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FRANCISCO MARIN
nyc-based photographer
i love the avalanches, pizza, and oxford shirts
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![walked up to a gorgeous blonde girl at the grocery store“do you model”[swedish? accent] “yes, i do!”[pulling out business card and portfolio book]“let me give you my card!”“ohhh, but i’m signed to an agency… marilyn.” nice meeting you tonight, terese. one day we’ll work together!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ysm3N5JI1qha82go1_500.png)
walked up to a gorgeous blonde girl at the grocery store
“do you model”
[swedish? accent] “yes, i do!”
[pulling out business card and portfolio book]
“let me give you my card!”
“ohhh, but i’m signed to an agency… marilyn.”
nice meeting you tonight, terese. one day we’ll work together!
I hope it’s cool that I’m posting this, imnotjohn.
I think I’m at the point where having a decent Tumblr following still hasn’t had that much of an impact on exposure and securing freelance jobs, to be honest. I’m still small potatoes compared to artists like Bryant Eslava, Michael Donovan, Mike Lerner, etc. Maybe if I land a spot in the Tumblr spotlight, things will change.
On the other hand, I have a close-knit group of friends I’ve made through the Tumblr community that is nice enough to hype me on social media sites and IRL parties / get-togethers, etc., and it never hurts to mention the amount of followers I have to people I want to shoot. I guess it legitimizes me in a way and offers new models an avenue to more exposure for them as well. Sometimes I get approached to shoot something as well, which is always incredibly flattering.
tl;dr : Yes and no. Time will tell, but for now I’m more focused on doing my thing as best as I can as opposed to marketing myself.
followers
I feel like this is such a lame topic but: I get asked how I got so many followers all the time so I may as well address it.
It took me a year and a half to get to 500 followers… it took a couple of months after that to get to 1,000. I think it’s exponential and erratic. Some weeks I’ll get 10 followers, and other weeks I’ll get 50. Some of my posts get 4 notes, and others get more than 400 or 9,500. It can be frustrating when I think my worst work gets the most coverage and my best stuff goes unnoticed but that’s Tumblr for you.
Produce original content + reblog stuff rarely and only when it adds value to your own blog, and maybe you’ll have better luck.
Film Photography Submission By: notfranciscomarin
carly on s. congress, austin, tx | shot with a mamiya 645 + 80mm f/1.9 lens on kodak portra 400 | by francisco marin
thank you, ISSF!
thejoyofcapris asked: where do you send your slide film to get processed? i've just started using velvia 120 and the only place in LA that will take it will only cross-process it and i'm not too big a fan of what that does to the colors. do you process your own film or do you send it out to someone?
Most recently, I went to L&I (Landi) Photo & Digital. The turnaround time was less than 12 hours for 10 rolls of film, the scans were decent, the cross processing was spot on, and they gave me a ~$25 discount after I mentioned a friend who recommended them. Big ups. Precision in Austin, Texas, is my old standby, if I have the money to spare. They’re superb.
Anonymous asked: What do you Look like, I'm curious
Approaching people I think would photograph well and handing them my business card is one of the most nerve-wracking things ever, but it feels good to know it wasn’t a missed opportunity.
