Archive for November, 2009
The Digital Photography Guide to Starting Your Own Photography Business From Scratch
by admin on Nov.24, 2009, under Photography Business
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Would you like to turn your hobby of photography into a profession? Are you ready to make money doing what you enjoy? If you already own the right equipment you can begin to earn money today!
Starting your own photography business requires very little start up money if you already own the equipment you need. The great thing about this is that it can be done from your own home!
You can dedicate any room in your home to your business. This dedicated space can serve as your office.
You don’t even need a dark room given that todays digital cameras don’t require film. All you need is a personal computer and a photo editing program to process your pictures.
To make photography your business you may be required to purchase additional equipment. I am sure you want your photos to stand out in order to attact clients. To make them look professional you may want to have on hand a variety of lenses as well as filters that will create a variety of special effects.
In the beginning you will only need a few of each but as your business grows you will undoubtedly want to purchase more. Another perk is that this can be done in your spare time until your client bases grows to a point where it is supports you financially. However, in the start up phase you can work at it part time so you can increase your experience as well as have some additional income.
You will want to be sure to use your time wisely and take each step seriously so your clients will do the same.
Figuring out a name for your business and perhaps a logo for marketing will be one of the first tasks you must do. Registering with your local government will be the next on your agenda as you want to be a legal business. Once you are registered you will be able to issue sales receipts as well as file taxes.
Once you have done those things you will want to come up with a business plan. Defining the goals for your business is important and a business plan can help achieve that. You should also be able to recognize, at the end of writing your business plan, if your company will actually be a viable business.
You will want to sketch out your plans for marketing and ideas for how you can increase business. You can change this business plan in the future, what you write now is not necessarily put in stone. If you are looking for outside funding for your business the business plan is essential.
Don’t forget to include the business objectives. Objectives help you stay focused on the goals you have for your company. Include such things as your marketing plan and advertising goals. Figure out your pricing structure and include that as well. Don’t forget, your business plan can be changed over time.
When looking for clients begin with friends and relatives. You may want to offer some services at reduced cost in the beginning, when you are trying to get the word out. Hopefully the quality of your work will speak for itself and word of mouth will bring in more customers.
Soon your schedule will be so busy that you will be able to do this full time. Having a solid business plan, and sticking to it, is the key to success. Word of mouth and a good marketing plan will keep you going for many years. Advertise locally and you will see your business grow by leaps and bounds.
You will learn that nearly everyone loves photographs. They live on as treasured memories and are kept for generations. The corporate world also relies heavily on photographs to market their products to the public.
While this all seems very easy to do you must always remember to take your endeavor seriously. Dedication and hard work will take you far in this business. Keep your business plan handy and always refer to it to check on your progress. Its a wonderful feeling to do the work you love on a daily basis.
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Adobe Photoshop Learning to Sharpen Your Skills
by admin on Nov.23, 2009, under Photoshop
By Alan L Smith
We are all aware of Adobe Photoshop and how its application leads to better learning. It is a software program for image editing that enables its users to edit, change, add, improve or delete pictures. Those aspiring to learn how to use this program can very well become an expert of it and earn money from it.
You would get the chance to know how to make photographs look professional and improve the quality and texture of the pictures so that it gives much more polished look to them. But for beginners don’t expect to start making money just in the starting phase of learning Photoshop. You got to learn certain tricks and techniques for successful application of Adobe Photoshop.
Having self knowledge of Adobe Photoshop leads to saving of money as you yourself can do it for your website. As a option you can also hire graphic designers who can provide Adobe Photoshop services.
This designing tool is considered as pioneer amongst various graphical applications and is a standardized format for image creation and editing for any website. Apart from those desiring to use Photoshop for professional usage, even people interested in learning graphical editing, photograph enhancing can use this skill.
Getting well-versed with this skill can be a little taxing as it might take time and practice to excel it. However Adobe Photoshop contains user interface designed in a very well manner and has good features. Those who are new to Photoshop might not be familiar with all the technical terminologies and require sometime to understand it and use the tools for image editing.
But learning this skill is not difficult as the records show how rapidly people excel this software application and master its basics provided they are trained by a proper source. There are many good and reliable Adobe Photoshop training programs and manual available online. Ample of Photoshop tutorial sites are found that teaches basics of Photoshop in a highly professional and simple manner. You can also refer to books written for this purpose.
Many online Photoshop tutorial websites uses videos and audio presentations for learning purpose for better understanding and clarification.
In Adobe Photoshop all buttons, toolbars, settings, etc are intact and user friendly so that you can understand it easily and apply it. Practice is of paramount importance if you want to excel in Photoshop usage.
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How to Take Better Photos With a Digital Point and Shoot Camera
by admin on Nov.19, 2009, under Photography Lessons
By Peter Rabasa
A common misconception with many photographers is that good quality photos can only be taken by using a big bulky digital SLR camera. Technically, yes the digital SLR can produce a photo that has more pixels, but there are more things to a photo than pixels. Here are a few ways to take better photos with a digital point and shoot camera.
Learn the limitations of your camera. The boring method would be to read the manual. The method I prefer is to go out and take a bunch of pictures. Change the settings and then see what the results are. Most digital cameras have these three basic settings: Portrait, Landscape, and Auto(matic).
Portrait and Landscape does not refer to the horizontal or vertical orientation of the picture. It simply means one setting is better for portraits and one setting is better for taking pictures of the landscape.
In the “Portrait” setting, the item that the camera is focusing on will appear in focus, and the background and foreground will normally be out of focus. This is a setting in which emphasis needs to be given to one object in the photo. The next time you watch a movie and two characters are on the screen, but one character is closer than the other, pay attention to who is in focus when someone is talking. Usually, the person in focus is talking. Visually your eyes are drawn to that person and you kind of forget the other person is there. This setting doesn’t apply to just people, it could apply to objects in a photo that need more emphasis.
In the “Landscape” setting, almost everything in the picture will appear to be in focus including the background and foreground. If you are taking pictures of scenery, this would be the setting to use, unless you wanted to focus on a particular subject. What if you are taking a picture of a lot of people? If people are standing at different distances from you, Portrait mode may render a few people out of focus.
Most of the time the Auto(matic) setting will work just fine, and you will have more time to address other items such as composition. I’m not talking about professionally posing a person or thing, I am talking about simple composition.
Dos and Don’ts of composition
1. Don’t center all your subjects. Pictures usually look better when the subject is slightly off centered.
2. Don’t center a person’s head in the frame. This leaves a lot of space above them in the photo.
3. Do try and keep all lines perpendicular when possible. Tall buildings will never be perpendicular when shot from the ground, they will always appear to be leaning backward, but other things can be lined up to look more appealing.
4. Do try to keep garbage cans and drinks out of a picture unless you want those things in the picture.
5. Do be mindful of where people are standing. Is that tree branch coming out of his ear?
These Dos and Don’ts are not strict standards. Sometimes, a photo is more fun and appealing when these Dos and Don’ts are not followed.
The best tip for taking better photos with a digital point and shoot camera is, your camera flash is only good for a distance of about 10-20 feet, and the flash is not only for using at night or in dark places.
Have you ever been to a concert or seen a concert on TV? When the artist comes out on stage, the crowd goes wild and you can see a bunch of flashes from people trying to take a picture of who or what is on stage. Guess what, they probably got a nice picture of the person directly in front of them, but not a very good picture of whom or what was on stage. If the area is dark and your subject is more than 20 feet away, chances are the flash will not help you at all. You can either try to get closer or try to take a picture without the flash (picture will be brighter, but most likely out of focus). Do you know how to turn the flash off?
NOTE: The person with the bulky SLR has a flash distance of around 30 to 100 feet. At a concert, the person with the bulky SLR would get almost the same results as the guy using the point and shoot camera if they were both standing more than a 100 feet away from the stage.
In the daytime, standing under the shade of a tree, or indoors under bright fluorescent lights, these are the times when a flash would be a good idea. Under the shade of a tree, if you are going for the dark, shadowy look, leave the flash off. But if you want to see the details on a persons face, turn the flash on. If you like the greenish or yellowish haze of the lights, by all means, leave the flash off. But if you would rather see the natural color of your subject, turn the flash on. Do you know how to turn the flash on?
Not every picture looks good on the automatic setting. This is why understanding how your camera works and knowing how to turn the flash on and/or off is a good thing. Most people like the simplicity of a digital point and shoot, they didn’t get it to mess with all the settings, in those cases, the best advice is…Take the Picture! Better to capture the moment then worry about all the other stuff.
I worked in a 1 hour photo lab for over 5 years giving photography tips to all my customers, and I have had a few of my own photos published in the local newspaper on Maui.
Peter Rabasa – Honolulu, Hawaii
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Digital Photography Training
by admin on Nov.18, 2009, under Photography Lessons
Have you been searching for digital photography training? If you want to take incredible, professional level pictures of everything and everyone you love with your digital camera and have those photos come out beautifully, with amazing detail, color, and composition, every time – just like a professional photographer – there are some great resources out there for you.
I find that many people don’t realize that they can go from taking average digital photos to beautiful looking photos in as little as 2 weeks. And most people don’t know that they do NOT need to go to an expensive photography school or college to reach a level where their images are high enough quality to exhibit or even sell. The truth is that almost anyone can learn to take beautiful pictures in almost no time at all.
In addition, with the right training, you can learn to take amazing photos with a simple 2 megapixel point and shoot digital camera. When you purchased your camera and the salesperson told you that you needed more megapixels to take decent pictures, he was wrong. After all, he’s not a photographer, he’s a salesman, right?
The truth is that you can learn to take beautiful photos right in your own home without going to expensive classes and without buying expensive equipment. You can get started right away.
Just imagine walking out your door, heading to a location and knowing that the pictures you capture are going to turn out just as you imagined – every time. Then imagine selling those pictures on stock photography sites and actually turning your hobby into a part time job or even a full time career. That sort of thing really can happen, if you have the right digital photography training.
I hope you’re inspired to become a better photographer using the tools you already have and some great digital photography training. If you are, click here for a great book you can get that will show you everything you need to know to get started today.
