Ethical Issues With Brian Brown

Choosing an internship was an enlightening, but frustrating experience. For my internship, I wanted to travel abroad and use my degree emphasis of photography to contribute to conservation causes. With this goal, I also searched for programs that promoted fieldwork experience instead of studio work. Using online international databases that cater to international volunteering and internships, I searched for half a year to narrow my options down to three choices. One location was on BYUs travel list so that option was eliminated. I sent in request letters and safety reports for both remaining internships to BYUI internship offices. After a substantial time of emailing and relaying information, my request for Greece was accepted.

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A definite clash between them all, as their studio doesn’t have standard hours and teaching schedule changes each semester with different courses. Not all commissions are studio based as well, some require travel time and various locations. Brian has been blessed in his life with how they have been able to balance them all. “You need priorities and to stick to them.” Working with his wife as a team is such a blessing he says. Church callings seem to always work well with their busy schedule too. Life is a bit crazy, but it works.

Many ethical issues arise in Brian Brown’s careers. Subject matter issues arise with many clients, revealing or promoting things against his morals. He has been approached for business ventures that are not safe coming from other photographers., stay away from competition with other photographers. He says there are many ways they can get after you and it digs a hole. When it comes to photographing for marketing industries with their products, lines become blurry when he is asked to alter products for aesthetic appeal. Brian suggested to me to just be as good as you can without

For a long time, I had been contemplating whether graduate school is needed for me, but after this insight, I will most definitely be looking into schools soon. I was shown how networking can really be a benefit to your career. Networking is not something I have been as comfortable with approaching, but Brian shared many experiences with me that stood out. I know now that I will try harder to reach out in friendship to other photographers, along with researching photographer associations. The last big point that I took from this interview was the importance of keeping your morals high, and the church close. No job is worth pulling me away from having the spirit in my life and the blessings of keeping close to the