Yap Episode 31 - Going Pro
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News
Cool Links
Reviews
- Slick Effects for iMovie
- Fall TV Season
- Best new shows:
- Heroes
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- The Class
- Shark
- Not so new that are still fresh
- My Name Is Earl
- The Office
- Battlestar Galactica
- How I Met Your Mother
- House
Rants
- Microsoft - EULAs? and Errors!!!
- Apple - iPod syncing, .Mac & dissing Microsoft over viruses on iPods
- Sony - Arrogance
- Why we hate CSI Miami:
- David Caruso is a terrible actor/William Shatner school of acting.
- Why is it always sunset in the lab and other things that bug us.
Going Pro as a Photographer
- Camera
- Software
- Tutorials
Tips - everyone thinks they are a photographer! (expound here) Learn what sells and what doesn't.
- What NOT to submit to pro photography web sites, unless these are remarkable:
- Sunset pictures
- Ducks on the pond pictures
- Picture of people without releases
- Pet pictures
- Scenics (vacation photos)
- Portraits
- What does sell:
- People at work: Corporate photography/ used in annual reports
- Generic product photography
- Weather
- Transportation : aircraft,vehicles, etc.
- News events : war, breaking news of national or international importance
- Fashion: Not pictures of high school girls modeling jeans or prom dresses
- Sports: Especially national team sports ( but beware of copyright laws)
- Celebrity: especially pictures of celebs in trouble
- Best Photo Sites
- Photo.Net - For serious professionals and amateurs. Great place to get critiques and get your photos seen.
- photolinks.com - Great place to get your photography site listed, Photographers directory : For working free-lance independent photographers
- Flickr.com - Internet's most popular photography site for both amateurs and professionals. Features open forums and closed private pages.
- Stock photo agencies:
- ShutterStock - Stock photography for sell
- Lonely Planet - Travel and business stock
- Acclaim Images - Photography stock direct from photographers
- iStockPhoto - Another great place to sell your photos and post your portfolio to get jobs
- FotoSearch - Huge source of royalty free photos for purchase
- Corbis Stock Photography - Probably the most elite/best of the best stock photography sites
- ProFotos - Best directory of places to sell your photos.You can also post your portfolios here.
