Getting a working knowledge of how to process your digital images — whether in Photoshop, Lightroom, or some other imaging software — can be daunting. In Austin at the Ultimate Money-Making Photo Workshop a couple of weeks ago, we hosted several sessions dedicated to helping folks learn the basics of digital photo processing. And last […]
Do you ever muse about how nice it would be if people would just pay you to take pictures? So you could give up your day job… and start making money doing something you love? Or maybe you’re a traveler or writer first, but you know it’s easier to sell stories when you have photos […]
Digital cameras make it easy to shoot more pictures than ever. During a recent trip to Australia, my wife Karen and I shot over 350 images of endangered sea lions in under an hour. We were in Australia for 48 days and shot nearly 9,600 images in total. Of those, I think we saved just […]
Last month’s photo challenge theme was “Passages and Doorways.” It was a record- breaking month for submissions, and a number of images stood out as winners. I hope you had the chance to browse through all the entries. December’s winner, David Wallace, acted as our guest judge taking on the challenge of choosing our first-place […]
Selling photos for editorial use is a are very different market compared to selling photos as stock. While it is industry standard that editorial photos remain unaltered, it is acceptable and sometimes required to edit photos for stock.
Shelly Perry answers a reader’s questions about model releases and model compensation.
Professional photographer Shelly Perry details when and why you need a model release.
In most cases, photographers do not need a model release in order to sell their photos of people. The exception to this are photos that will be used and sold for commercial purposes (advertising) and images that will be submitted and sold in stock agencies (sites like iStockphoto.com).
Last month’s photo challenge theme was “Traditions” — and everyone must have been very busy with their own as we didn’t have many entries. Nevertheless, there were great shots among those who did submit entries. Here are the winners… **First Place goes to dwphoto for “Thai Festival in Sydney” **Second Place goes to pencraft for […]
About this time next month, I’ll be flying to Austin, Texas in a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800. I like to pick my seats before I fly, which is easy to do before you book your ticket if you go to Seatguru.com to check out the plane. There you have the ability to pick the […]
