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How To Become A Paparazzi

Hobbies : Photography

A paparazzi is a pejorative term that is used to describe someone who takes photos on assignment, and this is normally of celebrities.

There is a great market for their skills with the burgeoning push the media puts on celebrities shoving them down our faces in all sorts of weird and wonderful and strange magazines about the great and the good and the not so good.

This means that good paparazzi pictures can fetch a lot of money.

The key skills you need are the ability to stay alert and work long hours, focus, determination and not being shy to follow someone either blatantly or not so blatantly for hours and be pushy enough and inventive enough to get that shot.

This is why they often get a bad name as some paparazzi will be seen to go to almost any length to get that one shot they really want, and that could make them or their employer serious money.

One skill that is required is to try and actually stay away from the crowds and think of your own routes.

If taking pictures of a celeb at a certain event for instance and everyone is crowded round the front door, it is worth taking a punt and seeing if there is another exit they might come out of - if so you might be the only one there and the person to get the shot - independent thought is essential!


By: Fred

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Hello my name Osvaldo everyone calls me Ozzy.
I am interested in starting a bussiness of freelance paparazzi.
I have little experience in this area, so I need a partner who lives in Ventura County areas to help me find where celebrities go shopping or places where they eat or dance.
Examples, Malibu, Calabasas, Westlake, TO, Agoura Hills, Hollywood ......!
The first thing for the business would start as a part time.
If you are interested in this type of business please write me at my email.
Greetings and thanks
Osvaldo Ramirez

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