Ten Photo-Editing Tips From a Pro
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I was tweaking a photo for a friend’s antiques store Web site the other day, experimenting with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to adjust the color and add a subtle vignette. I like Lightroom because it doesn’t have the arduous learning curve that Photoshop does, and it’s designed specifically for photographers and photographs.
But I don’t have many tricks in my Lightroom photo-doctoring bag. In fact, everything I was doing I had learned from a brief demonstration by Tyler Stableford, an outdoor sports and adventure photographer who uses Lightroom to make his photos just a bit more dazzling.
via Ten Photo-Editing Tips From a Pro – NYTimes.com.
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Self-Marketing Secrets for Photographers
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The art of getting a job and staying on a buyer’s speed dial is as much about your photographic talent as it is about your self-promotional talent.
The compulsive urge to panic while waiting for a job should be recognized as a physical condition. Many times over the last 20 years, I’ve found myself on the edge of a complete breakdown, spending huge money on promo campaigns, e-mails and sourcebooks as I try to figure out the magic method for getting noticed by the people with the work. There were times when resources ran low and the whole effort seemed overwhelming. Then, out of the blue, often on the day that I was using the same coffee filter for the third time, a phone call.
It’s dazzling how many theories there are about what goes on behind closed doors to select photographers for the next big ad campaign. Some say voodoo, others say sex. My ex-agent says sourcebooks, phone calls and cocktails. This article is about the naked truth—what happens on the other side. Why will an art buyer suddenly pick up the phone and say, “We’d love to see your book”?
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10 Ways a Photographer Can Improve Business By Trusting Their Clients
Do you trust your clients? If you answered “no,” then you might want to start. Placing trust in your clients, by giving them access to your archive, can open you up to greater revenue opportunities.
PhotoShelter’s “Trusted Client” feature allows a photographer to give easy access to a photographer’s archive (not including anything marked as “private.”)
To some, this sounds like a risky, potentially disastrous situation. But many photographers have discovered otherwise……
Read it here 10 Ways a Photographer Can Improve Business By Trusting Their Clients
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Thoughts on Colour Branding for Photographers | Photography Concentrate
Now, I don’t think you randomly pulled colours out of a hat when you were choosing them for your business. I suspect you fiddled around in Photoshop for a while, found a couple colour values you liked, ones that just felt right, and then you were off designing your webpage and getting business cards printed up.
That’s the way I suspect many people, artists in particular, work. They base decisions off of how they feel. I know that’s how I chose a lot of colour palettes in my time. And there’s certainly nothing wrong about doing things that way. I’m sure many a beautiful palette has been created using that method.
Read the all article Thoughts on Colour Branding for Photographers | Photography Concentrate.
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How Hard Do You Have To Work To Succeed As A Professional Photographer?
Because photography is so very competitive, and because the availability of relatively inexpensive tools tempts amateurs to try usurping the role of professional photographer, you have to fight and scrape for every job.
I’m not trying to be negative here. I am trying to tell you the truth. Most of the people who hire me to consult with them about their career find out that they just weren’t prepared for the amount of work it takes to make it.
You have to get up five minutes earlier than the next photographer and stay five minutes later. You have to work on weekends. You have to work on holidays. You have to commit 100% to the notion that this is going to be your J-O-B! That’s right. It’s a job. If you’re going pro, this isn’t a hobby, it’s a profession.
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How Hard Do You Have To Work To Succeed As A Professional Photographer?- Going Pro 2010.
10 Ways to Increase Your Stock Photography Earnings
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I just came across this article by Dan Bailey that makes an interesting reading
The stock photo industry has become saturated with imagery during the past few years. With the enormous amount of imagery available on the internet through different stock agencies, things have gotten so competitive that just signing and getting on board with one of the big agencies, like Getty, Corbis, Alamy or iStockphoto is no guarantee that you’ll see a sizeable income, or any income at all.
If you’re going to compete and make money with your photography, your imagery not only has to be top notch and it needs to be marketable. In order for it to sell, you need to produce the kind of work that photo buyers look for on a regular basis.
Here are 10 essential tips to help you ramp up your stock photography earnings. Read the full article at
10 Ways to Increase Your Stock Photography Earnings | Daniel H. Bailey’s Adventure Photography Blog.
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How to Be a Curious Photographer
Curiosity is a human emotion related to natural inquisitive behaviour such as exploration, investigation, and learning. As this emotion represents a drive to know new things, curiosity is the fuel of science and all other disciplines of human study. The post explores how to become a curios photographer and the advantages . You can read it here How to Be a Curious Photographer.
10 (More) Website Strategies for Photographers | LIGHTING ESSENTIALS For Photographers
Ten ideas and strategies for photographers because I really believe that the website should be a vehicle for making business happen, and connecting with clients and possible clients, not just an online brochure or replica of a print portfolio
via 10 (More) Website Strategies for Photographers | LIGHTING ESSENTIALS For Photographers.
Is Travel Photography dead?
I just read Andrea Pistolesi’s post A Requiem for Travel Photography.
For those of you who may not know his name, Andrea is one of the most talented travel shooters ….this guy can shoot ..and write in English, even though he’s Italian like me!
I highly recommend reading the whole post, but to summarize, Andrea says that travel photography as a profession is gone, mainly because most of the publications that made assignments are either gone or severely cutting back.
ANDREA PISTOLESI PHOTOGRAPHER: A REQUIEM FOR TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY.
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Just added the Tweetme button and functions after a redesign of my blog to integrate with my main website and Photoshelter
George Clooney in Milan
King of Charisma, George Clooney was entertaining the Milan courtroom yesterday morning as he testified against two men and a woman who used his name to publicize their fashion line.
The ‘masterminds’ called the fashion line GC (George Clooney) and went to the extent of forging his signatures on most of their documents. George is suing the alleged criminals for $ 3.88 million for using his name to market their product, obviously without his knowledge or approval.
Alfa Romeo is 100!
Alfa Romeo the Italian car manufacture from Milan is today 100! Here are few frames.
The city of Milan, Alfa Romeo’s birthplace, is paying homage to Alfa Romeo by staging four days of events, beginning today, involving the City Council, Fiera Milano Expo, Monza Race Track and the Alfa Romeo Museum.
This weekend thus marks an extraordinary ‘appointment’ for motor enthusiasts and Alfisti worldwide: collectors, club members and current model owners. More than 3000 Alfa Romeo cars are expected to arrive in Milan from 45 countries.
Celebrating Alfa Romeo’s centenary means leafing through some of the most important pages in automotive history in terms of design and innovation. Indeed, Alfa Romeo has always stood out for its capability of transmitting strong emotions and for state-of-the-art technology, as well as top-level handling and driving pleasure.
Italian Fans
The World Cup may have captured the attention of the world but the football has yet to capture our imagination.
Critics have claimed that this winter World Cup is producing football to match the season. England, Argentina, Portugal, France and Italy have all failed to spark the tournament into life …
But is this really the most boring opening to any World Cup in history? Italy managed to scrap a miserable draw
New Year’s Just Ain’t New Year’s Without Photo Resolutions
2010! Well how can you start a new year without a new year resolution?
- Bring my camera (my Lumix) everywhere I go.
- Weed out the chaff…everywhere.
- Make a time capsule. Leaving a message for my future self by hiding photos somewhere.
- Write a letter to the big guys at Nikon if they come up with yet another camera possibly at £5k or more.
- To start charging people who steal my images of the web.
- Make more of an effort to write blogs daily, even if I don’t have any pictures to go with the story.
- Not to stress myself out if I don’t get a press pass. Remember: Many celebs come & go, but photographers are always around!
- Not to do a New Year Resolution anymore
Ashura Procession in London
The Day of Ashura is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram. It is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet, at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 AD
The gallery of today Ashura Procession in London is here.
Brave swimmers enjoy a chilly dip
For more and more people it is clearly the cool way to start Christmas Day, so cool, in fact, as to be positively freezing. Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club swim in the icy Serpentine waters during the annual Christmas Day Peter Pan Cup on December 25.
The traditional 100 yards Christmas race got its name in 1904 after Sir James Barrie presented the first Peter Pan Cup and is only open to club members who have competed in at least three of the winter series races
Swimmers braved the chilly weather to enjoy a festive dip in the Serpentine at Hyde Park.
Handsome Stag in icy Richmond Park
I think this handsome stag was very keen to have his picture taken this morning in Richmond Park!
Richmond Park, originally a deer-hunting park, still has 300 Red Deer and 350 fallow deer. The deer have played a major role in the Park’s history and have shaped the landscape too.
UPDATE The Guardian ran an article today using the handsome guy
The World in Photo 2010
I defy anyone to look at this ebook and not feel enthusiastic about photo-journalism and taking photos.
AFP The World in Photo 2010
Chinese State Circus
No that is not me at last night office Christmas party! It’s an acrobat of the Chinese State Circus during today photocall.
