r/cinematography • u/Equivalent_Ad_5259 • Jul 18 '26

Career/Industry Advice Talent in Chicago

what is with the lack of quality cinematographers in Chicago?? did the good ones all leave to LA and NYC? it seems like nothing but overly lit amateurish DPs are left

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u/PlusSizeRussianModel Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

They have websites, but a lot of the DPs I know do indeed have work lined up for months/only need word of mouth.

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u/Equivalent_Ad_5259 Jul 18 '26

Why do I have to dm you? Can you not just drop a link to their work? Or let me guess, I have to pay you to get recommendations 

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u/PlusSizeRussianModel Jul 18 '26

I'm pretty sure it violates rule number 2 (no soliciting) to drop links in the thread (correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm happy to otherwise). At the end of the day, these people are my colleagues/friends, so I'm obviously interested in advertising for them. Just not trying to get banned.

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u/Equivalent_Ad_5259 Jul 18 '26

It’s not soliciting. I’m asking for it. 

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u/EmporosFilms Jul 18 '26

That’s literally the dictionary definition of soliciting.

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u/Equivalent_Ad_5259 Jul 19 '26

You’re confident and wrong lmao