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Freelance Project

The Freelance Project is our job-training program designed to help students at Youth in Focus further their professional opportunities while developing their photography skills.
Students work as freelance photographers for Youth in Focus as we partner with other non-profits to come up with fun and exciting photo shoots. Participants in the Freelance program take pictures all over Seattle, and earn money while doing it.

Through this project, Youth in Focus is able to offer low cost photographic services to fill the visual imagery needs of community organizations.

Our student freelance photographers can shoot images for newsletters, websites, books, art exhibits, annual reports and various events. The youth do all the shooting, printing, processing and developing.

By partnering with us you provide an opportunity for youth to gain work experience and learn more about the community they live in.

For every assignment, the student photographers are paired up with professional volunteer mentors who accompany them to the occasion. The mentors are there to support, assist, and guide the youth as they shoot the event for you.

We are always looking for new and exciting assignments for our youth to shoot. Here are some of the agencies Youth in Focus photographers have partnered with:

And many more!

We offer Digital and Traditional B&W services.

For additional information about hiring our photographers or to request a quote for your upcoming project, please contact Sherry Loeser via email at: freelance@youthinfocus.org or via phone at: 206.407.2126. In the meantime, please visit our blog site, thefreelanceproject.wordpress.com to see recent shoots, portfolios and more!