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6 years ago

Freelance fashion photographer question.

I’m finding the career a bit odd. I’ve figured out getting photos approved, but it’s taking a while to get them back so I can’t finish the tasks for the job until they eventually get posted back. The payment is pretty bad considering how long the pics takes to get back to me. My sim is almost full photography skill, she spent her teen years snapping photos, but she’s making most of her money selling pictures outside of the career. Do you get better renumeration further on in the career? Also how do I go about finding models? Thus far I’m hiring them but it’s kinda pot luck. My swimwear shots were of three elders (it got approved though!).

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  • Nancy Landgraab was my Sim's first model. She was the first person my Sim (Thalia) saw after moving in. Thalia did a Friendly Introduction, followed by Get to Know, Ask about Career, Get to Know, another Friendly, and another Get to Know, which I think was enough to make them friends. After that, she did Freelancer/Change Outfit/Sleepwear since the client is selling pajamas and then Take Photo of... on the phone. She set a Relaxed pose to meet the gig's requirements, then took five photos of Nancy.

    Thalia submitted all five photos for approval and three of them were approved. The photos came back in the next day's mail, so she took them to a library and used the library's computer to post them to Fashion Simstagram. She queued all three photos for submission, otherwise she would have probably been limited to the first one. I don't know if there is any benefit to posting the extra photos but the number of likes did increase for each additional photo.

    I had Thalia do some odd jobs while she was waiting for her photos to be returned. Between the odd jobs and the finished gig she has earned about 680 simoleons and now has enough to buy the tripod. I'm not sure if she can also afford a camera, but that will be her next purchase after the tripod, and then she'll probably get a computer.
  • My sim's first model was her roommate (Akira), and the second model was someone she hired (the guy in black). I haven't gotten very far in this profession yet. My sim did a bit of modeling herself (she's in pink).

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