Business Of Photography

The Domino’s Effect

Domino’s Pizza is holding a photography contest. http://www.showusyourpizza.com/. Good for Domino’s, bad for photographers who enter the contest. Why is this bad for photographers?


Show Your Photographs (and maybe earn some money) Online

Are you showing  your photography online? You could show your work online for business, pleasure or both. If you’re looking for a place to show your photographs online there are plenty of places to pick from. Below you’ll find some suggestions.


Photographers, Choose Your Words Carefully

I think we’ve all familiar with the above expression but this morning, while making a blog entry, that expression became a lesson in blogging with SEO (search engine optimization)  in mind. That expression will now be my mantra when key-wording and blogging. As a photographer, if you’re  trying to get your work found on the [...]


Get In Crash Position

It’s going to happen. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. Your computer, and any other hard drive or storage media that you use is going to fail. Yup, it’s going to happen. Join the forum discussion on this post


Photographers, Do Not Be Taken Advantage Of !

There are plenty of ways that unwitting photographers get taken advantage of. I’d like to address two of those ways; bad photography contests and commercial interests who know the value of photography but don’t want to pay you for it. Join the forum discussion on this post


Business Of Photography Learning Pod Study Guide

A study guide to be  use with the Business of Photography Online learning Pod. The completion of the questions is mandatory for WSP students.


Business Of Photography Online Learning Pod

“Amateurs speak in terms of the art of something but artists speak in terms of money.” -Oscar Wilde Have you thought about photography as a career or at least using your pictures or photography skills to earn some extra income? If you answered yes, then this learning pod will introduce you to the business side [...]


New York Times Writer Decorates Her Apartment With Pictures From Flickr. Thinks “I’m in the clear”.

If I pass  a store  and it has an outdoor  display on the sidewalk, I could take  whatever  is out there,  right?  After all, the display is on a public  sidewalk, so whatever is in public  and easy to take, is anyone’s property,   yes ? Of  course not.  Just  because something  is in public [...]


The Worth of Your Work, aka “Content”, In The Digital Age.

The hypocrisy and greed of these corporations is astounding.


A Case Study About The Business Of Art From The Harvard Business School

Why would someone pay $500.00 for a trash-bin or $200.00 for a toilet brush ? Believe it or not, for those of us in the creative industries, there’s a lesson in the answer.


The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations

You know the sad thing is that, at least in photography, there are plenty of photographers who cave in to this crap.