There is a good read over at Resolve, the Livebooks blog right now, important thoughts about life as a freelance photographer.

“I think one mistake a lot of newspaper photographers make is that they’re still trying to work for editorial clients. It’s very rewarding, but when The New York Times is paying $200 day rates, you can’t make a living off that. So I think the more important avenues are commercial, advertising and corporate clients.

Read the rest of the interview with Portland based photographer Sol Neelman here: http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/08/after-staff-a-closer-look-sol-neelman-diversifying-to-support-a-weird-sports-personal-project/