Articles on: photo & video

[caption id="attachment_8278" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via Won Park on Flickr.

[caption id="attachment_8164" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Nina Matthews via Flickr[/caption] Photography businesses have a lot of opportunity for diversifying their revenue streams, creating new opportunities for their clients, and generally having fun with the work they’re creating. I love working with photographers because they have the opportunity to see themselves as service providers and as producer designers.

[caption id="attachment_8008" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image: Paško Tomić via Flickr[/caption] Often viewed as the height of narcissism, selfies can -- bear with us -- actually be a great exercise in branding, marketing, and generally being a social person. After all, people have been taking self-portraits for ages, and in today's modern era of sharing and social media, including your own likeness in photos that document your life or location can be a really great way to keep your family, friends, or fans up to date on what you're doing.

Both an uncomfortable requisite and a grand adventure, going on tour is part of the life of a musician. But it's not just the entertainers who endure/enjoy the weeks spent away from home in favor of tightly-packed spaces and late, late nights; technicians, mamangers, and yes, even photographers are also along for the ride to make sure the entire thing goes off flawlessly — and it documented all the way.

[caption id="attachment_7860" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via Flickr.

[caption id="attachment_7821" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Sophie Asia via Flickr[/caption] Anyone who's tried to make the leap from hobbyist to professional photographer knows that the business side of things can be murky and hard to navigate. Even one of the most basic, seemingly obvious elements -- which, in other industries, is standardized and pretty easy to research -- of your business plan is strangely shrouded in mystery and even controversy.

In the last, oh, hundred years, education has both changed a ton and also not changed much at all. At least, that's the lesson we're learning from these vintage school photos from the Flickr Commons.

Wedding photographers are used to shooting in all kinds of locations, from rustic barns to less-forgiving community halls and event spaces. But sometimes, they get lucky, and they get to shoot a storied old building with gorgeous light, amazing architecture -- and civic workers milling about.

[caption id="attachment_7728" align="alignnone" width="620"] By Jay Wennington[/caption] There seems to be a common trend amongst creatives: The need to have the newest, biggest, and best gear items available. But does a newer/nicer camera necessarily mean a better photograph — or a better photographer?