11 Jun, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos





BLOG READING -- Luke Copping: “I read a lot of blogs, some might say that I even have a small addiction to my RSS reader. They run the gamut from business blogs to roundups of inspiring art and design projects to current events to philosophy, but the list is always being updated. Here are five of my favorites:” SOURCE: http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2013/06/great-blogs-for-summer-and-beyond

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04 Jun, 2013 | Posted by: bswenson

GONE

Sun-Times laid off its entire full-time photography staff last week, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, in a move that the newspaper's management said resulted from a need to shift toward more online video.
The union representing many of the laid-off photographers plans to file a bad-faith bargaining charge with the National Labor Relations Board, a union leader said."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/may/30/chicago-sun-times-photography-staff
via Joe Stanski

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04 Jun, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos







BE SAAVY -- Seven Big Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Photography Business - Patrick Depuy: “Starting a photography business sounds far easier than it really is, and many very talented photographers rush into entrepreneurship before doing their homework. But it also takes more than artistic and technical prowess; you need to be a savvy businessperson to survive.”
http://www.business2community.com/small-business/7-big-mistakes-to-avoid-when-starting-a-photography-business-0507644
PHOTO: Kenny_Lex/Flicker


EQUIPMENT INSURANCE – Looking Beyond. Scott Taylor: “Most of my initial conversations with photographers start out with them requesting insurance coverage for their cameras. While equipment theft and/or damage is the most likely type of claim to happen with the greatest frequency, it is the liability and workers compensation claims that can be catastrophic and financially devastating.
http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2013/05/looking-beyond-equipment-insurance


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28 May, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos






THEIR NEEDS-NOT YOURS. Carolyn Potts: “How to leave a message that gets a call-back – If you craft your voicemail message as you would the Subject line of a good email blast, you increase the chance of getting a return call. Time-stressed people hit their voicemail’s delete button as readily as they do for their email inbox. The content of your message must relate to their needs–not yours. Your message has to be one that piques their interest. http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2013/05/how-to-leave-a-message-that-gets-a-call-back

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21 May, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos





SHOWTIME! Unusual Assignment: An Hour of Reality TV Stardom – David Walker: “Corporate and editorial photographer Lou Jones gets his 15 minutes of fame starring as a mentor to an aspiring sports shooter on a reality television show.” http://www.pdnonline.com/features/Unusual-Assignment--8084.shtml

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14 May, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos




DON’T LOSE THEM -- Six Ways to Keep your Digital Images from Becoming “Orphan Works” – David Riecks: “The UK has recently passed the Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Act which creates a method by which “Orphan Works” can be exploited. Here are some ways to make it easier for others to identify you as the creator/copyright holder of your digital photographs. http://photometadata.blogspot.ca/2013/05/six-ways-to-keep-your-digital-images-from-becoming-orphan-works.html






WHAT ART DIRECTORS LOOK FOR - Dennis Davis: “Here is a list of 10 things an art director looks for when considering a photographer, and what keeps them coming back for more.” http://petapixel.com/2013/05/09/10-things-an-art-director-looks-for-in-a-photographer/






NETWORKINNG -- Why A Networking Group Can Save Your Photography Business – -Virtual Photography: When clients (and profits) aren’t where they need to be, there’s only one thing to do … get more clients. Yet in some cases that can seem like the most difficult and painful thing to do. The easiest answer is right down the street from you. . http://virtualphotographystudio.com/2013/05/why-a-networking-group-can-save-your-photography-business

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07 May, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos





PREPARING YOUR PORTFOLIO -- (Video) Spomnsored by New york Times. Hosted by Cuny Graduate School of journalism. Moderator: Santiago Lyon of the Associated Press.
http://video1.nytimes.com/video/2013/04/22



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30 Apr, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos




GETTING MILEAGE -- Shawn Henry: “We all know that editorial work doesn’t generally pay fees comparable to the corporate market, but it’s possible to boost the total income from editorial assignments with just a little extra effort.” SOURCE: http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2013/04/getting-more-bank-from-your-work






How I Got That Shot: Getting a First Look at the New Corvette – Meghan Ahearn Veteran automobile photographer James Haefner takes us behind the scenes of a super-secret Road & Track shoot. http://www.pdnonline.com/features/How-I-Got-That-Shot-7965.shtml
PHOTO: –Meghan Ahearn








ON ASSIGNMENT – Hudson Valley Magazine – Robert Rodriguez jr. Late last summer I was asked by Hudson Valley Magazine, a major national publication, if I was interested in taking an assignment to shoot photos of people paddleboarding on the Hudson for an upcoming issue on “summer fun.” They would be used in an article and possibly for the cover. I agreed and started planning the shoot before the summer ended. http://robertrodriguezjr.com/2013/04/24/on-assignment-hudson-valley-magazine




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23 Apr, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos





DIRECT MAIL -- Skip Cohen: “If you're going to design an effective marketing campaign then my suggestion would be to design your post card as the foundation and then spin off various components for email, social media, your website and blog. You need all of these components for success. Then, "accessorize" your campaign with some publicity and cross-promotion with other companies or photographers. The whole idea is to weave a web around your target audience so that your promotion/message really is everywhere. http://www.skipcohenuniversity.com/1/post/2013/04/direct-mail-its-back-and-its-bad.html


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16 Apr, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos




BUSINESS ADVICE -- Kimberly Blom-Roemer: “It’s just too hard to narrow down all the great business advice I’ve ever received into a single tid-bit so rather than limit myself, here are my top five:" http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2013/04/top-five-best-est-pieces-of-business-advice-i-have-ever-received



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09 Apr, 2013 | Posted by: st




CAPTURING LOVE -- New Hampshire Photographer Writes The Book On Same Sex Wedding Photography - Sean Hurly: “In 2005, photographer Thea Dodds was hired to shoot a wedding in Massachusetts. She spoke to the prospective bride on the phone and drove down to meet the happy couple.
Dodds: “I went and met them and it was two women (laughs). So I didn’t even know before I met them that it was a same-sex wedding.
That two-brides no groom job led to other same-sex weddings.
Dodds: “And a lot of times I felt like my couples were starting to look like friends? Or even worse, siblings…because I was sort of posing them in the way that I knew how to pose two women – which was as friends. Or siblings. And it wasn’t communicating love and intimacy.”
http://nhpr.org/post/capturing-love-nh-photographer-writes-book-same-sex-wedding-photography
PHOTO: Thea Dodge

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02 Apr, 2013 | Posted by: st




IMPRESS PEOPLE -- TIPS FROM A PRO: BUILD A BETTER PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO - New York Film Academy Photography School Chairman, Brian Dilg shares some tips for impressing editors and admission. As the head of the New York Film Academy's photography school, Brian Dilg has seen more than his share of portfolios. So, if you're looking to impress people with your work, presentation can be almost everything. Here are some crucial tips for making your work look its best. SOURCE:
http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2013/03/tips-pro-build-better-photography-portfolio



SPECIALIZE -- Luke Copping: “I made the early mistake of trying to show that I could do everything – I took around a bloated portfolio and wasted a lot of potential client’s time by showing them work that was completely inappropriate for their needs. One of the first things I did was start to prepare supplementary collections of work for each client to accompany my leaner and more specific portfolios – that way I could, on a moments notice, provide clients with examples of work that were extremely relevant. The Password is… Relevance.” http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2013/03/the-password-is-relevance

IT’S A BUSINESS -- Seven business strategies for photographers – Rosh Sillars: “Building a business is not easy. If you are a photographer looking for people to pay you to take photographs, like it or not, you are in business. You need to think big. You need strategies that not every photographer knows about, how to implement or is using. Seven strategies that will help advance your business and beat the competition: http://www.roshsillars.com/2013/03/7-business-strategy-ideas-for-photographers



IT’S A FINE ART -- Charlie Borland: “A great image tells a solid story, conveys a powerful concept, and ideally licenses over and over. Scrutinizing all images from a shoot and finding the images that will be the most successful is the goal and this is why learning the fine art of editing is so crucial to business success.” http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2013/03/the-fine-art-of-editing-your-images/
PHOTO: Charlie Borland



QUALITY FOR DUMMIES -- How do you explain "quality" to clients whom you think don't know the difference? – Skip Cohen: “There is no easy answer, but I do have some good suggestions. http://www.skipcohenuniversity.com/1/post/2013/03/ideas-to-help-educate-your-clients-about-quality.html



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26 Mar, 2013 | Posted by: st





NO-TEARS WEDDINGS -- Brides Often Regret Not Spending More on Wedding Photography. Michael Zhang: “If you’re set to get married soon and are in the process of planning for the big day, here’s a tip that might save you from some sadness further down the road: don’t go cheap on the photography if you can help it.” SOURCE:
http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/21/brides-often-regret-not-spending-more-on-wedding-photography/
PHOTO: Apprillynn77


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19 Mar, 2013 | Posted by: st




Photog Uses Crappy Client Photos to Get Hired – David Walker: Photographer James Hodgins of Sudbury, Ontario has come up with a creative visual solution for a perennial marketing challenge: convincing clients who think they can shoot their own photography. SOURCE:
http://pdnpulse.com/2013/03/photog-uses-crappy-client-photos-to-get-hired.html




WOULD YOU WORK FOR FREE? – Lauren Margolis: There’s an interesting conversation going on over at The Atlantic about working for free. The talk is among journalists, but it’s not much of a stretch to bring it into the photography (or really any creative) space. http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/03/would-you-work-for-free/
TAKE AWAY: Will the pro photographer, who, when they just started out, never started out working sometimes for free … please stand up...
For the one or two of you standing up, I know the reason I’ve never heard of you. –RE




AVOIDING DISASTER -- When Bad Things Happen In Your Photography Business – Beate Chelette: “Bad things do happen unfortunately. With a good insurance in place you can sleep at night and not have to worry about the what’s and if’s. The good news? The money you pay out for insurances in your business is tax deductible!” SOURCE: http://www.photobizcoach.com/2012/11/27/when-bad-things-happen/?inf_contact





BIPHOTOS -- Simultaneous Street Photography From Two Different Points of View. Michael Zhang: “Dutch photographers Thijs groot Wassink and Ruben Lundgren live in London and Beijing, and work together on photo projects as a duo known as WassinkLundgren. One of their collaborations is a set of street photographs shot on the sidewalks of Tokyo, Japan in 2009 and 2010. Titled Tokyo Tokyo, each of the pieces is a diptych showing the same “decisive moment” shot by both photographers at the same moment in time, and then arranged side by side.
SOURCE: http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/11/simultaneous-street-photography-from-two-different-points-of-view
PHOTOS: Thijs groot Wassink and Ruben Lundgren
TAKEAWAY: Decisive moments are usually the result of luck. (Like the monkey writing a novel after word-processing (through a computer program) 70 billion words.) But some photographers have a knack for decisive moments. What is it? Some people guess it’s the ability to anticipate.


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06 Mar, 2013 | Posted by: st



GETTING TO KNOW YOU -- Photography Business Networking - How Long Does It Take To Get Results? - PhotoBizCoach.com: "One of the big questions new photography business networkers have is how long will it take to get results? Although the answer is “It depends”, I can give you an idea of the process and how long it typically takes. Sometimes you will meet someone & right away they will give you a referral. Actually they shouldn’t do this, but some people do. Why shouldn’t they do this? They should not be willing to refer their friends or customers to someone who they don’t know well enough to know how their referral will be treated. If they do that, they risk having it be a bad experience for the person they referred to you, and that will reflect badly on the referrer.
http://www.photobizcoach.com/2012/12/27/photography-business-networking-how-long-does-it-take-to-get-results/?inf_contact_key=67bff5239a06b44e78b03c93d4a7a00086e9962df9d7e26a630513637e1dcf74



EFFICIENCY -- Photography spurs online business growth in India.
Abishek Baxi: “Rise of digital photography and opportunities around such content have led to an increase in associated online services in India. The cost and efficiency advantage beats traditional photo studios and labs hands down.
http://www.zdnet.com/in/photography-spurs-online-business-growth-in-india-7000011675/
PHOTO: Abishek Baxi



ELECTRIFYING -- Tom Cheshire: “Potato art: science fused with time-lapse photography. You've probably plugged lights into potatoes during science lessons -- but not on this scale. For this photograph, taken for Wired in the summer of 2012, Caleb Charland spent two days wiring 300 potatoes to a lamp, and shot the results. "I remembered doing potato batteries in school," the Maine-based artist says. "It just went from there."
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/02/play/electric-potato-art
PHOTO: Caleb Charland


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26 Feb, 2013 | Posted by: st





YOUR DESTINY? Why Your Business Plans End Up Failing – Dan Waldschmidt: When you don’t act with purpose you end up doing something stupid. That assumes that you know where you want to be and why getting there is so important to you. And a lot of the time, that intention is missing. And so you do things that are stupid. http://www.businessinsider.com/why-your-business-plans-fail-2013-2
PHOTO: GilbertoFilho via flickr


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19 Feb, 2013 | Posted by: st




MEASURE YOUR RESULTS -- What’s Working in Your Marketing Mix? – Heather Lefort: “Marketing in the industry is changing. What worked three years ago does not work today. Not measuring your marketing results is an automatic fail for most people. “So how do you get the most out of your marketing by measuring your results?” you ask. Below are recommended marketing solutions:" http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2013/02/whats-working-in-your-marketing-mix/#.UR2dQUfLJ2M


GROW IT! -- Five basic things you can do to grow your business – Rosh Sillars: “Growing a business is not easy. Cutting edge innovation is important, but so are the basics. Doing your job is important. Unfortunately, doing your job doesn’t always grow your business. Many small businesses die while their owners are doing their job. Here are five things you can do now to help grow your business: http://www.roshsillars.com/2013/02/five-things-you-can-do-to-grow-your-buisness/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewMediaPhotographer+%28Rosh+Sillars%29


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12 Feb, 2013 | Posted by: st



EXPAND YOUR SKILLS -- What Is Your Side Project? - Rosh Sillars: “Most clients say they want cutting edge work, but when it comes down to making decisions they play it safe or compromise. A roster full of clients who make decisions by committee will kill your career. Side projects give you the opportunity to sharpen your skills, explore new territory, and build your portfolio with modern work.
http://www.roshsillars.com/2013/02/what-is-your-side-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-your-side-project


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29 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: st




UP TO SPEED -- New Guide: The 2013 Photo Business Plan Workbook – Lauren Margolis: “Building your photography business is a process, which means there is no one-stop shop formula for success to “hit the jackpot.” But the good news is that if you plug away in a few major areas, you’ll start to solidify your brand, attract more eyeballs to your website, and be top-of-mind for potential buyers and clients” http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/01/new-guide-the-2013-photo-business-plan-workbook/

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22 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: st




RAISING THE BUSINESS BAR -- Raise Your Rates, Deliver Better Work & Get Paid What You Deserve — Ramit Sethi: “As artists, if we want to make a living with our work, we – like it or not – must foster our business/entrepreneurial skills, we must realize the value of our work, and we must know how to get paid.” Chase Jarvis. http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2013/01/how-to-raise-you-rates-deliver-better-work-and-get-paid-by-ramit-sethi/

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15 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: st





BECOME A BRAND -- One Example Of Becoming a Successful Photographer Through Specialization – Trevor Dayley: “How many photographer websites do you visit that have an endless list of subjects they claim to photograph? Many photographers think it will help with their Search Engine Optimization but it does not, the secret is to be different. To pick something and specialize in that one thing. One perfect example is talented Mike Allebach, also known as the “Tattooed Bride Photographer Guy.” http://fstoppers.com/one-example-of-becoming-a-successful-photographer-through-specialization
PHOTO: Mike Allebach


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08 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: bswenson


DOCUMENTING THE PRESIDENCY

-- Obama Photographer Souza on Digital Era - Phil Bicker: “The long view of history tends to be the judge of a presidency. As President Obama embarks on a second term in the Oval Office, it may still be too early to draw conclusions about his legacy as Commander in Chief. http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/08/pete-souza-portrait-of-a-presidency/#7
PHOTO: Pete Souza

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08 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: st







LIVE WEBINAR. Business as unUsual webinar – January 23, 2013.- Jeff Sedlik, co-founder & CEO of the Picture Licensing Universal System on Wednesday, January 23, 1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern. We’ll take your questions via chat and twitter (#ASMP) during the live webinar. Register here for free access to the live webinar and recording. For more information on this and previous Business as unUsual webinars, visit http://ASMP.org/webinars


BUSINESS TIPS for the New Year – Charlie Borland: “Here are a couple ideas you may want to consider for 2013: http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2013/01/5-business-tips-for-the-new-year/#more-5100


DRAWING BOARD -- Betty Adams: “Precision aerial photography the latest tool in planners', developers' kits. Orthoimagery uses scale photos to provide landscape and terrain details. SOURCE: http://www.kjonline.com/news/sharper-imagery-from-above-can-aid-local-governments_2013-01-05.html




BAD PHOTOS/BAD FOOD -- Restaurant Food Photography: Lose Your Appetite! Sometimes restaurant food photography defeats the originally intended purpose -- it makes you repulsed by the cuisine actually served inside the eatery. This occurs when optimistic owners snap their own pics of various menu items and hang these images in their window -- in a misguided attempt to lure passersby into their establishment. Often they miserably fail. SOURCE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harmon-leon/bad-restaurant-food-photo_b_2402555.html


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02 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: bswenson





WEIRD PHOTO RESEARCH --
James Pomerantz: “Contrary to popular belief, the life of a photo researcher is not all glitz and excitement. While there are occupational perks such as Bento Box Day in the cafeteria and free issues of the magazine, the majority of my time is spent on the less glamorous (but very enjoyable) task of sifting through countless images to try and find the hidden gems. “ SOURCE: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/12/the-weirdest-photo-research-of-2012.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#slide_ss_0=1


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02 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: st






credit: Rohn Engh
FEELING -- Emotional Images - Tim Barribeau: “Scientists at the University of Leuven in Belgium are looking for photographers to help with their research — they need the most emotional images you have. The Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences has started a website called Pictures With Feeling, and are on the hunt for photos that can be used to help them study human emotions and mood. It's not exactly easy to generate a specific mood in someone at a specific point, so the research team are looking to build up a database of images capable of communicating a specific emotion or feeling. That could just as easily be a feeling of sadness as one of serenity or neutrality. What they're looking for is images that fall all across the "valence-arousal space". That means images that stretch from positive to negative, and from active to sedate. SOURCE: http://www.popphoto.com/news/2012/12/pictures-feelings-wants-your-most-emotional-images




I CAN’T GET UP -- G.J. McCarthy: “One of the occupational hazards of working alongside a bunch of other photographers — especially when many of them are your friends — is that just about any silly or embarrassment that happens to you will be immediately documented … and after shared with many others.” http://photographyblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up-without-help.html/




DUPLICATE -- When Your Idea Is Too Close (For Comfort) to Someone Else’s
Photographer David Saxe writes that he decided not to publish this image because it was too similar to another he saw after he shot it. SOURCE:
http://rising.blackstar.com/when-your-idea-is-too-close-for-comfort-to-someone-elses.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Black-Star-Rising+%28Black+Star+Rising%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
PHOTO: David Saxe




THE RIGHT THING -- Richard Harrington: “Rates keep going down…so change the competition. This past year, there was increased downward pressure to lower rates. More and more, my company was being underbid by our “competition.” It turns out that doing the right thing works. http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2012/12/rates-keep-going-down-so-change-the-competition/#.UNx6yCDLJ2M


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18 Dec, 2012 | Posted by: st






PHOTO ESSAY -- Photo Tastemaker: Jeffrey Henson Scales – (Conor Risch) For more than a year, the “Exposures” photo essay feature in the Sunday Review section of The New York Times has given photographers a unique opportunity to share their vision with The Times’s diverse readership, which on any weekend likely includes influential figures in politics, business, media and culture. Here the photography editor of The New York Times Sunday Review discusses where he finds work for the newspaper's "Exposures" photo essay feature. http://www.pdnonline.com/features/Photo-Tastemaker-Je-7114.shtml
PHOTO: Shelby Lee Adams




THANKS, BUT…-- Ten Photo Gifts Photographers DON’T Want to Receive This Holiday Season - Lauren Margolis: “Instead of publishing yet another gift list, here are the 10 photo gifts we bet photographers don’t want to receive this holiday season. SOURCE: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/12/10-photo-gifts-photographers-dont-want-to-receive-this-holiday-season/

BEST LIGHT -- Food Photography. Diffuse natural light brings out the best in food. If you’re picnicking on a cloudy day, you’ve got it made in the shade―literally. If you’re indoors, set up near a window or switch on some lights. Use sidelighting when you want to shoot from above and emphasize texture.. If you’re going with artificial light, accessories such as umbrellas, softboxes, or beauty dishes will help soften the effect. SOURCE: “The Complete Photo Manual” - http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2012/12/quick-tip-find-best-light-food-photography

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12 Dec, 2012 | Posted by: st







INSPIRATION
The editors of ISLANDS magazine have jumped into the deep end to rank the very best snorkeling and scuba diving shots taken by underwater photographers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/islands/scuba-and-snorkel-photos-islands_b_2246677.html




IT’S CALLED SWEAT -- How To Start A Business Without Debt - Kim Ann Zimmermann: “Entrepreneurs often talk about how they started their businesses with loans from family and friends, seed money from investors and even by maxing out their credit cards. But, for every one of these feel-good success stories, there are more than a few with unhappy endings.
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/3482-how-to-start-a-business-without-debt.html
TAKEAWAY: Starting a business is the first chapter. Continuing the business is the rest of the story. –RE



STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY 101 - Kris O'Neal: “A Brief Introduction To Selling Stock Imagery.” - I have taken a huge interest in stock photography. This type of photography allows me to earn an income while chasing two 3 year olds in my pajamas and may or may not have brushed my teeth (ok, that may have been TMI but you get the point).
http://voices.yahoo.com/stock-photography-101-exploring-whats-hows-11893197.html?cat=35
PHOTO: Kris O’Neal


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27 Nov, 2012 | Posted by: st




FREE ADVERTISING - Pinterest Business Pages for Photographers – Rosh Sillars: “Pinterest released a new option that should satisfy both of the big issues for photographers, visual artists and brands: business pages. These are designed for people or companies who wish to use Pinterest for promotion without feeling guilty.” http://www.roshsillars.com/2012/11/pinterest-business-pages-for-photographers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewMediaPhotographer+%28Rosh+Sillars%29



SPAM RE-VISITED. Unwanted Traffic To Your Site. Tim McGlone: “At 11:46 p.m. on March 1, someone in Hampton Roads, VA, downloaded an adult pornography movie…illegally. The company that produced the movie "Sunny Leone - Goddess" is suing that person and dozens of others in a new round of attacks on illegal downloads of porn. But first, the production company had to petition a federal judge for permission to find out who the person was who downloaded the movie from IP address 70.177.227.14. Read more: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/11/pornrelated-copyright-infringement-cases-increase
TAKEAWAY: If you are getting unwanted spam to your site, it’s possible to get it stopped by finding out the IP address (it looks like a telephone number) of the sender and then follow the trail. If it's in the form of e-mail, the I.P. address is in the header. Finding the culprit is not as easy as it sounds. Historically, DNS providers have been protective of their customers and grudgingly give out information or make public who’s doing what as the above news article relates. It’s possible to find which country the “spammer” is from and also which town or city. You can do most of this yourself such as going to http://www.WHOIS.com to start your search. A good article about the process is at: http://service.futurequest.net/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/77 ... If you get bogged down, you may have to get help from a local police detective or a private investigator if the person or company is a suspected illegal operation.

Free speech can have its drawbacks. Has the First Amendment (Freedom of the Press) backfired on us? -RE
via David Liebman

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20 Nov, 2012 | Posted by: st




WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS & CHAOS -- Photographers Amid Chaos – Mike Hale “Witness: Juarez,” the first in a series of four HBO documentaries about contemporary war photographers, is the visual equivalent of a fast-paced duet, like Mozart for still camera and video camera rather than violin and viola. The photographer Eros Hoagland and the cinematographer Jared Moossy travel the deadly streets of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in tandem, and our view jumps between their lenses; their photographs and moving images echo and amplify one another. SOURCE: http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/arts/television/witness-hbo-documentary-series-on-war-photographers.html
PHOTO: Eros Hoaglund






GET IT ALL RIGHT HERE -- Honing Your Business Chops – Bruce Katz: “For both emerging photographers and seasoned veterans, questions about our business can be constantly rolling around in our heads –among them are these perennial favorites: http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2012/11/getting-help/#.UKVpDvnLIfA





IMMATURE NEWS REPORTING? -- The Failure in Crowd-Sourcing News Photos – Holly Hughes: “At a time of cost cutting for media budgets, lots of news organizations imagine that user-generated content can fill the void. But the recent failure of crowd-sourced news photos of Hurricane Sandy, and the shortage of coverage of other climate change-fueled disasters around the world, demonstrate how far we are from truly democratizing the medium of photography.” http://pdnpulse.com/2012/11/the-failure-in-crowd-sourcing-news-photos.html
TAKEAWAY: Au contraire, Mademoiselle… Journalists of a generation ago, with their fedoras and clunky typewriters and 4x5’s would just now be getting the full impact of the aftermath of the Great Storm of 2012 out to us. Thanks to Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and other social media, we learned (about the events) as they were happening. Can you imagine how social media would have served us at the time of the President Kennedy assassination? The Warren Commission would have been unnecessary and the Zapruder film now seems archaic compared to the tons of visual evidence the crowd sourcing photos would have uncovered. Esperanto is finally here and social media has been the engine. -RE


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13 Nov, 2012 | Posted by: st





POLITICIAN’s TOOL: Natalia Jimenez: “From Lincoln to Instagram: Photography." The presidential campaign. Going back as far as Abraham Lincoln, photography has played a key role in political campaigns. The invention of photographic technology in the 19th century was quickly adopted as a tool by politicians. As the technology evolved, politicians used photographs to help refine their public persona, leading to the emergence of the photo op.”
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/05/14670554-from-lincoln-to-instagram-photography-and-the-presidential-campaign
PHOTO: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP





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06 Nov, 2012 | Posted by: st





for the Photo Researcher -

WHICH WAY TO GO? Commissioned Photography or Stock; Images - Which is Better? - Lisa Pritchard and Zoe Whishaw. “Photography brings things alive. You can get your message across and engage with an audience immediately with strong imagery. You now have two options, you can get some stock photography from a photo library or you can commission your own tailor-made, original photography from the photographer of your choice
http://www.designweek.co.uk/industry-voice/commissioned-photography-or-stock-images-which-is-better?/3035508.article




MIGHTY MONEY MAKER -- Making Money With Cell Phone Pictures – John Lund: “My very first cell phone stock photo is that of the hand of my girl friend holding a color sample card in front of a color display for paints. It is a great example of one kind of image that is greatly facilitated by cell phone cameras…being there! I had my cell phone in my hand, the color display was sitting there…and within a minute or two, with no fuss, muss or unwanted attention, I got the shot. The Best Camera Is The One You Have With You. SOURCE: http://blog.johnlund.com/2012/11/making-money-with-cell-phone-pictures.html


THE VIRTUAL OFFICE -- Setting Up Your Photography Business to Run on Auto Pilot… Charlie Borland: “There are many tools available today that allow you to run your office on autopilot and not miss sales when you are off somewhere else. How you set this up depends on where you make your money. Of course you need to have a plan and what you choose to automate or place on ‘auto pilot mode’ needs to be a product suitable for that sales model.” http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2012/11/setting-up-your-photography-business-to-run-on-auto-pilot/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ProNaturePhotographer+%28Pro+Nature+Photographer%29



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23 Oct, 2012 | Posted by: st






BUYER VIEWPOINT -- Raymond Ray: Stock Photography Can Help Your Business: “In the virtual world it is all about visuals. “What you see is what you get”, as the saying goes, and an online presence is an imperative in today’s business. Even if you have in-depth and captivating textual content for your website, it pays to have some good visuals in the forms of photographs to enhance the message and capture the attention of the viewer. 6 Tips To Finding and Using The Right Images. SOURCE: http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-photography-can-help-your-business-6-tips-to-finding-and-using-the-right-images-2012-10




PROMOTION: YouTube for Photographers: 3 Ways to get Started Using YouTube to Show and Promote your Photography –Marlene Hielema: “But video has a very steep learning curve! Yes it does, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to get going. In this post I’m going to tell you about three ways you can use video to promote your photography, and I’ll start on the shallow end of the learning curve.” http://digital-photography-school.com/youtube-for-photographers-3-ways-to-get-started-using-youtube-to-show-and-promote-your-photography







EIGHT POINT DECLARATION -- On the safety of journalists. Cherilyn Ireton: “The escalating and disturbing threat to the safety of journalists drew together an extraordinary group of editors, frontline journalists, professionals and press freedom monitoring groups.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/2012/10/19/global-media-community-releases-declaration-on-the-safety-of-journalists



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16 Oct, 2012 | Posted by: st




QUICK START -- Instant Growth for your photo business? – Sara Frances: John Hartman’s famous, annual Photographer’s Boot Camp coming up January 14-16. Three intense days at Harrah’s in Las Vegas that have jump started hundreds of businesses. SOURCE: http://www.pixiq.com/article/instant-growth-for-your-photo-business?utm_source=Pixiq+Newsletter&utm_campaign=170c68e2a0-July_12_20126_1_2012&utm_medium=email


UNDER CONTROL -- Software for Managing Your Studio & Photography Business. Henry Anderson: “Just a few years ago studio photographers had to shell out hundreds or thousands of dollars to database developers who would create custom (or at least semi-custom) solutions to track their businesses operating tasks. The following is a breakdown of our favorite studio-management tools available to photographers today.” SOURCE:: http://www.pdnonline.com/gear/The-Best-Software-fo-6764.shtml

LOYAL READERS -- How Web Analytics Are Shaping Advertising Dollars And The Newsroom – Nu Yang: “Forty-one percent of the 529 daily community newspapers editors interviewed said they receive Web analytics reports every day.” http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Features/Article/How-Web-Analytics-Are-Shaping-Advertising-Dollars-And-The-Newsroom


BIG -- You want it how BIG??? Gary Crabbe: “Earlier this year I met with a design team working on a project for a new hotel. I was invited to bid on the project, which involved the creation of some very specific types of images to fit some very specific places. One of their most important criteria was to be able to deliver finished image files at actual size at 300 dpi. (Dots per inch). http://www.enlightphoto.com/views/2012/10/11/you-want-it-how-big-pt-1.htm
PHOTO: Gary Crabbe


DIFFERENT REALM: FOOD -- Giving Leftovers a New Place at the Table. Christine Haughney: “People want perfection, even if it’s a falsehood,” said Laura Letinsky, who is both a fine-art photographer and a professor at the University of Chicago. She could be talking about the long-running debate over women’s fashion photography, but Ms. Letinsky, a slender-armed and fast-talking 50-year-old pixie of an artist, has taken the discussion into a different realm: food. SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/arts/design/laura-letinskys-food-photography.html?pagewanted=all



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02 Oct, 2012 | Posted by: bswenson


To make money from nature photographs, ---specialize...

Alex Wild: “The photography market is like any other market. You need to create a product unique enough that people want to buy it. You won’t do well to enter an already swamped-out field for general nature imagery with more general nature photographs, not unless you possess a rare artistic genius and an unusually ambitious marketing acumen.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2012/09/28/to-make-money-from-science-photographs-specialize/
PHOTO: Alex Wild

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02 Oct, 2012 | Posted by: st



3 SALES SECRET -- Dean: “Breaking into the photography market should be simple: photo editors at magazines, art buyers at ad firms, designers at marketing firms all need images. If you can shoot a beautiful picture that meets one of their needs all you have to do is swap permission to use your photo for a nice, fat check. The only thing that photographers really need to know about image buyers is that they need good quality shots that they can put in ads, at the top of articles and in brochures; the rest is detail. At least three of those details though are vital. They might not be as important as the image itself but they are powerful enough to kill off what should be a lucrative picture sale. Professional photographers know them — and it’s that knowledge as much as the quality of their photography that marks them as professionals, wins them sales and leads to commissions.” SOURCE: http://blogs.photopreneur.com/the-most-important-facts-you-need-to-know-about-photo-buyers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotopreneurBlog+%28Photopreneur+Blog%29


PROPOSAL WRITING -- – Tiffany Joyce: “Are you interested in going pro with your photography? One of the first things that you’ll need to learn is how to write a comprehensive proposal. One of the first things that you’ll need to learn is how to write a comprehensive proposal. So what sort of things should the proposal include? http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2012/09/bmp-greatest-hits-how-to-write-a-photography-proposal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeyondMegapixels+%28Beyond+Megapixels%29




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25 Sep, 2012 | Posted by: st





TREPIDATION -- Get Over Your Fear of Cold Calling With These Simple Steps – Charlie Borland: “While there are many methods for marketing like print and email, the personal call, done effectively, has probably the highest success rate. In fact, some research suggests that successful cold calling works far superior to email marketing. Whether cold calling is the right way for you depends on who your target market is. But if you are targeting specific editorial or advertising markets to license your work or secure assignments, offline marketing using personal contact is a very viable, probably better approach. http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2012/09/get-over-your-fear-of-cold-calling-with-these-simple-steps/#more-4885


NUMBER ONE RULE -- The #1 Secret to Staying on Top of Your Business – Bruce D. Johnson If someone were to ask you, “What’s the number one thing you’d recommend doing to manage or stay on top of a business?” what would you say? I’d probably respond, “Use a dashboard that you monitor daily.” While every business is different, here are a few key metrics that small and/or medium-sized businesses might want to track. For example: http://photoresourcehub.com/2012/09/20/the-1-secret-to-staying-on-top-of-your-business-guest-post-by-bruce-d-johnson/





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18 Sep, 2012 | Posted by: st





PATIENCE -- Laurie: “Shooting a Great Picture Takes Time… and So Does Selling It.”
Once you’ve developed your talent, honed your skills, loaded up on the equipment and filled a hard drive or two with folders full of beautiful, well-shot images, you’ll be ready to start putting your pictures in the market. But the market might not be ready for you. Whichever branch of photography you want to focus on and whatever kind of images you want to shoot, you should always expect to have to wait between making your pictures or skills available for sale, and actually seeing that first check.SOURCE: http://blogs.photopreneur.com/shooting-a-great-picture-takes-time-and-so-does-selling-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotopreneurBlog+%28Photopreneur+Blog%29




THE ENVIRONMENT -- Shooting for the Markets: Humans Impact on Nature – Charlie Borland:: “Outdoor and nature photographers are attracted to the beauty that Mother Nature provides! The goal is to create images that make viewers say “wow.” But for those in the business of licensing images, it is even more important to create images that photo buyers need and will license and these are not always “wow” images. SOURCE:
http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2012/09/shooting-for-the-markets-humans-impact-on-nature/
PHOTO: Charlie Borland




DAY JOB -- Staff Jobs For Photographers: On The Payroll For Pictures – Maria Piscopo: “Yes, there are staff jobs for photographers! Not as talked about as those who earn their living working freelance, this career path proves to be still viable today. The seven photographers interviewed for this column have a variety of job titles and work for a broad range of companies, including newspapers, big corporations, educational institutions, and hotels/resorts. SOURCE: http://www.shutterbug.com/content/staff-jobs-photographers-payroll-pictures
PHOTO: Sean D. Elliot/Day

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29 Aug, 2012 | Posted by: bswenson





LOOKING FORWARD -- Scott Bourne: "My Argument For Creating & Hosting Your Own Photo Slideshows. I have been looking at the economy, the contraction in many online services, the changes in management, policies, copyright issues, etc., and come to a conclusion. I want to create and host my own slide shows. Here’s why: SOURCE
http://photofocus.com/2012/08/20/my-argument-for-creating-hosting-your-own-photo-slideshows/


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17 Jul, 2012 | Posted by: st



WHAT DO THEY WANT? -- Dean: “Photoshelter’s fifth annual survey of photo buyers, a collaboration with Agency Access, a photography marketing company, has recently been released — and it throws up a number of surprises. SOURCE: http://blogs.photopreneur.com/what-buyers-want-from-photographers?
TAKEAWAY: According to the survey, photobuyers lean toward photographers who are active in the social networks.

THE LANDSCAPE -- Michelle (Pinterest): “Creative photographers are looking to the internet for additional avenues to present their work. One such option for income is to build a stock photo database. Stock photography has many advantages to the photographer including, but not limited to, the ability to sell a photo multiple times, the ability to shoot photos that the photographer is passionate about, and the ability to make more money via their photography” SOURCE: http://midastouchmediagrp.com/?p=381

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26 Jun, 2012 | Posted by: st



MUSIC PHONES -- Famous Rock Photographer Bob Gruen on Why All Those iPhones at Concerts Aren’t a Bad Thing“ Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day was [on stage] and said, ‘Put down your iPhones. You're here now -- live your life!’ But I think it's fascinating that so many people are really enjoying photography,” Gruen tells The Hollywood Reporter.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lennon-bob-gruen-ramones-iphone-photography-annenberg-exhibit-341295


ALWAYS RIGHT -- Samir Husni: “My Magazine Alphabet Starts and Ends with a C: The ABCs of Publishing In the big debate over digital first and print second, digital first and content second, one major voice has been ignored: the customer’s. I spoke with Hank Price, president and general manager of WXII-TV, about “customers first.” He identified two important changes influencing consumers today: http://mrmagazine.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/my-magazine-alphabet-starts-and-ends-with-a-c-the-abcs-of-publishing/

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