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April 2008
Week Five Number 451E
Volume 16
Key words in this issue: Best pictures | Re-
selling | Priorities | Job Security | Romance
| Priorities | Concept
NEWSWORDS: No Money Down | Getting
Super Creative | Finders Keepers | On The
Light Side | Seeing Is Doing It | Who Owns
This Photo? | High Flying Camera | Callous
Treatment By The British Police? | They
Get A New Life | Cameras In The Parks |
No Charge Photos | Photographing In The
Southwest | Memory Card | Double Winner
| Helping The Kids | Legal Stalking | Super
Celebs | A Photo-Inspired Movie | Grants
For The Best PHotojournalism Talents |
Monster Photo | No Charge PHotos | Big
Awards
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You’ve no doubt often remarked
when you look at a published pic-
ture, “my pictures are better than
that!”
Since you’ve seen so many in-
ferior pictures published, if your
pictures are good, then
it would seem that you
have a good chance to
make consistent sales to
photobuyers.
It would also seem
that photobuyers would
choose the best pictures
available to them for
their layouts. And, it
would likewise seem
that the prime goal of lawyers is
justice; and for doctors, health; the
prime mission for teachers, learn-
ing. Life has taught us, though, that
people’s priorities are often not
what they seem, and that the reali-
ties of making it through each day
many times take on far more impor-
tance to them than the idealistic mis-
sion that once attracted them to their
profession.
Shakespeare, in
“Othello,” said, “Men
should be what they
seem.” Too often that’s
not the case.
And how does all
this apply to selling and
reselling your photos?
Concern about the
quality of your pictures
is about number ten on
the list of many a photobuyer. For
him or her, the survival realities of
coping with the daily demands of
their job and their own psyche are
priorities number one through num-
ber nine.
Figure out what those priorities
are for each of your photobuyers and
you’ll find yourself selling and re-
selling your photos more consistent-
ly. Whether you’re dealing with a
photobuyer, lawyer, or doctor there
is a list of real priorities that you’ve
probably perceived but never put
down with pen and pad.
Money (is this monetarily worth-
while to me?). . ./Job Security (will
I maintain my standing and reputa-
tion?). . ./Peer pressure (what will
my colleagues, relatives, neighbors,
friends think?). . ./Sex (what fantasy
or real romance rewards await me?).
. ./Involvement (how does this make
my job easier or harder?). . ./Family
(what’s in it for me and my blood
relatives?). . ./Speed (this photogra-
pher is talented but always late with
submissions)…/and finally, number
ten: the priority we all assumed was
number one, what seemed to be the
person’s
Just What Do Photobuyers Want?
Advance Notes: The photo needs of buyers are not always what you might
perceive them to be. Once you figure out the “real” needs of each of your special-
ized buyers, you’ll find yourself on the top of their list.
A BOOK REVIEW. . .
By Joe Stanski
Yosemite in Time: Ice Ages,
Tree Clocks, Ghost Rivers by Mark
Klett, Rebecca Solnit, and Byron
Wolf, Trinity University Press,
,
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es, a single pho-
tograph does
give the illusion that
time has stopped, but
rephotographing does
more than change that
illusion. In this book,
about rephotographing
Yosemite National Park,
it brings us face to face
with now, and all that that implies.
Its combination of “then and now”
black and white photographs, color
foldouts, and great locations, makes
for an astounding visual experience.
The original photographs of Yo-
semite were taken by Ansel Adams,
Carleton Watkins, and Eadweard
Muybridge and are still the best im-
ages of this American landscape.
Places like: Clearing Winter Storm,
Jeffrey Pine, El Capitan
and Cathedral Rocks are
but a few the authors re-
photographed.
I, for one, was amazed
at how, just turning the
pages of this book, took
me back to when these
great photos were taken.
And then, with one turn
of the page, I was looking
at giant panoramas of these beautiful
sites that show how they look now.
This to
Stock Photography Idea:
Re-Photographing a Location
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Just What Do Photobuyers Want?
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mission: To promote health, provide
justice, create quality photo layouts.
When you deal with a photo-
buyer, keep these real priorities in
mind. Ask yourself, “What does this
particular photobuyer really want?
Speed? Dependablity? Phone calls:
No phone calls? Large selections?”
This concept works in reverse,
too. Ask yourself the real reason you
are taking and selling your pictures.
The answer could open up new ways
to successfully market your photo-
graphs.
Rohn Engh, veteran stock photographer and
best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Pho-
tos” and “sellphotos.com,” has helped scores of
photographers launch their careers. For access to
great information on making money from pictures
you like to take, and to receive this free report: “8
Steps to
,” visit his website at
PhotoSource International or call 800 624-0266.
me, is truly what photography is
about. To reveal something or re-
discover something, or maybe just
revisiting that “then” with these
“now” photographs. This “some-
where in time” book, takes us back
and reminds us that there is a Yo-
semite National Park in all our lives
worth rephotographing as well as
revisiting.
This is a book I highly recom-
mend to stock photographers. Not
just for the wonderful experience
that these great photographer/au-
thors inspire, but for the clear ex-
ample they offer, in bringing history
of a place back, and breathing life
into it once again. This “then and
now” (rephotographing) is an idea
I’m thinking about pursuing with
my own “home-town” history, as
well as some old country barns.
Joseph Stanski has been an agricultural
stock photographer for the last twenty-five years.
He has published in many ag-oriented magazines
as well as national publications. He retired as a
schoolteacher and is currently teaching photogra-
phy and running his stock photography business
in Southeast Iowa. morningstar138@hotmail.
com
Re-Photographing A Location
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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
SECRETS
by David Peterson.
Digital photography secrets
from the pros that can instantly
transform you into a better pho-
tographer! This book covers ev-
erything you need to know to take
excellent photos with your digital
camera. It’s like having your very
own professional photographer
on call, who you can turn to any
time you need to.
Tips include maintaining your
equipment, film vs. digital, easy
how-to information, professional
secrets to getting the most from
your digital camera, and much
more. This book is concise, to-
the-point and practical.
PROMOTE YOUR-
SELF
. Your local city or town
newspaper is always looking
for interesting feature material
about its citizens. You are eligi-
ble. Because you market your
pictures to national magazines
and book publishers, you are
unique. Feature editors would
like to write about you and
publish a few examples of your
photographs. If you also con-
duct a photo marketing class,
it’s an excellent way to pub-
licize the class. The process:
Phone your local newspaper
and ask for the Features Editor.
Describe what you do, then ask,
“Would you like me to drop in
for an interview and bring some
of my pictures along?” (Per-
sonal interviews work better
than phone interviews.) Here’s
a tip. If you’ve been featured
previously in newspapers, and
have clippings, leave them at
home. Journalists like to be “the
author.”
1838 - John Muir, a noted conservationist, Si-
erra Club founder and wilderness explorer’s birthday on April 21st.
John James Audubon (1785 – 1851) is the namesake of the Na-
tional Audubon Society. John painted and described all the birds of
America. The last print was issued in 1838, by which time Audubon had
achieved fame and a modest degree of comfort, traveled this country
several more times in search of birds, and settled in New York City.
April
“Thanks, Photoletter and PhotoDaily. I recently made a sale to a
publisher who bought a photo for $250 and then bought another use
for a total of $500!”
- Mike Siluk, Photographer, Vadnais Heights MN
“I like the PhotoSourceBANK. I’ve had many hits and sales as a
result of Photobuyers finding me on “the BANK.” As a travel photog-
rapher, your service has been a big help. Thanks!”
– Larry Luxner, Travel Photographer, Bethesda, MD
Love Notes
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NO MONEY DOWN. Barter Your Way to Marketing Success
- Photographers are fortunate to be on the supply side of this supply-and-
demand equation. The universal demand for photography means that photography can be substituted for monetary
currency more often than you might think.
GETTING SUPER CREATIVE. Creative Multiple Exposure; Digital And Film Options - Putting two or
more captures on top of each other in a single image multiplies the potential for impact and opens up new avenues
to creative expression.
FINDERS KEEPERS. Stolen Images -There are those who want to eliminate the use of copyrighted
material based on the concept that ideas should flow freely in the marketplace to allow others to capitalize on them
for their own benefit. A growing number of people believe that anything in print or online is free for the taking.
ON THE LIGHT SIDE. He gets over 200,000 blog visitors a month showing amateurs how they can
improve the lighting quality of their images. “Anyone can take magazine-style photos without investing in ultra
expensive lighting equipment using just a digital SLR camera and small flashes”, says this Baltimore photographer.
SEEING IS DOING IT. Digital Photography Forum Site Publishes Free Video Tutorials - Three free
video tutorials were recently published in the NoBS Photo Success Newsletter, a monthly e-publication filled with
digital photography resources.
WHO OWNS THIS PHOTO? Orphan Works Bill Would Establish Database Of Photo Copyrights
- The Orphan Works amendment is back before the U.S. Congress, in a form far different than the one that failed to
pass two years ago.
HIGH FLYING CAMERA. Craig Wilson guided a small, handmade kite throughout
the bookstore with a black wand and string. Normally he flies a kite with a 20-foot wing span, complete with a remote
controlled camera. This is Wilson’s claim to fame. For 20 years he has fine-tuned this style of aerial photography,
and now he has released a collection of pictures in his book, “Hanging by a Thread, A Kite’s View of Wisconsin.”
CALLOUS TREATMENT BY THE BRITISH POLICE? Photographers lobby Met after Olympic protest
clash - An industry backlash against police treatment of photographers picked up the pace this week as a delegation
of photographers led by Labour MP Austin Mitchell sought to lobby the Government over the issue.
THEY GET A NEW LIFE. Jewelry from old camera lenses - Handmade in Adelaide Australia, from dis-
carded camera components and reshaped with love, re:vision brings old school cameras into an entirely new focus.
CAMERAS IN THE PARKS. Photography In The Parks Photo Contest - The contest invites eligible photog-
raphy enthusiasts, from April 22nd to September 30th, 2008, to enter the contest by submitting images from any park
The featured Photographer this
week on the PhotoSourceFolio is
Elra Norris
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or monument in America.
NO CHARGE PHOTOS. New Website Launched for 100% Free Stock Photos - Free Stock Photos is a
collaboration between 5 professional photographers and designers who realized that in the world of digital sharing,
photography need not be left out.
PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE SOUTHWEST. New Mexico-based traditional photographer shows
work although he is one of few photographers who seldom uses digital enhancements, his pieces are anything
but traditional.
MEMORY CARD. Digital photo frames show the contents of the memory card from just about any
digital camera.
DOUBLE WINNER. John Ratchford captures international prize for photography Moments
after an interview about his first national award, a North Sydney, Australia, photographer opened a parcel and real-
ized he’d also won a second award — this time from the international community. “It was a big year. It’s a lot of
fun and to get a pat on the back from your peers it just makes you want to try harder,”
HELPING THE KIDS. In his private life, Robert Murphy enjoys photography and takes
photos of landscapes and such Texana as the State Capitol. In his professional life, Sheriff’s Investigator Robert
Murphy investigates frauds and sex crimes. The victims of the crimes are interviewed at the Guadalupe County
Children’s Advocacy Center, a non-profit in Seguin that aids abuse victims by coordinating the interviews involved
in treatment of the victim and prosecution of the offender into as few sessions as possible. Murphy will combine
his private and professional lives in a special auction to benefit the advocacy center’s work in TEXAS: Captured!
An auction of photos to benefit the Guadalupe County Children’s Advocacy Center.
LEGAL STALKING. New Yorkers welcome Big Brother into their lives (+photos).
Missy Shields wanted her photos taken while walking to an organic food store. Kaiama Glover longed to capture
her life during pregnancy, while Angie Wong wanted snaps while shopping in New York’s SoHo district. They hired
New York photographer Izaz Rony, who is tapping into the demand for candid photography in a society increasingly
keen to document often mundane details of daily life on websites like Facebook and YouTube.
SUPER CELEBS. The National Portrait Gallery opened the exhibit Edward Steichen:
Portraits through September 1. During his tenure as chief photographer for Condé Nast’s Vanity Fair from 1923 to
1936, Edward Steichen created compelling portraits of many of that era’s most celebrated personalities-from Charlie
Chaplin to Franklin D. Roosevelt. With their sharpened focus, dramatic lighting and bold compositions, Steichen’s
sophisticated images captured the public’s imagination and set a new standard for photographic portraiture.
A PHOTO-INSPIRED MOVIE. And real-life news events that filmmakers translate to the
screen. The inspiration, however, for the documentary “Chevolution,” premiering Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival,
came from none of these traditional media. What prompted producer and co-writer-director Trisha Ziff to make the
film was a world famous photograph of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara taken in 1960 by Alberto Korda
Diaz.
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Focus On Key Issues For Editorial Stock Photographers
GRANTS FOR THE BEST PHOTOJOURNALISM TALENTS. Call for Applications. Getty Images
Grants for Editorial Photography. Photojournalists may apply by May 15, 2008 for one of three Getty Images Grants
for Editorial Photography to be announced in September. Getty Images awards five grants totaling $100,000 each
year to fund, inspire and support the best global talent in photojournalism. Two are awarded in February; three in
September.
MONSTER PHOTO. This studio has the (really) big picture. Moe Tremblay was thinking
big when he created studio space large enough to elegantly light and photograph a monster truck. But his visionary
senses shifted into overdrive during a recent publicity shoot at his Elm Street studio involving the city’s mounted
police horses, Shorty and Valor.
NO CHARGE PHOTOS. New Website Launched for 100% Free Stock Photos - Free Stock Photos is a
collaboration between 5 professional photographers and designers who realised that in the world of digital sharing,
photography need not be left out.
BIG AWARDS. Newsweek and Getty Photographers Win Several OPC Awards. The
Capa medal was announced as part of the Overseas Press Club of America awards. A list is included.
