tina g.

<p>I'm using a YN560 flash with a Canon 580 for off-camera flash lighting. I am new to OCF so still trying to figure it out. I have both set to 1/4 power, which I believe is what you need to set flashes to for OCF.<br>

The YN560 is considerably weaker than the Canon. I changed the batteries so I know this isn't the case. I've read many reviews about the Yongnuo flash and it seems to be getting rave reviews, but it isn't working for me. <br>

I guess I can just turn up the Yongnuo to half power, and leave the Canon at a quarter power, but wanted to ask her if perhaps there is something that I am doing wrong? Can YN560 work well with Canon flashes? I was hoping to save myself some money by buying the YN560. <br>

Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>It seems like everyone is using the Mark II now, but I'm still using the 5D as I don't find the video capability to be so useful to me. I don't have tons of money, and my 5D works perfectly for my professional purposes, so I've kept it.<br>

I'm curious, are there any other photographers out there still using the 5D. And if you're going to be using the body for only still photography, is the Mark II really <em>that </em>much better than the 5D?<br>

Thanks!</p>

<p>quesiton: I'm trying to redo my website and am looking for a good template/hosting package. Zenfolio seems good as far as selling to clients, but I want something a bit cleaner as far as presenting portfolio galleries. Is there one package that does it all, or would I have my galleries on one site and then link up to Zenfolio? that would seem a bit pricy as Zenfolio is 100 bucks a year. <br /><br />Any suggestions, recommendations on methods/packages would be much appreciated. I used to do it all myself on Dreamweaver and just don't want to deal with it anymore.<br /><br />Thank you! :)</p>

Thanks everyone for the answers! One more question: is 21 MP really that much better than 13 MP? I know on paper it is,

but is there really significantly better color saturation and image detail when you get to the higher MP?

I have a 20D and I really need to upgrade. I'm trying to decide between the 5D or 5D Mark II, but money is an issue.

 

The 5D Mark II looks great, especially with its ability to shoot video, but it's also much more expensive than the 5D. For those of you who

have bought the 5D Mark II do you think it's significantly better than the 5D? Is there a noticeable difference in your images? How's the

video and do you use it much?

 

Thanks in advance!

Hello,

 

I have thousands of travel-related images that I want to start submitting to stock agencies.

 

Is it better to submit to general agencies such as Alamay and PhotoShelter or ones that are specialized for travel, like Lonely Planet? Can

anyone recommend some stock agencies to submit travel photography to?

 

Thank you!

I have thousands of travel-related images and want to try and submit them to stock agencies.

 

Would it be better to submit them to standard stock agencies like Alamay, PhotoShelter, etc. or to stock agencies that are devoted to

travel photography? If the latter, are there any stock agencies that can be recommended? The only one that I know of is Lonely Planet

Images, but I've heard that they're not such a great company to work with.

 

Thanks so much for any advice!

Tuan wrote:

 

The most useful measure is total income per year. For instance, Getty's RPI is maybe $200, but it very rare for a photographer to be

able to get 500 images accepted (submissions of a thousand *finished* images result in a few pics, if any). On my own website, every

image that I select is accepted :-), therefore despite a much modest RPI, I have a better stock income than many Getty photographers.

 

Yes, but Getty gets a lot more exposure than us little guys. How can we market our websites to try and even get a fraction of that

exposure? I would love to try and sell my own work from my website. I have no idea how to market it though, for this purpose and have

been advised to just give it up and put my stock in well-established agencies. I saw your website, Tuan, and it looks great. Do you, or

anyone out there have any advice for us newcomers just starting out how to market our websites, and become self-sufficient instead of

relying on the big-name stock agencies?

 

Thanks!

thank u to everyone for your responses, they have been very helpful. these forums are

invaluable!

Hi everyone,

 

I've been working for the past year trying to get my website together. I put it together using Dreamweaver.

I'm definitely not a web design pro and tried to teach myself the program as much as I could in order to

put the site together. I was wondering if you could please take the time to give it a quick look and tell me

what you think of it.

 

http://www.owlphotography.com/

 

At first, I just wanted to have a website showing my portfolio, but then decided to turn it into a stock

photography website to try and sell those thousands of photos that I took while traveling.

 

I first designed it in frames; showing the image in the centre and small thumbs at the bottom that the

viewer has to click on in order to see the whole image. Now, I'm thinking that perhaps this is cumbersome

and it would be better to have bigger thumbs that show the whole image and when the viewer clicks on

them they can see an enlarged image.

 

http://www.owlphotography.com/frontpage_bio_etc/test%20santorini%20page.html

 

I think this is better, but I'd like to ask other people what they think as it will take a long time to apply

these changes to my website.

 

any criticisms that you have about my site would be most welcome; I'm not lucky enough to be in the

company of other photographers/designers and so don't know where to turn for critiques or advice.

 

thank you very much for your time!

Hello.

 

I'm moving to New York City in a couple of months. I'm excited and scared.

 

Excited because New York has always seemed to me to be the capital of the world and THE place on the

planet for photography and art.

 

Scared because there are probably thousands of photographers like me thinking the same thing and

heading to the city. Scared because though it seems like an exciting place, it also seems super cut throat

and competive.

 

I'm here asking for any advice and suggestions on how to break into the market there. A lot of it depends

on connections, right? Should I take a class? Assist? Intern?

 

Though I have a lot to learn, I do have some experience. you can check out my website if u want.....http://

owlphotography.com/

 

sorry if these questions seem silly. I've been living abroad for the past ten years, and though I know it's

time to come back home, i'm a bit freaked out about it. Maybe I shouldn't be moving to such a competive

place like New York, but at the same time.....why not give it a try and see what happens?

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice you might have!

I want to start a stock photography website. Do I have to register it with the government?

Are there any suggested ways I can optimize my site? Or can someone refer me to a site

that can give me suggestions on how to start a stock photography website?

 

Have you started a stock photography website with only your photos? Do you think it's

worth doing? Have you made any money from it?

 

I guess if I don't make cash from it, at least I'll have a website up.

 

I'm just starting out with this, and am pretty clueless.

 

Thanks in advance for your comments!

Just wondering if anyone has had any luck with this company. I have loads of travel

images and would like to submit them to a stock library. Does anyone have any

suggestions for other stock libaries?

 

Thanks!

Can anyone refer me to some stock agencies that I can make submissions to? Any ones

that you recommend? Or where I could get this information?

 

Thanks in advance!