How Gaining 500 Subscribers Overnight on Threads Affected My Photography. 在 Threads 上一夜增長 500 位訂閱者如何影響了我的攝影。

It Led Nowhere (And That’s Fine).

My threads account went from 139 subscribers to 640 overnight. For a moment I thought maybe things were finally moving forward.
The next day I checked my inbox and saw that I received a few inquiries to work as a photographer (well… just three) but none of them led anywhere.

It was not surprising, these people had known about me for less than an hour when they reached out. They didn’t know anything about my work and had expectations that didn’t match with how I usually operate.

For context, I tipically limit my shoots to one hour. Photography is a side project for me, I have a full-time job, and at the time of writing this, I don’t make any income from it, it’s something I fit in between everything else I do.

One person wanted a session that would have taken an entire afternoon and expected me to carry my camera the whole time. I explained how I usually work and offered to do something shorter instead. They declined and nothing came of it.

Another person had a very specific concept: “Black and white boudoir.” It didn’t match my style at all. I later found out that this sort of message is sometimes part of a scam that targets photographers. So in a way, I dodged a bullet.

The last one asked for too many personal details too quickly. It felt off, and invasive, enough to make me question their real intentions. So I simply walked away.

As for my socials? Things haven’t really changed, engagement on my posts has stayed pretty much the same as before. Funny isn’t it? But I kind of expected this outcome, I’ve read many stories that went exactly like this. I’m not delusional, I didn’t think my experience would be any different just because it was happening to me. I fully anticipated this happening.

I guess that’s what happens when you put yourself out there. You can’t control who reads, who reaches out, or what their intentions are. But that’s okay. It’s all part of the process.

沒有結果（但這沒關係）

我的 Threads 帳號從 139 位訂閱者一夜之間增長到 640 位。那一刻我以為，或許事情終於有了進展。第二天，我檢查郵箱，發現收到幾個想要聘請我做攝影師的詢問（嗯… 只有三個），但最終都沒有任何結果。

這並不讓人驚訝，畢竟這些人聯絡我時，只認識我不到一個小時。他們對我的作品一無所知，期待也和我平常的方式不太符合。

稍作解釋，我通常把每次拍攝的時間限制在一小時內。攝影對我來說只是副業，我有全職工作，目前寫這篇文章的時候，從攝影中並未獲得收入，它只是我在其他工作之間抽空進行的事情。

有一個人希望做一場需要整個下午的拍攝，並且預期我會全程攜帶相機。我解釋了我通常的工作方式，並提出可以做個較短的拍攝。他拒絕了，最後也什麼都沒有發生。

另一個人提出了一個非常具體的概念：「黑白床照」。這和我的風格完全不符。後來我發現，這類要求有時是攝影師詐騙的一部分。所以，某種程度上，我算是躲過了一場災難。

最後一個人問了我很多私人細節，且速度太快。那讓我感覺很不對勁，甚至讓我質疑他們的真正意圖。於是我選擇放手。

至於我的社交媒體？其實並沒有什麼改變，發文的互動率和之前差不多。蠻有趣的，不是嗎？但其實我預料到了這個結果，因為我讀過許多和我一樣的故事。我不是自欺欺人，我並不覺得只是因為這件事發生在我身上，就會有不同的結果。我完全預期到會是這樣。

大概這就是當你把自己擺在那裡時會發生的事情。你無法控制誰在讀、誰會聯絡你，或者他們的意圖是什麼。但沒關係，這是過程的一部分。