here’s a few damn good reasons it’s solid to have friends into visual media as much as you are (you geek).

1. they can double check your licenses – just had a photographer contact me this am to let me know he found an image of mine in a full spread ad use + wanted to make sure i knew it.

2. they can provide tearsheets – see above.

3. they can find work for you. everyone needs a solid person of the same skill level as themselves that can be recommended if need be.

4. we all need collaboration + the occasional business understanding.

5. bounce ideas off before they get out of hand.

6. solid way to get feedback that doesn’t include the word ‘nice’.

7. share beers after swapping who has the stranger mac tech stories.

8. who else understands that RAW is your file format not something less + that the relationship between aperture numbers + the size of the corresponding hole is counter intuitive but totally logical.

9. they almost always know what that one mystery button on your camera/computer/phone/hard drive does – thanks juan.

10. you can never have too many geeks on your team.

completely unrelated though you might think he was a friend of mine, mark taylor, a talented shooter out of london has put together a new feature on his blog he calls inspired fridays + will be showcasing various influences. he’s starting off today with yours truly. cheers mark.