Category: Technique & Workflow

Stock photo buyers say it’s as difficult to find a decent picture now as it was 15 years ago, despite the billions invested in digitising images and selling them online. It all comes down to keywording – and too much is not always a good thing.

Link: Keywording is key – but don’t go overboard – British Journal of Photography

In addition to fantastic photos, what features are found in successful online photo portfolios? What are the most important things to consider when presenting your best work? What elements will help you turn page views into photo assignments?

Link: 10 Secrets to Successful Online Photo Portfolios – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter

a new photography movement. One that eliminates the work and makes photography fun again

Link: January 10, 2011 | Daybook

I put together a list of simple gifts that will let your website know that you appreciate all the hard work. With these gifts, you should expect it to work even harder in 2011.

Link: 7 Helpful Holiday Gifts For Your Photo Website – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter

Is social media a waste of time, or are photographers actually using it to help them build their businesses and make real money?

Link: 4 Photographers Describe Their “Social Media Workflow” – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter

Flickr might be a fun place to share your photography with the world, but it’s not a tool for business. If you’re starting to get serious with your images, and if you’re interested in the possibility of making money from your craft, then you may want to consider “graduating from Flickr.”

Link: 10 Signs That You’re Ready To Graduate from Flickr – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter

This essay is part of Chapter 5 in Alain’s second book :
Mastering Composition, Inspiration and Personal Style

Link: Composing with color Part 4

A Perfunctory Guide to Converting Photographic Film to Digital Prints, Part II

By Ctein You should read last week’s Part I before reading this one if you haven’t already. This picks up directly where that left off. For scanning negatives, whether black-and-white or color, Adobe RGB is the best choice for output…

via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/10/perfunctory-guide-part-ii.html

That got me thinking… It has to be possible to make my own post-processing presets for Lightroom, to turn my carefully lit, exquisitely sharp and ridiculously high-resolution camera RAW images into blurry, colourful, vastly attractive garbage. So I created a couple of presets for Lightroom 3 – and I’ll walk you through the thinking behind one of them and I’ll show you how to make your own. How’s that for a double whammy of awesome?

Link: DIY Toy camera presets for Lightroom :: Photocritic photography blog