A Photojournalist’s Field Guide: In the trenches with combat photographer Stacy Pearsall

Time Is Money

You can’t expect to sit back, relax, and wait for the jobs to come to you. As photo-journalists, it’s important to give your all every minute of the day—including nights and weekends. After all, time is money and you can’t afford to waste either. From my years of military service, I’ve developed good time management skills that I’ve applied in my new life as a freelance photographer. If you’d like to maximize your minutes, just follow these few helpful tips:

• Carry a notebook or smartphone with note applications and write down a to-do list for the day, with items in order of precedence. I find that having a list helps keep me on track and focused. Time-sensitive tasks are made a priority and not accidentally passed over because ...