Business of Nature Photography >> Selling Photography

Are you interested in starting to sell your photography? Worried about whether or not it should be in film or digital media format? Don’t know where to start or how to set up your photography business?

This series of articles will help you understand a little more about the photography market, especially the nature and travel photography market, and how to begin to sell your work to magazines, websites, and more.

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Stock Photography on Your Website Can Do More Harm Than Good

Stuntdubl Business Search Marketing Consulting's rant, "Stock Photography of People Sucks", speaks for a lot of us, including me, as we spot stock photography on commercial websites - or just about any website - really easily.

Stock people on a website decreases your credibility. No, I haven't done extensive studies on this, but I can spot [...]

What Can You Photograph and What Can You Publish

James Stephens's post, "Where and What You Can Photograph - Aspects of the Law", points to some really good articles discussing the legal issues and rights of where you can photograph, what you can photograph, and what images can be published. They are:

USA Today - New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it
New [...]

Photography Tutorial for Web Developers and Web Page Designers

Web Reference's article, "Stock Photography for Web Developers", is a interesting step-by-step explanation of how to use images on your website, but it goes much further.

This week we're going to take a brief look at a few of the photographic and design techniques necessary to create your own stock images. However, it's important to realize [...]

Can You Present a Program Worthy of a Standing Ovation

Okay, I'm about to brag. I just wanted to warn you.
As a long time public speaker and public figure, I've been honored to receive a lot of standing ovations. There is nothing like the first couple of times when people suddenly jump to their feet, hands clapping or waving over their heads, and shouts and [...]

Photoblogs

Photoblogs are blogs dedicated to photography, but not usually a discussion of photography tips and techniques, but a showcase of photographers' photography. An online gallery of photographs.
You can find a lot of photoblogs at Photoblogs.org sorted by popularity, language, and more. Also check out The Photoblogs Blog for more information on how this works and [...]

Slides and Transparencies: Sleeve It

While a lot of professional photographers are going digital, don't forget to take care of your original slide images when you send them off for publishing. Photo buyers are still accepting original images. Protect your images by enclosing them in individual plastic sleeves. These crystal clear, archival plastic sleeves slide over your transparencies and protect them [...]

Photographer’s Rights

If you are a photographer in the UK, there is now a UK Photographers Rights Document available in PDF form to guide you through the ins and outs of the laws and restrictions of photography in England.

The UK Photographers Rights PDF is intended to provide a short UK guide to the main legal restrictions on [...]

Digital Prose

The editorial writer used to be limited to newspapers, magazines, and books, but now the world of the Web has opened up to all things written. As one of the first nature photographers with an online column, I've seen the technology and arena for online writing expand and bloat. The bloat comes from the fact [...]