“If you’re going to do this [give someone as clean a sheet of paper as possible], you have an obligation to use what you get, because your choice was hiring this person, not in judging the work you got when you didn’t have the insight to give them clear direction in the first place.”
via Seth’s Blog.
by A Photo Editor on June 2, 2009 · 1 comment
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Makes sense. . . sounds like Seth is saying that the mark of a good art buyer/director is how well they can judge when to hand hold and when to let go and give the talent the ability to surprise.
The mark of good talent is delivering the safe goods *and* providing a little creative push to supply some surprise too.