Many of you have asked us to put up an article on how to texture photos. The fact is, that there are many articles on the web that show you how to texture photos, but it is tough to find high quality articles that give you practical examples and directions that you can apply to
Archives for June 2010
How I Am Building Vendor Relationships
As a new photographer, I can attest to the difficulties that exist when trying to establish myself in a market full of very experienced and talented photographers. This is especially true when working on establishing vendor relationships. Here are five tips I have found that have really helped me in this endeavor. 1. Target Vendors.
It’s Easy Being Green- Photography Business Practices
Even though Kermit the Frog might disagree, being green is getting easier. What does it mean to be green? It’s pretty simple, actually. A “green” photographer is one who has assessed the impact his/her company has on the environment and who chooses to use environmentally sustainable and socially responsible practices in an effort towards lessening
Are you taking full advantage of your guest list?
First, I’ll start off with a confession. My name is Emily and sometimes I shoot and burn. Anyone else out there with me on this one? I know, I know, its not easy to admit in this community, but I know a ton of photographers do it. Why do I sometimes shoot and burn? Honestly
What Do You Create?
The other day in the Wall Street Journal, there was a great section on the “All Things Digital” conference that took place a while ago. Particularly interesting – and relevant to create types like photographers – was the interview with James Cameron. Cameron is known for some of the most successful movies of all time:
Lightroom 3.0 Review & Tutorial
Adobe Lightroom 3.0 is available and worth every penny. Here are my favorite new features in Lightroom 3.0 and how I use them. It’s a long one, but the aren’t any new episodes of 24 to watch, so you should have plenty of time. THE LIGHTROOM WORKFLOW WORKSHOP and PUG TOUR: The Lightroom Workflow Workshop
Predict Your Sessions and Sales
Now that you know your gross sales goal by running a break-even analysis, you have to figure out how to actually make that money! If you have not run your break-even analysis but still want to try this out, remember that most photography studios need gross sales of $150,000-250,000 depending on if you have a
8 Wedding Photojournalism Tips
Before photojournalism became an established style of wedding photography, the industry seemed firmly entrenched in a standardized set of perfect cliché-looking shots and effects. Wedding photojournalism transformed the industry. Instead of creating picture perfect scenes for every moment, the wedding photographer strove to capture the truth and realism in the actual moment with his or
Trying to Please
Trying to Please Who is your marketing or your product or your effort trying to please? Every campaign that I’ve ever seen fail has failed for precisely the same reason: it pleases the wrong person. Think about it… it wouldn’t have launched if it hadn’t pleased the boss or the client, right? Pleasing the wrong
A Photographer’s Workflow for the iPad
We have been hearing a lot about how using the iPad has helped photographers in client meetings and at events, by elevating the overall effect of displaying your images. But, we had not yet heard about an actual photographer workflow for the iPad until a link to this Mac World post “A Photographer’s Workflow for