Photographing the Foliage: Tips for capturing the autumn splendor
For those of us lucky enough to live in a part of the country where October’s burst of foliage color is most intense, it is hard to resist the urge to photograph the 2 or 3 week parade of orange, yellow, and red hues. Whether you are shooting digital or film and if the weather is cloudy or bright, there is always a compelling image just around the bend. Read more
The Cost of Wedding Photography: Justifying the Rates
© Paul Mozell 2006
You’ve picked a date for your wedding, reserved a function hall, and the next item on your list is to shop for a wedding photographer. A quick scan on the web reveals prices from $1000 to $4000 and you conclude that this may not be simple process. Do you shop based on price or do you call the photographers who have the coolest web sites? And you wonder, how do these folks get away with 
charging thousands of dollars for 6 hours of work? As a professional photographer my goal today is to de-mystify the process and to explain the pricing and work that supports those rates. Read more
The State of Stock Photography
Copyright Paul Mozell 2008
Not long ago if you needed a photograph of a lion pursuing a wildebeast, or The Empire State Building, or a couple strolling down a perfect Carribean beach, you hired a photographer to take the shot. Many days or weeks afterward he shipped you a selection of Kodachrome slides or contact sheets and you selected the best image to use in your marketing campaign or publication. The photographer almost always owned the copyright to the images and you paid a fee based on the exact usage of the image. Today, almost everything has changed. Read more
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