business of photography

    How to turn exposure into income
    Jul 12, 2016 John Aldred

    It’s that word again. Exposure. It doesn’t keep a roof over your head, it doesn’t pay the bills or put food on your table. But…

    Huawei P9 Leica camera sample image was actually shot with a $4500 Canon kit
    Jul 4, 2016 John Aldred

    I’m not entirely sure what they thought they were doing when Huawei posted this shot to Google Plus. Did they forget to rip the EXIF data out…

    The photographers path to poverty
    Jun 17, 2016 Rosh Sillars

    You open the box and there it is; a new digital camera. You’ve wanted to be a professional photographer for a long time and now…

    The BrushKnob USB dial wants to help you speed up your Photoshop workflow
    Jun 14, 2016 John Aldred

    External dials and gizmos have been common in the movie industry for years.  Their sole purpose in live is to help speed up workflow and productivity, assisting…

    Confessions of a newbie – Business advice I wish I’d known
    May 31, 2016 Jenna Martin

    I have to admit, when I first started my photography business I didn’t think it was going to be that difficult. I thought I’d get…

    Do clients buy our photography or our retouching?
    May 27, 2016 Jake Hicks

    Hi my name is Jake Hicks, as someone who does both the photography and the retouching for my shoots, (learn my flow here), I got…

    My wedding photo went viral, and this is what I learned
    May 26, 2016 Aaro Keipi

    One morning last December, I woke up and noticed that a dream of mine came true: I had taken a picture that went viral. A picture I took…

    TAINTED LOVE: why photographers fail
    May 20, 2016 Donald Giannatti

    Recently there has been a spate of very sad, and ultimately defeatist articles decrying the “death of photography”. We have no shortage of examples. Seriously….

    Edit your videos using a game controller
    May 15, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    If, like some, you spend the same amount of time playing Doom 4K as you are editing videos, you will absolutely like this hack for using…

    Full Time vs Fake Photographer, can you spot the difference?
    May 12, 2016 John Aldred

    In this very non-scientific exercise by Seattle based portrait photographer Ben Lucas, we see if subjects can tell the difference between photograph created by a full time…