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Two sides of the same thing: being in the photos, and getting paid to take them.

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  • Why we check who you are

    What the identity check covers, what it does not, and why it is the only thing standing between you and your first session.

  • How many people come to Nashville, and where they all go

    16.9 million visitors a year, and they are not spread evenly. The numbers behind where the requests come from.

  • How much can you make in a weekend

    The arithmetic, in full, with the parts we cannot promise marked as such.

  • Things to do in Nashville, and where the photo is worth taking

    Fifteen places people actually queue for, and what to do with your camera at each one.

  • Where to stand in Nashville on a Saturday

    Requests come from where the people are. Here is how the city sorts itself out across a weekend.

  • Your photos, your privacy

    What happens to the photos and the video after a session, and what you are agreeing to.

  • How to be in your own vacation photos

    If you are the one who always takes the picture, you are in none of them. Four ways to fix that on your next trip.

  • The five minutes that make a good session

    You have got five minutes with people you have never met. Here is what to do with them.

  • Stop handing your phone to strangers

    The photo you get back is blurry, tilted, and taken from wherever they were already standing. Here is why that keeps happening.