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PhotoShelter integration plugins & themes for Wordpress – Graph Paper Press
"Now this is going to be fun….
We’re excited to announce our first batch of Wordpress + PhotoShelter plugins that allow you to:
1. Integrate your PhotoShelter photos and galleries into your Graph Paper Press themes for Wordpress
2. Allow your visitors to search your PhotoShelter photos from your site’s sidebar
3. Pull in your PhotoShelter gallery updates into your site’s sidebar
If you are a photographer who uses PhotoShelter, these integration plugins will enable you to manage your portfolio, blog, and PhotoShelter photos and galleries all from one site. The combination of Wordpress, PhotoShelter and our themes and plugins will push your web presence into the future, allowing you to connect with clients, promote, sell and license your work all from one place."
Photography Websites: How to design a website that image buyers will love - A Picture's Worth
Photography Websites: How to design a website that image buyers will love
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We're releasing something special today. If you're selling photos online, displaying your portfolio to get more commercial or editorial assignments, or even designing websites for photographers, you'll want to have a look at this.
Do you ever wonder, "Is my website doing its job? Am I working hard to get people there, only to have the site itself betray me?" Don't worry, you're not alone (being betrayed by your website is a growing problem). When we launched our photography website templates last fall, we picked up on this very fact - photographers and designers generally build websites based on their artists' intuition, and leave sound business reasoning aside. That's bad, of course, when you want your website to support your primary business goal - selling more of your work.
WPPh --> ENTER (World Press Photo)
For a second answer to the question of how photographers will market their work over the next five to ten years we turned to leading UK-based landscape, documentary and fine art photographer Simon Norfolk.
Said Simon: "In the few weeks between being asked to write this piece and me actually sitting down to do it, the international financial system has dissolved and the key banks nationalized.
All the money I had squirreled away to pay my future taxes and something for Mr and Mrs Norfolk’s old age has disappeared in a bizarre Icelandic banking collapse. So my prognosis about the economy over the next 5-10 years is not very optimistic, I’m afraid.
I gave up trying to make a living from editorial a few years ago, instead selling my work as limited edition fine art prints through galleries in London, New York and Los Angeles.
I still work for magazines - most of what goes on the gallery wall starts out as a magazine commission - but I see magazine fees as start-up capital.
NUJ Freelance Fees Guide: Photography index
There are two main ways photographers charge for their work - either on commission, or through reproduction fees. In either case, as "authors" under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, and therefore owners of the copyright in their photographs, they are in fact issuing licenses to reproduce them. For convenience, however, the suggested rates are listed in the traditional categories of commission and repro fees.
Global Innovation Network - Online platform for Innovation Networking
Welcome to the Global Innovation Network
www.ginnn.com is THE social network and community of practice dedicated to facilitating innovation and business development by bringing together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics, researchers and investors in one place. The more you put in to this community the more you will get out - so join in and get involved.
Taking Stock
Taking Stock
By Angela Wolff
Back in the 80s and 90s, "stock" was the name of the game. The economy was good, the market was hungry, and agencies hustled to get their photographers the biggest clients at the best rates. But then came agency consolidation. New contracts were issued, and many photographers felt their "agents" had become vendors, chipping away at prices, demanding higher sales percentages, and leaving their photographers to fend for themselves.
Some photographers have become frustrated and have left the stock game altogether. Others have simply decided to take matters into their own hands. Many are collecting fees from images still represented by the big agencies, while cultivating profitable stock models of their own. They have found ways - by creating their own e-commerce sites, by capitalizing on niche specialties, by maintaining hands-on relationships with buyers, or by turning low-profit deals into moneymakers - to make the most of the current stock market.
The photographers we talked to all said that, when licensing their own images, they garnered higher fees than agencies would have. Not just higher than the percentage split they'd usually see on their commission statements, but fees higher than what agencies typically charge their clients in the first place. The reason: As the big agencies gobbled up more and more small agencies and subsequently cut their image libraries, they not only offered lower revenues to their photographers, they also gave their clients fewer options and fewer services.
Words of Wisdom from Women Photographers
Words of Wisdom from Women Photographers
Photo Annual Awards
Photo Annual Awards
You Gotta Play to Win.
Photo Competition Call For Entries – Deadlines and Web Links
The accompanying PDF contains names, organizers, deadlines, eligibility requirements, fees and Web links for over sixty leading photography competitions and grant programs held in the US and internationally. The details listed have been compiled from information currently available and may include deadlines and costs from past years’ events. Please be sure to consult individual competition Web sites for up-to-date information before submitting. It may also be advisable to contact competition organizers for further details or to answer specific questions.
Many professional organizations have additional listings of competitions for categories such as advertising, graphic design or broadcast media that may also apply to the work of certain photographers. Here are some additional Web links to pages with these listings:
From Pixels to the Printed Page
From Pixels to the Printed Page
Eight photographers discuss the pros and cons of digital photography in their businesses: How they use it, what they like and hate, what the clients think, how to bill for post-production time, where the technology is going and where it needs to go.
ASMP: Bill Miller's Strategy for Working with Nonprofit Organizations
Bill Miller’s Strategy for Working with Nonprofit Organizations
For a print article on pages 22 - 24 of the ASMP Bulletin’s Winter 2007 issue, Sarah Coleman interviewed eight photographers who have worked with nonprofits on various levels. She described the obvious benefits, the potential pitfalls and reported on how photographers have managed these relationships, and to what extent their normal business practices were appropriate. Here, Oregon-based photographer Bill Miller provides additional insight into a strategy he’s developed to make his nonprofit work a financially viable enterprise for his business needs and a win-win situation for all.
ASMP: Business Tips for the Freelance Photographer
Business Tips for the Freelance Photographer
By Ira M. Gostin, MBA, © 2008 www.gostin.com
This article, and the others in the series, will provide you with tips for establishing, building and growing your photography business. Like any consultant, opinions are presented based on my own experiences and a great deal of research gleaned from 25 years of running a photography business along with an MBA education. Collect data from multiple sources and make decisions that are best for your individual business. The smarter you operate your business, the more opportunity to be creative and have fun. I hope these articles help.
ASMP: Winds of Change
Winds of Change: Is it hurricane season in the photo business?
Q&A with creative consultant Carolyn Potts
Carolyn Potts was a featured speaker at the ASMP member’s meeting held in New York during PDN PhotoPlus Expo. An article with insights from her presentation was published in the ASMP Bulletin’s Year End issue. As a complement to the article in print, this online Q&A features more of Potts’s marketing insights.
Business Links
Business Links
Below are links that can help you in your business. By linking to these private sites, the ASMP is not endorsing its products, services, or privacy or security policies. We recommend you review the business's information collection policy or terms and conditions to fully understand what information is collected by this private business. Visit Industry Links for links to manufacturers, suppliers and other resources that could help you in your business.
ASMP: Business Articles
Read our business articles online
This section contains a variety of articles on the business of publication photography that cover topics ranging from legal and marketing matters to the intricacies of doing business in the digital environment. Periodically, we will be adding new articles, so please visit again.
ASMP: ASMP Recommended Business Forms
Why These Forms are Critical to Your Business
By Victor Perlman and Richard Weisgrau
Every business day, photographers have a need to communicate transactional information to their prospects and clients. It might be the information in an estimate, the agreement expressed in a confirmation, or the verification of a delivery of photographs. Regardless of the nature of the communication, records of your communications are important, especially when they set the terms, conditions, price, and license to use your work.
ASMP: Licensing Photography
ASMP Licensing Guide
Most photographers go into business for themselves because they are passionate about making pictures — not because they want to be in business. The irony is that photographers who do not learn and implement sound business practices will not be able to continue photographing professionally.
Photographic Libraries
The Photographic Library Directory is a unique resource that provides a broad range of visual solutions to enhance the creative process. The categories listed include :
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Stock Images from the leading stock photo libraries.
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Fashion Photographers, fashion, advertising & editorial shoots.
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International fashion image resources, trend or season fashions.
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Stars & Celebrities, hollywood stars, entertaiment, music and film celebrity images.
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Archive Collections, international collections of historic & social importance.
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Free Photos, clip art collections & Illustrations.
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Moving Images, stock film footage, newsreels & motion picture archives.
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Photo Agencies, the leading photo & editorial agencies.
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Fine Art, prints & poster art.
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Libraries and Museums, historic world maps, manuscripts and atlases.
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Documentary Photographers & photojournalist resources.
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Student Galleries, creative minds from the Leading Art & Design centres of excellence.
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