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15 Tips For Better Photography

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If you’re just starting out, here are 15 important tips for getting better photos, every time. Keep an eye on the weather Weather conditions can play a big part in setting the mood of your shot. Rather than waiting for the bright light of the midday sun, a misty morning in a forest can be the perfect time of day for that mood-shot. Take your time to choose the subject Take your time to choose the subject, then spend time Continue reading 15 Tips For Better Photography→

Affiliate Marketing For Photo Sites

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If you’ve got a photography website, it’s worth remembering that most of your visitors probably aren’t coming to buy your photos. A lot of photographers seem to think if they build a website and post some great photos, buyers will just turn up and start offering them money for their images. But that just doesn’t happen… The fact is, most people visiting photographer websites are other photographers! Most of the rest are simply people with an interest in the subjects Continue reading Affiliate Marketing For Photo Sites→

Buying Stock Photography Online

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Sometimes too much choice can be a bad thing and stock photography is a prime example. For years many of the household-name stock photo libraries would promote themselves as being the biggest and having the largest collections. If you’ve been paying attention though, you might have noticed that’s not such a unique selling proposition any more and many of the larger libraries are now desperately looking for other ways to differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace. The truth is, many Continue reading Buying Stock Photography Online→

5 Things Every Freelance Photographer Should Be Doing Online

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[wpbanners-show id=”3″] Sometimes it seems the Internet was made just for photographers. On a social level it lets us share photos with friends and families, we can get together and talk camera gear and photographic technique, and it helps a lot of us overcome the ‘isolation’ that often goes hand-in-hand with a photography career. On a professional level, it provides the means to showcase our work to Clients, access new markets and conduct the entire stock photography sales process without Continue reading 5 Things Every Freelance Photographer Should Be Doing Online→

How To Shoot Photos That Sell

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Most photographers never really get around to it, but there’s no denying, the more time you put into identifying the markets for you work and researching their specific needs, more saleable your work is going to be. There’s no big secret there: the best marketers in any field are those who identify a market, research it and create a product that their new customers simply have to have. The good news is it’s quite straightforward to apply that approach to Continue reading How To Shoot Photos That Sell→

Video Slideshow Production

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Slideshow production companies are popping up all over the internet. People are taking their pictures, negatives, slides, and videos, and placing them on CD’s, DVD’s, or VHS for personal use and for gifts for all occasions. People everywhere are hiring professional slideshow production companies to make wedding slideshows for receptions, graduation slideshows, anniversary slideshows, birthday slideshows, memorial service slideshows, vacation slideshows, holiday slideshows, and just about anything you can think of slideshows. But how do you know which slideshow company Continue reading Video Slideshow Production→