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    EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS II Telephoto Zoom

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    It'll do you wonderfully for sports in

    daylight, high ISO 'under the lights' but

    acceptable. For what is essentially a

    kit lens, I haven't found many problems

    with it, and for the price you can't beat

    it.

    Take a look at my Google+ account to

    see some pics I took of a high school

    football game this past Friday night. ( I

    can't link it here, I am on my iPhone).

    Photography Websites

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>One bit of advice...my wife designs websites for a living, if you are hosting your own site (to avoid that monthly fee), I assume by 'prepped server' you have all of the latest anti-hacking / anti-viral software, tips and tricks, and keep it religiously up to date. My wife has designed maybe 50-60 sites, she has an agreement with a web hosting service and a monthly maintenance fee that she charges, you would not believe how many times hackers try to access and control a domain or site, 'just for fun', even on the smallest and most inconspicuous sites. </p>

    too many pictures too little thought

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    All great points, thought I'd offer my short 2 cents.

    If I am out and about, and someone wants to see pics of my

    family...I don't get out my wallet with printed photos, I show

    them my family pics on my iPhone.

    If someone strikes up a conversation about my

    photography , I show them my website or Flickr. Better, I

    text or email them a link they can look at on a larger screen

    at home. I don't lug a portfolio book with me.

    Even the few photos I have sold to various entitites. all

    have been sold by taking my laptop with photos to the

    customer.

    I am 44, been on both print and digital ends, digital is more

    convenient, cheaper, and honestly often better quality.

    I've got thousands of digital pics, great good and poor.

    Am I INSANE for letting a magazine publish a photo?

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>Jeff:<br /> <br />Certainly, no argument there, just a passing comment is all...certainly 'just having it out there' is of limited benefit. <br /> <br />My best success has come from posting my photos strategically on different Facebook pages. I have developed a nice business relationship with some of the Indiana State Park camp / lodge stores (they are run independently from the state), most have come from me simply posting photos of some aspect of the state park on their Facebook site, and in some cases a follow up email. Really simple, and they get nice feedback for themselves as they can see how many people 'like' the photo on Facebook before they order. Same with the relationship I have taking some photos for the city I live in for tourism and promotional brochures.<br /><br />And yes, ALL of my clients sign a rights managed image license agreement. That is non-negotiable, although I have never had anyone even blink at signing the agreement. </p>

    Am I INSANE for letting a magazine publish a photo?

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>I've got my photos on a book (to be published this September) cover (low run academic book, a few thousand copies that students are no doubt going to be required to purchase for college classes), on a city tourism brochure, and on postcards at state parks. I've charged for all of them, and to my knowledge have never received a referral from any of them, although I am prominently listed with photo credit in all cases. Not sure you get a lot of referrals from these types of things, so might as well make a bit of cash on the side for photo use. A couple hundred bucks for the limited use rights isn't asking too much, in my opinion, and I have never been turned down yet when someone has come to me asking to use my photos. <br />Of course, bragging rights are very nice....congrats, feel good about your photography, nice to be recognized! </p>

    Canon Thursday Photo 2012: #26

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/7429140766/in/photostream" alt="" /></p>

    <h1 id="title_div">Threshold</h1>

    <p id="yui_3_5_0_3_1340885034764_1592">"Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold."<br />W. Eugene Smith<br /><br />View from the dunes, New Buffalo, Michigan</p><div>00aYNP-477729584.jpg.3cc72719872d55d40722f0f8a5f371f2.jpg</div>

    Getting Permission to Photograph a Stranger's Land

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    <p>Jeremy:<br>

    Although I generally photograph barns from the road / public land (which is totally permissible by law), I have on a couple of occasions knocked on a farmer's door in order to get a closer pic of a barn or other item. I've always been met with openness, never had a problem.<br>

    Two things to remember (and I guess these are life's lessons, too!), a bit of conversation and earnest attention never hurts your efforts (plus you meet some interesting people, and you might get an American Pickers type story in the process), and make sure not to disturb or damage anything at all while photographing. I am painfully careful to say, "I'd like to take a picture from *here* so that the farmer doesn't think I am trying to steal something or whatever. <br /><br /></p>

    Young and new to freelancing photographs.

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    My main source of income is NOT

    photography, but I have made some

    nice side money selling my photos to

    state parks and local organizations for

    their promotional and sale purposes.

    I've sold photos for postcards at the

    state parks, for promotional materials

    for our city and other cities in the area.

    Biggest way I have gotten my photos in

    front of these people? I posted my

    photos of their places that I took on

    their Facebook pages. Took some

    sunset photos over the lake at the local

    state park....the park store saw them

    and wanted to use them for postcards.

    Took a nice blue hour photo of our city,

    posted it to the city's promotional wing

    page, they wanted to use it for a

    brochure.

    My point .... Half of the battle is getting

    your photography in front of the

    organizations, and also figuring ou

    what type of photos they might want to

    purchase for what use.

    Get a plan together, take good quality

    photos, and just sell yourself!

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