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It has happened to nearly every photographer – you plan a photo shoot and wait for some inspiration but nothing comes.  Especially on location, if the sky is dull and the place is empty it can be easy to just go home.  But with a trained eye, you should be able to salvage something out of seemingly nothing.  Here are some ideas on how to open up your eyes to possibilities.

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A photographer’s portfolio is his bible.  Traditionally, a portfolio is a folder of some sort – these come in all shapes, sizes and prices.  You can also have a digital portfolio, presented online on a personal website or a third party web host.

You should always include your best work in your portfolio – no exceptions.  Before putting images in there, ask for critiques from people you know are honest.  Quality control is everything, eliminating images that have blur or any technical faults.   This must be the representation of your best work and show what you are capable of.  Ask for opinions and accept criticism.  It is better to have six photographs of high quality than twelve mediocre prints.
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Many people wonder how a stock photograph is defined. The answer to that is that it is not. Every business needs photographs for reports, projects, publicity and so on. They place they go to get them is stock photo agencies who have a huge amount (maybe millions) of photographs in their stock. The stocks could be of nearly anything and are submitted to them by photographers. As and when the agencies sells a photo, the photographer who took it will be paid a percentage of the sale income.

To make money from selling stock photographs, the first thing to do is visit the websites of various agencies and check out the categories and sub categories of photos they carry. Have a look at the various types of pictures in each and find the categories that you are comfortable with and will have opportunities to shoot. Read the rest of this entry »