9 Foundations Every New Documentary Photographer Needs

Documentary work lives or dies in the planning stage, and most new shooters skip straight to picking up the camera. The useful thread here is treating pre-production and final edit as a single connected thought from day one, not two separate tasks. If you're pitching your first long-form story or trying to tighten up how you present finished work to clients or publications, this is worth a read on a slow afternoon.