3 Ways That Your Photography Can Help You In A Recession
Posted on | December 17, 2008 | No Comments
We are officially in a recession, and not just a local or nationwide recession, but this recession can be felt globally! What can you do if you’re hit with financial worries? You can actually put your photography to work for you!
Here are 3 ways that your photography can help you in a recession, or anytime you want to have just a little bit extra.
1. Sell your images as stock.
You can either sign with a stock agency or you can sell your images on your own. If you decide to sign with a stock agency (after all, they do provide the needed exposure for you), you will need to make sure that your images are up to par. Since you are beginning, you would want to target the microstock agencies until you get the hang of things before moving on to the big stock agencies.
Your images will need to be well focused, well lit, and be saleable. To help you stand out, you’ll want to think of non-traditional ways to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings through a picture.
Here’s a short list of some microstock agencies you can sign up for to start.
iStockPhoto
Shutterstock
Fotolia
iStockPhoto is the top microstock agency right now. Shutterstock is the next one. From personal experience, Shutterstock is slightly easier to get in and to get photos accepted. iStockPhoto is very stringent on their requirement. Fotolia is a growing agency and it is easier to get accepted into.
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How To Make A DIY Lightbox
Posted on | December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment
Now, you can certainly buy a lightbox, but making your own lightbox will yield you similar results and for a whole lot less money! Although the DIY ones are not as foldable or storeable as the commercial lightboxes.
The materials you need to make your own lightbox are foamboard, packaging tape, and a utility knife.
What Cameras Are Best For Product Photography?
Posted on | November 3, 2008 | No Comments
I get this question quite often from those who want to take their own product photographs.
Some believe that you need one of those professional high tech cameras to take any kind of decent product photograph.
What you DO need is to make sure your camera has these minimum functions and capabilities:
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Adobe Photoshop Tutorial: How To Add A Copyright Watermark To Your Images
Posted on | October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments
In this Photoshop
After you open the image to which you want to add the copyright watermark, you’ll want to choose the Type tool.
text tool
Now choose a location where you want your copyright statement to be and type in your statement (you can do ‘© 2008 your name’ or ‘all rights reserved’ or anything else you want to type). To get the copyright symbol, either insert symbol or if you are using a Windows keyboard on a Windows machine, you can use the keyboard shortcut of Alt+0169. Make sure you are using the numpad for the keyboard shortcut.
What To Look For In A Professional Product Photographer
Posted on | October 18, 2008 | No Comments
I wanted to write a little blurb about what to look for in a professional product photographer.
You have your own business, so you want to make sure that the photographer can produce the style that will be in line with your business. The great thing about photography is that a skilled photographer can achieve any style he wants. With that, you, as the business owner, will be able to find a photographer that can cater to your style.
The single most important thing to gauge the skill of the potential photographer is their portfolio of their work. This shows you the style that they are skilled in producing. From their portfolio, you can see whether their style will fit yours.
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