A lot depends on your personal integrity, and the relationship you've established with the companies in question. I had a shop years ago where I was shopping a senior living facility. At the end of the shop [she was walking me to the door], the representative I'm with asks me what I do for a living. I replied with my day job--professional photographer. She asks me back into the office to talk about my possibly doing some work for the facility--family pictures, etc. during Christmas.
When I get home, I emailed the scheduler and asked her to call me. I started on the report while I waited for the call. To make a long story short, I ended up on a 4-way conference call with the scheduler, the president of the MSC, and a representative from the client. Everyone wanted to be sure that my being offered a possible job at the facility had no effect on my reporting what happened--and I wanted to assure them that it had no effect either. My report ended up being accepted, and the client's representative told the MSC that I was free to shop any of their locations.
I had mentioned the day job, not in an attempt to get work, but simply as the reply to the question. Now I have a different "day job" that I mention at places where the photography could possibly result in getting work.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
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