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How sharing your photos on Unsplash may (not) help you grow your photography career

Oct 7, 2019 by Dominik Vanyi 4 Comments
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It is now exactly 2 years since I started uploading stock photos to Unsplash -the slightly controversial stock photo platform where everything is FREE for everyone.

And I thought this is a good occasion to review what I gained from my presence on Unsplash.

In this article I want to answer the question if giving away one’s photographs for free on Unsplash has benefits for photographers.

Of course, these are just my own experiences. Your mileage may vary…

Let me give you the short conclusion first. For me as a professional photographer publishing photos on Unsplash was (almost) completely useless and had no tangible benefits.

Yet I am not negative towards Unsplash and I am going to tell you why.

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How manual-focus and vintage lenses made me a better photographer

Jul 12, 2018 by Dominik Vanyi 11 Comments
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I have been a commercial and wedding photographer for over 13 years. And from the beginning, I have been using Canon DSLR cameras and a variety of auto-focus lenses for the Canon EF system.

Switching to another camera system/brand did cross my mind because I made a substantial investment into lenses for the Canon system. Meanwhile I have gathered over 15 EF and EF-S lenses.

But in 2016 I decided to try a mirrorless camera and bought a SONY A7 r-II.

Because lens adapters exist that allow me to use my existing Canon glass on a Sony mirrorless camera I did neither plan nor anticipate that I will buy lenses especially for the SONY system. At least that was the plan.

But little did I know…

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