If you are looking for a photographer then I will have some useful information about the right way to employ one and entice you to use my talents rather than anyone else’s.

From time to time I will also be resurrecting images from my archive, I’m a big fan of showing images and too many sit in archives gathering dust on hard drives and CD’s and a blog is an excellent way of getting those images out there. Please feel free to leave comments, as it’s a great way for me to learn and develop my photography and If images are good then I hope to find out if anyone likes them or not.

In the Commercial photography section I will aim my sights quite heavily on businesses, giving advice on things like copyright, terms and conditions, licensing of images and how to get the best from your photographer. It’s crucial to be transparent when it comes to educating potential clients about photography and why these issues are so important.

I do a lot of work as a Press photographer and I will blog about stories I have covered and how I photograph them, hopefully you’ll find this interesting and again feedback and discussion is always welcome. Being a press tog keeps me sharp and a lot of the skills cross over and compliment for example PR work and wedding photography. If you’re interested in wedding photography then please give me a ring on the number at the top of the page or send an e-mail and I’ll be happy to discuss the options or offer some advice about the services I can provide.

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