Coverage for a single magazine article can run from four weeks to more than sixteen. Some last even longer. Longer assignments are usually split into two or three trips, perhaps in different seasons. They explore subjects visually by shooting many sides of a subject in many ways. It is usually the combination of enough time in the field and enough film exposed that provides the depth that has become the hallmark of our coverages.
Style comes with time and is a difficult thing to force.
Be aware of the literal nature of your images and strive to go beyond them in an aesthetic sense, but avoid mere self-indulgence. Desire and drive count, but professional photography is a competitive business, and for every successful photographer there are dozens looking for work. Many people must be content to be advanced amateurs rather than professionals. The Photographs, published in 1994, describes how our photographers work and explains the role of photography at the Society. It is available from the Society as well as in bookstores.