Archive for the 'Photography Business' Category

Are Photo Awards worth the effort?

photo credit: evelynishere
Reading one of my favourite blogs this morning “A Photo Editor” who references a piece in Advertising Age by Jeff Goodby on the relevance of Awards in advertising. Jeff asks his audience if they are becoming “award-chasers” rather than producing relevant advertising material that can really impact how people think.

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How to deal with clients who want your photography for the cheapest possible price

photo credit: PetroleumJelliffe
I was sent a link to a video on YouTube this week by a friend who laughed and said “this always happens to me”. I don’t know who made this video but it shows the kind of problems many photographers face on a daily basis. Especially in this current recession.

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Alamy announce a ‘Find a Photographer’ service

photo credit: Caveman 92223
Alamy have announced today that they’re going to set up a section of the website where buyers of photography can “Find a Photographer”. Hats off to Alamy for a great photographer friendly initiative.

Tags: Alamy, Assignment Photography, Comment, copyright, find a photographer, Getting paid, licences, licenses, Photography Business, pricing [...]

12 easy ways NOT to succeed in business as a new professional photographer

photo credit: °Florian
PP presents an easy to follow tutorial. “12 easy ways NOT to succeed in business as a new professional photographer”. Follow these tips and you’ll be flipping burgers inside 48 months.

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Alamy announce sympathies for the plight of the UK Newspaper industry

photo credit: Yukari*
If I could embed an mp3 of a violin I’d do it.
In a 6.30pm email to all contributors yesterday (March 18th) the CEO of the Alamy Stock Library, James West announced that the mainly editorial stock agency may well have to succumb to a subscription based model based upon unlimited downloads [...]