I have been approached on a number of occasion to put my work in a number of cafes and have never really got around to getting the work on the wall. I know a number of photographers who have gone down this route and haven't actually yielded any real benefit and in a number of occasions it has ended up costing the photographer money for printing and framing. One example, … [Read more...]
Only 6% of Readers Successful with Microstock
One of the largest markets for selling is your work has to be the stock photography websites. They are a plenty and they generally involve quite a number of hoops to jump through before your photos end up live in the market place. This week we asked about your success with Microstock sites and the results were particularly interesting. 76% of readers have either no interest … [Read more...]
What Lens Filter is Essential Kit ?
We had a community request by @minibtweet on how best to use lens filters and if anyone out there had a list of essential filters for every photography kit. Like most people I use a UV filter on all my lenses more as a way of protecting the class than any real creative reason. So Do you use filters, if so which do you use and why! It would be great if you could retweet … [Read more...]
Weekly Poll: Canon Wins (Just)
In last week's poll we asked what type of camera you own. From the first hour it was impossible to separate Canon and Nikon and in many ways it was a two horse race. This wasn't an attempt to settle the whole Nikon / Canon debate, but a way of showing just how close the leaders are in the market. I thought the other manufactures would have scored higher in the popularity … [Read more...]
Poll : Are you a PC or a Mac ?
This week we asked if you were a PC or a Mac and even allowed you to select both if you are have two systems in your photography work flow. I genuinely didn't know how his poll would go so the results are particularly interesting. Out in front with the Apple Mac with 56% of the votes with PC scoring 32%. 12% of visitors said they used both a Mac and PC in their … [Read more...]