Hey all wonder if you could give me your thoughts on this.
A few months ago I decided to teach myself web design - as part of this i asked a few friends if they wanted web sites built (for free) for me to add to my portfolio. One of my mates and I shared a mutual liking of a well known celeb who didnt have a website, so to build up my skills I thought Id have a crack at setting one up as a laugh. Well, rather surprisingly, it went far better than I could have imagined, and within a week of the site going live, the PR team for the celeb got in touch and offered their help and support. They offered me a press pass to an event the celeb was filming in New York and I was in my element on the pap line with my camera and got some great shots for my website.
Anyway, moving on, I still have a very good relationship with the celebs PR and Im going to out to LA to attend another event later in the year. Will most likely get another press pass but I was hoping this time I might ask to take things one step further and request a one on one photo shoot with the celeb. They are a very busy person, so I wouldnt want or expect "a studio shoot" ( I dont have the skills for this anyway) -I was thinking more along the lines of a "docu shoot" type thing? i.e shooting behind the scenes, candids etc.
I do think there is a high possibility they might agree to this so I want to pitch it just right and also have an idea of what to offer. I dont want to be intrusive - and think the photographs would work better if they were taken discretely anyway.
So my questions are - do you think its even worth asking?? Im not a professional tog- but as Im "known" to the celebs team I do have "a way in" so to speak. If I were to pitch the idea, should I suggest the "docu shoot" idea or just ask for a general photo op and let them decide what they want? (If anything). The end photos would be used on my website only and I wouldnt sell them for a profit - although they may well be picked up on by the media so Id offer any monies made to charity - does that sound fair? From a personal point of view my "gain" would come from the experience and hopefully it would lead to other things and opportunities.
A few months ago I decided to teach myself web design - as part of this i asked a few friends if they wanted web sites built (for free) for me to add to my portfolio. One of my mates and I shared a mutual liking of a well known celeb who didnt have a website, so to build up my skills I thought Id have a crack at setting one up as a laugh. Well, rather surprisingly, it went far better than I could have imagined, and within a week of the site going live, the PR team for the celeb got in touch and offered their help and support. They offered me a press pass to an event the celeb was filming in New York and I was in my element on the pap line with my camera and got some great shots for my website.
Anyway, moving on, I still have a very good relationship with the celebs PR and Im going to out to LA to attend another event later in the year. Will most likely get another press pass but I was hoping this time I might ask to take things one step further and request a one on one photo shoot with the celeb. They are a very busy person, so I wouldnt want or expect "a studio shoot" ( I dont have the skills for this anyway) -I was thinking more along the lines of a "docu shoot" type thing? i.e shooting behind the scenes, candids etc.
I do think there is a high possibility they might agree to this so I want to pitch it just right and also have an idea of what to offer. I dont want to be intrusive - and think the photographs would work better if they were taken discretely anyway.
So my questions are - do you think its even worth asking?? Im not a professional tog- but as Im "known" to the celebs team I do have "a way in" so to speak. If I were to pitch the idea, should I suggest the "docu shoot" idea or just ask for a general photo op and let them decide what they want? (If anything). The end photos would be used on my website only and I wouldnt sell them for a profit - although they may well be picked up on by the media so Id offer any monies made to charity - does that sound fair? From a personal point of view my "gain" would come from the experience and hopefully it would lead to other things and opportunities.
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. The worse they can say is no.
