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Keep Fit and Diet images are hugely popular with stock libraries because the industry is so big.  With more and more people becoming overweight all over the world there are plenty of people who are looking for images of health and fitness.

Companies who may look for these pictures include magazines, newspapers, research companies who deal with statistics, the government, gyms, and diet companies and so on.  Images vary greatly from images of people exercising to people eating well – or in some cases eating badly!  Here are some tips on how to make some sales in this genre.

1.    See what’s already out there

Go to the big stock libraries and see what images are already on there. What they already have is not what you want to copy unless you can make it look a lot better (for example if the image is badly composed or blurry).  Otherwise, offer something different and fresh otherwise you won’t get chosen.
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American Football is fast paced team sport with lots of different possible actions – the players will run, throw, kick, pass and so on.  This means there are lots of photography possibilities but that the photographer also has to be very alert and aware to get the best shots.  Here are some tips to tell you how.
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Digital photography has opened up a new world of action photographs. While most digital cameras have a high speed, action or sports mode which will help you to take great action shots, there are still some things you can do yourself to help improve the quality of your results.

•    When trying to take action shots of a sporting event, you have two options-
o     Follow the subject with the cameras and be ready to shoot when the moment of action occurs. This would be the best thing to do for a game like foot ball or hockey where action may occur anywhere on the field.
o    Keep the camera focused on the spot where the action will occur and shot when it happens. You could try this technique for games like basketball(focus on the basket) or Baseball (focus on the batter on on a base). Read the rest of this entry »