Color is a major part of any brand’s id…
Color is a major part of any brand’s identity. Here we’re taking a look at some of the most recognizable color identitie… http://www.colourlovers.com/business/blog/2010/07/16/global-business-color-identities
Photoeneur- Photographers Get Creative with Moo CardsImage courtesy: Moo. Moo cards have become easy but creative ways for photographers to grow their businesses. For photographers, winning bookings depends on referrals and connections, on personality and on reliability. But mostly it depends on the pictures. Produce great images and you won’t have to do much more than show them to prospects to [...]Dean
- Organize a Pop Up Studio for Your Photography BusinessPhotography: Grant Kessler Apple has used pop up outlets to sell iPads to conference goers. Chefs have used them to serve diners at temporary restaurants. But can one-off studio shoots, open to anyone who wants to drop by, work for photographers? The answer depends on how you plan them, what you offer — and what [...]Dean
- Watermarking Presents Photographers with Difficult DilemmasImage courtesy: WinWatermark “If a photographer fails to protect their work via a copyright symbol or Trade Dress Registration, it is considered open source on the web,” says a spokesman for WinWatermark, specialized software that helps photographers to protect their photos. “If you publish your images and do not watermark them, they become free for [...] […]Dean
- 7 Steps to Your First Paying Photo JobPhotography: Billy Quach Landing your first photography job will take time — as well as lots of preparation, practice and networking. Selling your first photo is relatively easy. Image sales, especially stock licenses, depend more on the quality of the photograph than the name of the photographer. Get the subject right and shoot at the [...]laurie
- To Sell Prints on Demand, First Create the DemandFor print-on-demand art site, Fine Art America, the challenge lies in creating the demand, not making the prints. If you’re looking to sell your photographic art online, there’s no shortage of options. From Zazzle and Cafepress to RedBubble and even Etsy and Ebay, artists, including photographers, are spoilt for choice. All of those choices though [...]Dean
- As Fotolia Buys Wilogo, Does Spec Work Beat Microstock?Since Getty bought iStock in 2006 for $50 million, we’ve been used to seeing stock giants snapping up their smaller rivals. At least one of those smaller rivals, though, is also expanding through acquisition. Fotolia, one of the leading microstock sites, has now paid an undisclosed sum for Wilogo, a crowdsourced design firm. Fotolia isn’t [...]Dean
- Take a Class to Become an AssistantPhotography: Gripnerd Assistantships can pave the way to a career in photography but do you need to complete a boot camp just to help a photographer? Photographers looking to take their first steps as professionals often use assistantships to build experience. Helping working professionals by carrying equipment, setting up lights or even taking shots as [... […]Dean
- Win Regular Photography Jobs from Wedding PlannersPhotography: Kanaka Menehune Brides aren’t the only people who hire wedding photographers. Wedding planners choose them too — and they need them more often than couples. Business owners are always told that it’s easier to hold onto a client than to try land a new one, but that’s not much help for wedding photographers. Clients [...]Dean
- When You Need a Photography ConsultantWhen corporations want to grow, they hire business consultants to show them the way forward. When photography businesses want to grow, they hire creative consultants to show off their images. When photography businesses run into trouble, their owners often feel that there’s nowhere to turn. They know they can produce great pictures. They know that [...]Dean
- Fun Photography Courses You’ve Never ConsideredPhotography courses are meant to improve technique, encourage creativity, and often to increase earnings. These courses might not broaden your professional services but they’re fun, challenging — and you haven’t thought of them. Wedding photographers might take classes on posing brides and shooting details. Portrait photographers will learn about expression […]Dean
- Making Pinterest Work for PhotographersPhotographers have good reason to despise social media’s new golden platform but Pinterest is visual, viral and too big to ignore. In December 2011, Pinterest achieved a landmark. The site drove more traffic to retailers than LinkedIn, YouTube or Google Plus. With two of those services supported by the Internet’s biggest company, that was some [...]laurie
- Judge a Photographer By His Book CoversPhotography: Zach Cordner Zach Cordner decided that he needed to look like a wooly mammoth. A large beard wasn’t a requirement of the job but flying up to Wasilla to photograph Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin’s grandchild, was going to mean spending a couple of days trekking through cold Alaskan woods shooting the [...]Dean
- iPhone Photos That SellIt’s not the camera, it’s the photographer that makes the picture. That’s what photographers are always told — and what the successful ones always say — and it’s particularly true for anyone trying to take pictures on an iPhone. Although the latest model, with its new optics and 8 megapixel lens is a big improvement [...]Dean
- Become a Photographer Without Giving up the Day JobPhotography: Renata Ramsini Renata Ramsini’s website describes her in four different ways. She’s an “efficiency-lover,” a “photographer,” a “policy wonk” and a “law student.” That’s not the order in which her life has played out however. Like many photography enthusiasts, when it came time to pick a profession it never occurred to Ramsini to pick up [...] […]Dean
- Microstock Turns to Quality, Not QuantityAs top microstock figures complain about growing competition, rising saturation and declining returns per image, microstock companies are starting to push back. Warnings from figures as big as Yuri Arcurs, even as he rolls out a three-year study program, are leading sites to think about how they can best serve both their contributors, whom they [...]Dean
- The Secret to Shooting for $1,000 an HourIs it really possible to earn $1,000 an hour as a photographer? A regular photographer. Not the kind of high-end fashion photographer or Vogue cover-shooter that requires a lifetime of career achievement and first-name terms with media moguls. The kind of photography for which there’s constant demand, whose buyers are average Joes and which can [...]Dean
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