Category: Professional photography
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Ultimate Posing Guide
I’ve just seen an advertisement for an ultimate posing guide for photographers. I daresay it is a good thing, and would be a very good buy. I urge all to purchase it. I am being frugal these days, and while I would like the guide, will save my money. I’ll just have to pose using…
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There’s A Whole Big World Of Photographers Out There
Who aren’t you. This leaves a golden opportunity to occupy the position. You will need to to see what they do, and decide whether to copy them, or not. If you decide not, you enter the next stage of contest. Now you have to decide what you do. Start by watching yourself and try to…
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If You Only Do One Thing Right
Make it the accountancy. Every other aspect of your business can get to yelled at but bad accounts can get you put in jail. Whether you owe the ATO, the local Karen, or the Salvation Army, be sure that they will scrutinise your affairs just as precisely as you do, and will act accordingly. You…
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If You Do It For Free
Then that is your price forever…and also the value that people put on your services. You might pick up a gold Sovereign in the street and value it mightily. But you will not value a pair of old socks gained in a similar situation. You haven’t paid for them and you would not put them…
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Your Guarantee Of Purity And Goodness
If you are frightened that you won’t be able to tell whether the image of a presidential candidate biting the head off a kitten is real or generated by AI – we have good news for you. All kitten-eating photos will be accompanied by a special symbol that assures you that they have been made…
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How To Sort The Clients
From time to time clients will come to your studio who look remarkably similar. You will do better in business if you sort them out. For instance, if a long, thin, tall individual comes in they may be: a. A basketball star – centre on a winning team. These are good for action shots and…
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Where Does Orientalism Start And Finish?
And is there occidentalism as well? I’ll bet there is, and someone is writing a PhD book about it as we speak. It will be full of scholarly footnotes, angst, and appeals for funding…in equal amounts. You can expect to be guilty about 83% of the time. I am brought to this conclusion by advertisements…
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Every Old Trick
Is new to someone. This is borne home to me every time I see a new dancer take to the stage, or do portraits for someone, or take tabletop photos of scale models. I may be repeating some look that has been going for a decade, but it is fresh for the new viewer. One…
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Working With An Art Director
Sometimes a shoot has more than just the photographer and the model involved. Sometimes there is a separate client and/or a separate art director. You need to know how to behave in these situations. a. If there is only a client and they know what they want, do what they say. If they do not…