Online Photography Sales: Do It Yourself!
© Paul Mozell 2010
Selling your own photographic prints and licensing your work is now a do-it-yourself imperative! The photography marketplace is overflowing with online providers of print production services and increasingly, options for posting and selling licensed images on your own, without the help of a stock agency.
When the bottom fell out of the stock photography market about four years ago, largely due to the success of micro-payment or micro-stock agencies, a number of entrepreneurial small players stepped up and said to photographers, “we’ll give you the tools to sell your own work. Go for it!” You can waste your time uploading hundreds of thousands of images to iStock, Shutterstock, et al who will sell your work for peanuts, Read more
Three Days of Shooting In October: Different
© Paul Mozell
In three consecutive days I shot architecture in Boston’s South End, a client’s family reunion, and took a hike with my daughter to one of our favorite nature venues. The contrast in photo assignments was invigorating and I felt very much “in the zone” with all my creative energies flowing
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Mountain Streams: Another View
Copyright Paul Mozell 2009
Pink Granite and Water
As a young child I loved playing beside the brooks and rivers where our family camped and hiked in the forests of New York and Jersey. When I discovered Eliot Porter and Ansel Adams as a teenager, those streams became one of my favorite subjects, and they remain so to this day. Read more
When to hire a pro photographer
© Paul Mozell
Let’s say that you work in the marketing communications department of a technology, financial services, or bio-tech company. The VP of marketing has just assigned you to a team developing a new corporate identity. This includes new marketing brochures, sell sheets, web content, and a schedule of press releases. The VP says she wants the new materials to have strong graphics and make liberal use of photographs.
How many photos do you shoot at an event?
© Paul Mozell
A photographer-colleague of mine recently told me that she shot over 1200 images at a recent wedding. Another photographer I know guarantees his clients that he will shoot and deliver at least 400 photographs to the bride and groom. In the bygone era of film, 200 frames would have been a good night or day of shooting. Now, in the digital era, there is an growing expectation that more is better. Since there is no cost associated with shooting unlimited images, why not shoot more?
First, consider that it is an unnecessary burden to the bride and groom to saddle them with many hundreds of images to review and edit. Why deliver four, five, or six variations on one pose or group shot when it is very likely that one photograph is the clear winner? Read more
Street Photography: Photographers’ Rights Are Increasingly Restricted
© Paul Mozell 2007
It seems that the political and social atmosphere these days is making it increasing difficult to take stock and editorial photographs in public places. I’m still fuming about being hassled recently by the police in a Massachusetts town who were unhappy about me taking photographs at an outdoor carnival. Read more
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