The Business of Photography

Operating a digital photography business is no small task. Our experts cover all the issues related to the business of photography from copyright issues to studio concerns, here.

Friday, April 10, 2009 Vision To Visuals: Focus On Fashion In crisis, there is opportunity In the more than four decades I’ve spent in New York, I’ve never seen the confidence of this city’s sanguine population shaken as profoundly as I have in the unfolding economic news of the past few months.  Read More...

Friday, February 27, 2009 Money While You Sleep: E-Commerce For Professional Photographers Web 2.0 means every kind of photo business can and should be online The computer revolution in photography isn’t just about Photoshop and digital capture. In fact, a case could be made that a different digital tool has had just as much impact on the photo business. It’s the Internet, and it has changed everything a few times already.  Read More...

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Vision To Visuals: A Savory Combination Photography and gastronomy of the highest order come together at a Manhattan restaurant My favorite cuisine, Indian, usually accompanies the standard fare of adjectives that range from spicy, hot and exotic to aromatic, flavorful and delicious. Naturally, then, if someone introduces this cuisine, enveloped in the adjective sensuous, I’m more than intrigued. This is just what Rohini Dey, a dynamic restaurateur from Chicago did, when she came to Duggal to produce photographs for her new restaurant At Vermilion in midtown Manhattan. Rohini, it turned out, was no ordinary restaurateur.  Read More...

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Take Down That Image It’s a good idea to get some perspective before you issue a threatening DMCA takedown notice We’ve just seen an extraordinary election year, where even relatively innocuous issues such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s takedown provision was cast into the limelight. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) introduced a number of significant changes to the Copyright Act. One of those changes was the creation of a safe harbor—effectively, a limited immunity—for online providers who might otherwise face liability for copyright infringement caused by the online provider’s customers. This safe harbor is codified in Section 512 of the U.S. Copyright Law (17 U.S.C. §512).  Read More...

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Building Your Perfect Website As a professional photographer, you need to have a professional-looking website. What used to be a difficult process of design and coding now can be achieved simply, with minimal leffort and maximum effectiveness. Remember when everyone who was anyone had a business card, and that was the common currency of business introductions? While business cards haven’t gone away, you’ve probably heard—with increasing frequency—a photographer who says, “No, I don’t have a business card, but all my details along with a portfolio of images can be found on my website.” And for those photographers who do carry business cards, it’s becoming increasingly common to include only a business name and website address along with some photos but no other details. Now more than ever, websites are front and center as a promotional vehicle for photographers.  Read More...

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Staying In The Black How to keep the cash flowing when the economic sky is falling I’ve never started an article as many times as I’ve started this one. The mercurial shifts in the global financial markets in the fall of 2008 made my first paragraph irrelevant five times over.   Read More...

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Reality Vs. Imagination How to use masking software to make the task of compositing more efficient Each time I raise the camera to my eye, I’m confronted by the reality of what I see in the finder; when ready, I release the shutter.   Read More...

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 XDR, Part V Using Photomatix to enhance your extended dynamic range images Beyond Photoshop, there are a number of HDR software options, both plug-ins and stand-alones. Some of the better-known programs include Artizen HDR, easyHDR, FDRTools, pfstools and Photomatix.   Read More...

Monday, December 22, 2008 Vision To Visuals: Small Country, Global Focus An exhibit in Monaco focuses on environmental awareness It’s not too often that we get asked by consulates of countries to encapsulate their past, present and future legacies into dynamic visual experiences, so I was quite intrigued in October 2008 when the Principality of Monaco asked us to do just that.   Read More...

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