Written by Mike Johnston If you want to be a famous photographer, concentrate on your hits. Think about it. A great many great photographers can be distilled down to just one great photograph. Even if they’ve taken thousands of wonderful…
Think about it. A great many great photographers can be distilled down to just one great photograph. Even if they’ve taken thousands of wonderful photographs in their lives and careers.
Bill Cramer is founder and CEO of Wonderful Machine, a curated directory of high-quality photographers, serving commercial and editorial clients worldwide. Bill helped write our most recent guide, Pricing Your Work: Magazine Photography. Below is an excep
Photographers traditionally structure their invoices in terms of a creative fee + production expenses. The fee portion covers your talent, time, energy and the license for the client to reproduce your photographs. The expense portion covers the cost of additional personnel, materials, equipment and facilities that are sometimes required to execute a shoot.
So, enough controversy for you this week? It’s been interesting watching the Pelligrin story evolve over the last couple of days, but as I sit here on Sunday evening I can’t help but think that it’s much ado about nothing
We’re excited to announce the start of a new series of guides dedicated to helping photographers create estimates and fee structures for their work. The first in this series, Pricing Your Work: Magazine Photography, is filled with tips from Wonderful Mach
The first in this series, Pricing Your Work: Magazine Photography, is filled with tips from Wonderful Machine CEO Bill Cramer, who outlines what photographers should expect when pricing for magazine assignments
Ilise Benun is the co-founder of Marketing-Mentor.com, providing guidance, practical strategies, and inspiring ideas for creative professionals. She has the tips photographers need to help grow their business in the right direction. And in this video inte
Ilise Benun is the co-founder of Marketing-Mentor.com, providing guidance, practical strategies, and inspiring ideas for creative professionals. She has the tips photographers need to help grow their business in the right direction.
by Bill Cramer, Wonderful Machine We’ve talked a lot about how to make money with photography, but saving it is a different matter altogether. It’s something that presents a special challenge for many photographers who don’t collect a regular paycheck or
The so-called UltraPixels can capture around 200 percent more light. Compared to 13MP smartphone cameras with 1.1 micron pixels, the 2.0 micron pixel captures 300 percent more light, according to HTC.
Earlier last month, we learned that Getty agreed to licence some 5,000 stock photos to Google, and paid the image creators a one-time fee of $12. In response, members of the Microstockgroup forums planned to deactivate their photos and images on iStockpho
Locke requested a phone call to discuss the matter with iStockphoto, who informed him that they were going to terminate their relationship and close Locke’s account in 30 days.
I used to need solitude in the car. All of my early work was made while driving alone. When I worked with writers or assistants, I felt self-conscious. But over the years, a lot of that has dropped away. Lately I prefer having other people in the car with me. It helps dampen my solipsistic inclinations.
Polish photographer Marcin Ryczek captured this striking black & white photo of a man feeding ducks and swans in Krakow. Click here to see it in hi-res.
NPPA’s most prestigious honor, the Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award, has been presented this year to two of the industry’s most likable and significant trailblazers, longtime photojournalist Charles W. “Chick” Harrity, retired from U.S. News & World Report Magazine, and Dennis Dimick, the executive environment editor and the interim director of photography for National Geographic Magazine.
At the end of 2012, we surveyed over 5,000 photographers worldwide for an exciting inaugural survey, The Photographer’s Outlook on 2013. We wanted to know, what are photographers’ major business and marketing goals for 2013? How do they plan to invest the
We wanted to know, what are photographers’ major business and marketing goals for 2013? How do they plan to invest their money? Where are they likely to find new business? Which social media platform do they turn to first? Do they expect to make more money than last year?
In the early days, Instagram was liberating for journalists and photographers, saysKarim Ben Khelifa. ‘In most cases, we never really meet our audiences, and with Instagram you can interact directly with your followers. When you think about it, Instagram,
“A vintage photo-booth dropped in Brussels for a few months close to my place. Just a game at first and then a wish to speak about photography and photographers with a some humor…
Yesterday James Estrin, co-Editor of the New York Times Lens Blog and Staff Photographer for the Times, announced that they are inaugurating the first New York Photography Portfolio Review, a two-day event in April 2013. It will bring together 160 photographers, in two one-day sessions, with more than 50 prominent reviewers, including a diverse selection of photo editors, agents, publishers, curators and buyers. The event will include private portfolio reviews, discussions and workshops.
Gary Briechle 96 pages Published last December by Twin Palms Press (U.K. link ) Review by Jim Hughes One beautiful fall day in Maine a few years ago, I found myself sitting in the Subaru. I was just staring into…
“Are you doing what I think you’re doing?” I asked. “Probably,” he replied, pulling out from the back of the Toyota a small white plastic tray full of really murky, and smelly, liquid. “I’m teaching myself wet plate.”
But alongside his award-winning photography is a distinct business brand that helps him reach more clients. So as part of our 2013 Photo Business Plan Workbook, we interviewed Ben to get his advice on creating a real, lasting brand for your photo business.
Building your photography business is a process, which means there is no one-stop shop formula for success to “hit the jackpot.” But the good news is that if you plug away in a few major areas, you’ll start to solidify your brand, attract more eyeballs to
In the 2013 Photo Business Plan Workbook, we offer practical tips, to-do lists, and online resources to help you make smart decisions for your photo business in 2013.
This photograph by Chris Levine, Lightness of Being, is extraordinary for a variety of reasons, the most important one possibly being that it utterly confounds our expectations1
I’ve been hating on Getty for years. They sponsor a few grants and buy their way into a few photo festivals and pretty much silence all their opposition. Meanwhile Cassandra over here is likened to the old man yelling at the kids to get off his lawn.
This is a great opportunity and you’re all so stupid for not recognizing that! Twelve whole dollars for an image (or is it six?) and all I have to do is upload my snaps and wait for the monthly checks to arrive?
