Freelance photography: ways to make it sell
Photographers have every chance to enjoy the benefits of freelancing. Always on the go, always searching for new images and angles, they have every chance to grasp the beauty of the world around money and get paid for it.
So if you are a photographer that wants to work as freelancer, there are some websites filled with the information that you might find useful. As far as I understand it, advice number 1 that these resources are wishing to supply you with is how to take pictures that sell, meaning how to find the right niche for your talent.
http://www.ephotozine.com/freelance/ is full of tips, it contains articles about book photography, commissioned photography, on creating a portfolio, photographic magazines, image building, etc., etc. It offers reviews of the cutting-edge equipment and compares prices for it.
The range of equipment for discussing includes digital (digital cameras, flatbed scanners, editing software, inkjet printers), traditional (collectable cameras, spy cameras, panoramic models, medium format and large format, APS compacts), lenses and optical, flash and accessories, dark room and storing photographs.
The resource also contains reader portfolios and photos, a gallery, offers to enter photo competitions and introduces photo locations.
In the “Learn” section, there is a glossary, freelance, techniques, articles and many more. The website is a substantial resource and you might like to get familiar with it.
There are also BFP (Bureau of Freelance Photographers) courses. It is a home correspondence study the goal of which is to make you a successful photographer and seller of your goods. It consists of 18 lessons with special assignments that you are to send to your personal tutor.
They offer the course at about 45 pounds to the British and about 65 pounds sterling to photographers from other countries. Can be a good thing to start with and you can fill in the order form online.
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