Capturing a career: The road to becoming a still photographer

When Sydney-based unit stills photographer John Platt was assessing applications for Netflix’s photo and AV studio mentorship, for which more than 400 aspiring unit stills photographers applied, he noticed a common theme between some of the submissions.

“There were a number of people that used the term ‘secret society’ in the sense of saying, ‘We have no idea how to get into this industry and no idea how to get into this role’,” he said.

“That in itself seems like a good reason to give these guys a...