How To Make Money Doing Photography

With there being so many digital cameras and photography knowledge out there today, it is easy to consider avoiding a commercial photographer and taking pictures yourself. However, professional photographers often have a great deal of experience and a knack for being creative with your family photos, and doing it yourself can mean compromising the quality and professionalism in your pictures.

The Nikon COOLPIX P80 isn’t just your average point and shoot digital camera. This professional quality camera offers so much for the money that it’s easy to see why so many photographers carry this one handy as a backup to their bulky DSLRs. It truly is one of the best digital cameras on the market in the “point and shoot” category.

I read somewhere a long time ago that what you are selling is only worth what someone else is willing to pay. Some people might only want to pay $50/hr for your video production services, while others will be perfectly happy paying $250/hr or more for the same service. Of course, the customer has to perceive that they are getting great value for their dollar.

This may seem like a no brainer to most video business owners but I’m going to assume there are enough of you out there who are just like me. When it comes to video production equipment and software, once I buy it, I tend to keep it….FOREVER! The problem with this is that I only use about 10% of the stuff I own and the rest collects dust while depreciating more and more each day.

Watching a dozen of your photos moves your relatives to tears of boredom. They would rather be watching the re-run of Seinfeld for the 97th time, rather than looking at your vacation photos.

Getting a new digital camera can be a lot of fun, but also a bit confusing. I remember getting my first SLR, and flipping through the manual and wondering what they were talking about.

As most photographers know by now, selling their work has never been easier with the multitude of online microstock agencies out there who are eager to represent their images. Things were very easy and sales were plentiful for any contributor during the early years (2002-2007) as the market was still in its infancy and agencies were in a rush to fill their archives. Unfortunately, things have changed, and it’s not as easy as uploading random snapshots from your hard-drive anymore – the competition amongst contributors getting fierce.

Toronto is a great city. Here’s the story of some of its great photographers.

The concept of depth of field (DOF) is relatively easy to grasp, yet can be a very powerful tool for creating great photographs. Simply stated, DOF is the amount of the scene that’s in focus.

If you look on the wall of any mother’s home you will find cherished memories framed for every year. No matter how silly the photo, school photographs are remembered for a lifetime.

In our last article we talked about a few things to consider when choosing an elementary school photographer. Here we will expand on that discussion.

People have enjoyed graceful landscapes and nature scenes in paintings for hundreds of years. Thankfully, you can now use cameras to achieve the same types of images if you do not have the ability to paint it yourself. Nature has many different aspects that can all result in lovely images to grace your walls. Here are some tips to help you capture that perfect landscape or wildlife photo.