The Business of Photography Archives
Camera Equipment
Guidelines to Purchasing Photography
Equipment: Online, by Mail or by Phone
By Marla Meier
Seeking Your Own Vision with an Assortment of Camera Tripods
Margo
Taussig Pinkerton will have you prepared when you go to purchase a camera tripod
and ball head. Learn about the features you'll need.
Which Paper Cutter is Right
for You?
Andrew Darlow will help you figure it out and then find out what
Special Offers our readers will receive.
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Rohn Engh's Tips from
PhotoStockNotes
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Just Starting Out?
Copyright & Model Releases
Photo Contests: Are They "Photo Fishing"?
Noella Ballenger will teach you about the legal
terms, words and phrases used in photo contest rules--learn to be cautious when
entering your photos! Who is really the winner?
© is for Copyright
Are your
photos safe? Learn from Margo Taussig Pinkerton (TBC-The Barefoot
Contessa) how to help protect your photos using copyrights.
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When a Buyer
Wants Re-use of Your Photos
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by Rogn Engh
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The Model Release, A
Primer
- Confused about
the model release? This should answer most of your questions.
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Copyright Law in the Digital Age
- Will Copyright Law
survive?
By Michael Fulks
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Soothing the Savage Beast.
- Copyright issues affect
more than photographers. Are you sure you're not violating someone else's
rights?
Fashion Photography
with Lindsay Adler
Fashion: Working with Models
Apogee is pleased to bring you the first in a series of articles on
Fashion Photography. Join Lindsay Adler as she teaches
photographers the importance of building a good relationship with
their models.
Fashion: Gathering the Creative Team
Getting a talented
team together for a fashion photo shoot does not have to "break your
bank". Find out how from Lindsay Adler.
Fashion: Get Inspired!
Let your senses take
over--the sights and sounds around you can get you inspired for your
next fashion photo shoot. Find out how from Lindsay Adler.
Fashion: Props, Backgrounds, Shooting on
Location
Learn from Lindsay
Adler how, why and when to use these many options during your
fashion photo shoots.
Fashion: Three Simple Natural Lighting
Techniques
Sculpt your models
faces and create beautiful photo effects by managing natural light -
learn how from Lindsay Adler.
Fashion: Beauty of a Beauty Dish
Lindsay Adler will
"enlighten" you and your subjects on the use of beauty
dishes.
Fashion: Painting with Light
A flashlight and
off-camera lights? Lindsay Adler will teach you how to light up your
models with amazing lighting effects at night.
Fashion: Three Advanced Lighting Techniques
Want to make those
portraits "sing"? Lindsay Adler will teach you how to use diffused
sunlight, backlighting and backlighting using reflectors.
Fashion: Making Fashion Fantasy a Reality with
Photoshop
In the fashion
photography world, not all photos end as they started! Learn the
power of Photoshop with Lindsay Adler.
Portraits: 7 Tips on Approaching Strangers for
Photographs
Learn from Lindsay
Adler how to get those great portrait photos of strangers.
See
more of Lindsay's fashion articles in our
Technical & How-to
archives...
Photo Creativity
Photography: Why We Love It!
Steve Gottlieb will get you thinking
about what your reasons are for that continuous clicking on the shutter button
habit.
Photography: A Merger of Your Senses, Words &
Photo Skills to Create Photo Memories
Learn how to share your photographic vision and make a connection with your
viewer. Travel with Noella Ballenger to California's Carrizo Plain.
From Dream to Reality: The Photographic Diary
of a Community
Gerry Gooderham explains how the Temagami
Elders Portrait Project in Ontario, Canada came to fruition--start your own
visual historical record of the elders in your community.
Help Your Photographic Skills: Make a Calendar
Your photography
assignment: create a beautiful calendar for yourself, for friends or
to sell. Learn how from Joe Becker.
Analyze Your Photographs:
Create Amazing Illusions
Learn from Noella
Ballenger how reviewing the images of others can make you a better photographer.
Unexpected Treasures As
creative artists, we need to stay open and ready for the unexpected.
Even if our passion is one thing, sometimes trying a new
photographic genre results in growth. Noella Ballenger tells us of
her own experience.
Check it out.
- FINDING YOUR CREATIVE
SPARK
- Sometimes it just takes stopping and seeing what is around
you to break out of a photographer's "block." Noella Ballenger
tells us about a recent experience of hers.
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Rohn Engh's "Stock Shots" (#2)
- "Let your passion guide
you"
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The Gift of Photography
- Look inward to
discover in yourself the reasons you photograph. An article by
Brenda Tharp.
Photojournalism & Self-Publishing
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“Lookin’ Back”: My Top 10 Photojournalist Tips
to Getting Published Online
Michael Lynch takes a look back at all he
has learned about getting his articles published online and shares those lessons
with up and coming photojournalists.
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How to Break into Photojournalism
Want to start a career in photojournalism? Learn a few tips from
Jason Geil at our WeSay Sponsors site.
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Photographers:
Ever think about self-publishing your photographs? Noella
Ballenger tells us of her experience with self-publishing and gives
some useful tips.
See more.
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"How To Carry It Off (Successful
Walking Assignments For the Photographer)"
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It takes more than just being in the
right place. Mike Goldstein takes us to Bryce Canyon and shows us
how to get images for stock use. See how he does it.
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Is A Career as an Editorial
Photographer for Me?
- by Bob Grytten
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Creating Photo/Text
Packages: ANATOMY OF A STORY
- Bob Grytten
explains how to put together a photo article for publication.
Stock Photography &
Selling Your Photos
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The Art of Showing Your Photographic
Art: Steps Towards a Gallery Exhibition
Elizabeth Elliott chats with three experienced photography exhibitors. Learn how
to prepare yourself for a photography show.
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What can Flickr do for My Photography? Jim
Austin Answers the Questions.
Jim Austin will tell us all about
Flickr and how it works for the photographer who wants to share their
photos with the world.
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Smiling Siberian Sled Dogs:
How the New Yorker Magazine Went to the Races
Pick up a few tips
from Jim Austin: capture the action, enhance the shots in Photoshop and
sell them through Flickr.
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Art Shows: Selling Your Fine Art Photography
Are you thinking of getting started in the art show circuit?
Find out more
from Andy Long.
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Breaking into
the Stock Photography Business
Find out from Charlie Borland what makes good stock photo and
where your photos fit in the business.
- Decisive Moments:
Enterprising Your Photos
- Cameras, gear, film and processing are all very expensive. Is it
worth all the time and money to buy gear and film for just a hobby?
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- The Write Way to Sell Photos
- Whatever your
photographic specialty creating a saleable photo/text package is a
multi-faceted endeavor, by Kimberly Baldwin Radford.
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Profit From The Fundamentals of
Photography
- There are many
steps to be taken when selling your photos. But one basic rule
always applies, only good pictures sell! by Brian D. Ratty
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Fine Art Printing: The Giclée
Print
- You may have heard
of them or even seen one. But what is all the fuss about? By Heather
Clifford
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Wildflowers Don't
Sell, Do they?
- Wildflowers may
be good sellers, but only if done right!
By John Gerlach
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Bob Grytten: What is
a Query Letter?
- Photo Newsletter
Publisher tells you how to find a buyer for your photographs and
articles.
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Internet Thievery: Will It
Extend to Stock Photos?
- The big debate
of the hour is about “image snatching” on the Internet. Is it real?
General Business
Information
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Digital Imaging Backup Strategies
When did you last backup your photo files? Did you say
to yourself, "I'll get to it!"?
John Watts reminds us of the importance of protecting those files from being
lost forever.
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Starting a Camera Club
Andy Long will take you through the steps
to starting a camera club in your area.
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The Photo List: Your Personal Bucket List of
Places or Subjects to Photograph
What locations or shots do you want to add to your photographic
files? Andy Long tells us how to create a list in order to reach
your goals.
Learn how to find & make photographic contacts from Andy
Long in Unexpected Opportunities.
Why Nature? Ever been
asked why you shoot nature?
Here is how Noella
Ballenger answers that question.
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An Interesting Experience for a
Photographer
Someday, as a photographer, you may be asked to document
someone's estate. Here is Noella Ballenger's recent experience doing
just that.
Find out about it.
- Safety First
Not planning ahead
and knowing your limitations can spell disaster for the photographer. Here
are some tips to make sure your next trip is safe.
Check out this
article by Noella Ballenger.
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Photographers Beware & Be Aware:
Protect Yourselves
Skin cancer is our most prevalent cancer.
As photographers many of us are especially vulnerable.
Find out how you can protect yourself. An article by Michael
Fulks.
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Decisive Moments: Kids and
Cameras - How They Work
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How early should your
child make the step from the old point-and-shoot variety of
camera to one with more sophisticated controls? The answer may require examining the nature of the child’s
interest. Read more of this article by Bill Miller.
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Ethics in the Landscape
- Commentary by Lee Watson
Rohn Engh: Stock Shots #7
Are you missing out on
a tax deduction that could be yours?
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The Taxman Cometh
- Don't make a mistake
that will cost you. Start planning now, before the end of the year, to get
your books in order.
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