I’ve noted elsewhere here that having a website is no longer optional for photographers. Clients will expect you to have one. Indeed, many potential clients will never even find you if you don’t have one. At minimum, you need a site that presents an impressive portfolio of your work, and provides a bio and contact [...]
Just a news note: A few days ago, Canon announced its newest addition to the popular consumer-level Rebel line-up. By the numbers, the T1i is an impressive camera, even if I find the new acronym/numbering “T1i” a bit awkward.
Here are the basics: 15.1MP, HD video capture (full 1080p HD video recording at 20fps), a DIGIC [...]
First article in a series on how to choose, submit to, and work with stock photography agencies.
I’m assuming that most readers of this blog are familiar with the basics of how stock agencies work. You take photos, you send them to the agency, they sell them, and you split the sales proceeds. That’s the [...]
What are the best web templates for professional photographers? This series gives photographers a more systematic basis for comparing and choosing.
Note: Photocrati has just released an outstanding set of WordPress-based photography website templates. Unlike most solutions I’ve looked at in this series, they combine both gallery management and blogging in one package. I may be [...]
Making a living in photography is hard. There is a big difference between an occasional sale, and actually making enough money to live—to pay your mortgage, health insurance (since you are self employed), business expenses, and all your other daily expenses. Depending on your living standards, you may need $50,000 or $100,000 or more in [...]
What kind of photographer are you? There are several different ways to categorize the work photographers do—what we might call business models. When finding your niche, keep in mind these models can produce dramatically different lifestyles and daily work routines.
Stock versus Assignments (Selling Photos versus Services)
The first and most common division is between those who [...]
With so many people taking so many photos these days, it’s rare to see photography that’s truly unique and interesting. Here’s one of those rare cases. The photographer recreates famous photographs using legos. My personal favorite is the re=creation of the famous photo of a solitary Chinese man blocking tanks on the way to Tiananmen [...]
Thinking about starting you own photography blog?
In the process of starting SLR Geek, I collected a long list of SLR and PHOTOGRAPHY domain names. Despite the fact that some of them are competitive with SLR Geek and here with DSLRBlog, I don’t want to sit or squat on them, so I’ve put them up for [...]
Greetings, readers. I’m Erick, and this is a first post on DSLR Blog. This will be the first is a long series of articles on the business of photography, all targeted toward advanced enthusiasts interested in starting and running a photography business. While I’ll post an about me introduction later, for now, I just wanted [...]
For Readers
The resource directory is a way to connect you, our readers, with the best companies providing goods and services for photographers. To be clear, the listings in our directory are paid, so the directory is an advertising medium. But it is advertising the way it’s supposed to be – a legitimate effort to connect [...]
Canon Announces EOS 500D / Digital Rebel T1i
Just a news note: A few days ago, Canon announced its newest addition to the popular consumer-level Rebel line-up. By the numbers, the T1i is an impressive camera, even if I find the new acronym/numbering “T1i” a bit awkward.
Here are the basics: 15.1MP, HD video capture (full 1080p HD video recording at 20fps), a DIGIC [...]