Freelance Photographer

Job description

Christie’s Photographic Solutions is hiring a Freelance photographer for corporate business events and trade show photography. Candidates must reside in the Chicago area to be considered. This is for a Still Photographer's Freelance Position (No Video)

The right candidate must be customer service oriented, punctual, and have a passion for event photography.

Minimum requirements :

• Own up to date professional camera gear

(Includes DSLR or mirrorless cameras, lenses, and flashes & Backup equipment).

• Experience photographing events
• Reliable internet connection
• Mobile phone
• Dependable transportation
• Customer service skills
• Strong problem-solving skills in demanding situations
• Flexible schedule - nights, weekends and holidays may be required
• Professional attire

CPS also offers photo booth-type products which provides more opportunities for assignments, so knowledge of various photo stations, software programs (Darkroom software) and printers is a plus (DNP Printers).

If you are interested, please submit your experience, equipment list (including backup gear and lights, if applicable), and samples of unedited JPEG event work (Please do NOT send your customer-facing site and send via Dropbox or similar).

Qualified gear (Main camera & Backup camera) (Main lenses & Backup Lenses) 2- On camera flashes and provide a list of all equipment, experience, and a link to UNEDITED work samples to be considered.

Knowing how to apply and use CTO Correction Gels on your flash when color balance becomes an issue is a Must!

This is a sample of minimum gear needed for a typical Christie's photographic shoot: Whether you shoot Canon, Nikon, Sony or Fuji below is a sample list of a basic professional Sony camera shooter

Sony a7 lV camera- Main

Sony a7 lll camera- backup

2- Godox V1 on camera flashes

24-70mm lens (2.8 or f4 preferred)- Main

70-200mm lens (2.8 or f4 preferred)- Main

Sony 24-240mm lens for backup ( if you have a problem with either one of your 2 main lenses this backup lens will get you through the rest of the shoot.)

1 set of CTO gels

USB card reader

Multiple Camera batteries (3 batteries per camera recommended)

Multiple camera cards (4 is recommended plus 2 in each camera)

Laptop Computer

Variable camera lenses such as a f/4.5 to f/6.3 are not compatible with the type of photography we do here at Christie's Photographic. You need a straight f/2.8 recommended or f/4 type of lenses for this job due to the low light situations.

The role with Christie's Photographic is freelance, and opportunities will vary based on volume. Due to this, there may be weeks with one assignment and other weeks with several assignments and some weeks with no assignments. Though we try to provide as much notice as possible, some clients do reach out at the last minute.

We handle everything from start to finish of the planning process. This includes dealing with the clients and paperwork, editing the images, and handling questions post-event. We try to make it as easy as possible for photographers and even have on-call staff 24/7 to deal with any out of the ordinary questions that may come up on-site. We just ask that photographers complete a brief recap form post-event summarizing if there were changes on-site and to upload images to us the same night as the event (without editing). In addition, we handle all payments with the client, taking the work off the photographer. We pay photographers weekly on Thursdays for assignments completed the prior week.

The pay rate is $85.00 per hour with a three-hour minimum due to the office's responsibility to handle all planning and editing; the rate is for capturing the event only. In order to get more jobs/clients, this rate is lower than working directly with Clients.

We reimburse $45 for a light kit and $35 for a laptop if needed on-site. This would be requested in advance. We also reimburse for parking with a receipt. Rates are negotiated for certain events, such as those outside of the area.

Please email full equipment list and samples link to: [email protected]

Your list of camera gear and your samples link will be sent to the Editing Department for review.

If you do not receive an email within 2 weeks you did not pass the review stage.

Please make sure your unedited samples link is direct and there is no need to type in an email or have to sign up to an account for us to access and review your unedited images.

Pay: $85.00 per hour

Work Location: In person