Las Vegas photographer comes back from Dead.

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It's nearly 100 degrees out side 6th of May 09 and with that kind of heat you simply can't go sticking your head under a blanket and hoping it will all go away >
I am of course referring to the ECONOMIC CRISIS...Ok it was really tough for a while there, for those of you with Jobs and regular paychecks you really won't know the true effects, for those of you who sadly lost your jobs because of all this you know the hardships and go out and find a new job.But if like me you have been self employed for years and not exactly in the spring of youth any more it's a whole different ball game.
When your phone stops ringing , your client list shrinks like a male appendage in a cold sea, and you look around and all you hear is doom and gloom , doom and gloom it's tough to know what to do, misery loves company , I can call many a college and have a pity party but you just feel like burying your head under that blanket a little longer, and that my friends is not good for business.

Now that like the ground hog I have resurfaced dusted off my cameras and key board , odd thing business has perked up.
When all this started for me back in Sept 08 I did before even the media press and others could see past the end of their noses , figure that by April things should look up and sure enough thats exactly what has happened, yes a good few of our clients have dropped out of sight, or gone with less reliable and cheaper photographers in Las Vegas ( you do get what you pay for folks ) but we at Costellophoto have signed new and exciting companies for a variety of photographic projects !
While thing where really awful I decided to do some charity work, pro bono if you will, and i think it has paid off tremendously, we have been spending time with Neon Venus Theater group here in Las Vegas, I shot some of their antics for publicity , a few head shots, and promo material for plays upcoming, it has been fun and appreciated .
It is nice to get your mind of all the garbage going on in the world, and I believe it is good for business too, my personal mental state is greatly improved, and the product is getting better , not that it was bad, but the creative juices flow and that helps the whole process.

One thing is rather apparent , corporations and meeting planners seem to have the notion that rates have dropped like the stock market, well we're happy to negotiate but please don't be so insulting, particularly when your paying top dollar for your Elvis impersonator and plastic giveaways, but when it comes to photography, 'oh well I'll just get one of my interns they have a camera phone' yes that really happened, you still get what you pay for , experience, creativity and reliability, and in the end it's you who look good when our guys do their jobs, so please don't insult us by trying to squeeze that last dollar out of your budget, I wouldn't do that to you when I buy your product.


Still digging out of this hell hole some one else made, but now I got me a bigger shovel !
Costellophoto is still here and to all intense and purposes better and more productive, we have weather's the storm so far and have every intention of staying afloat .and to quote Elvis Costello 'Don't bury me I'm not dead Yet '