Please don’t photograph for free just because you want to go to [insert country name] | The Adventurous Photographer: I’m going to say this straight: please don’t photograph for free just because you want to see Malawi or Cambodia or Haiti.
“But the client will pay for my plane ticket and hotels and meals so it’s worth it for me,” you’re thinking. “And when other potential clients see these pictures, they’ll pay me to go back. That’s practically like getting paid!”
No. It isn’t.
I can think of a lot of reasons not to take assignments like this but there are three I want to highlight.