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Expert Advice: Blogging for Photographers

April 30th, 2013

By Maria Luci The blog… While some have embraced it as an easy and fun way to keep others up to date on their latest projects and daily activities, to others, the mere mention of the word makes them cringe. Keeping a blog up to date, knowing what to write, or even how to begin, has become the bane of many photographers’ existences. But whatever …

Expert Advice: Production Books

April 3rd, 2013

by Jess Dudley In an earlier post, Production: Kwikset Shoot with Clark Vandergrift, I touched on the importance of a production book for a large scale shoot. Typically reserved for advertising productions, or production-intensive editorial shoots, these books provide an essential, consolidated resource for all the pertinent production and contact information. Over the years, I’ve honed my production books into a concise template that’s quickly …

Expert Advice: Marketing to Fine Art Galleries

February 28th, 2013

by Sean Stone Fine art photography is something that very few photographers can support themselves on. But what photographer hasn’t dreamed of trading assignment work for the life of an artist? Most commercial photographers continue to produce personal photographs of some kind or another throughout their career, and while a blog is all well and good, there’s nothing like the thrill of seeing your photos …

Expert Advice: Photo Editing in MoodShare

January 23rd, 2013

by Paul Stanek Some of you may recall Sean’s Oscar-worthy performance in a stop motion piece we did together: The Portfolio Edit: Sean Stone Style. Well, I’ve been working with a modification of Sean’s photo editing process utilizing a new online platform, currently in beta form, called MoodShare. MoodShare was not developed with photo editing specifically in mind. In fact, their team was quite pleasantly …

Expert Advice: Identity Design

January 4th, 2013

by Amanda Friend There’s an ongoing battle at my parent’s house. The culprit: pasta sauce. Here’s the scoop. My father is a thrifty shopper. He isn’t swayed by packaging or marketing when it comes to groceries. The generic sauce’s quality doesn’t concern him. According to Dad, the store brand tastes just as good as the kind advertized on TV. Not so, says my mother. Mom …

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