Tips & Techniques
How to Sell Your Art Photography Prints – 6 Steps to Sales Success
As an art photography teacher, art mentor director, and marketing pro with four decades of successful marketing and advertising experience, I know that if your art photography prints are not selling, then I doubt it is about your creativity. Most art photographers who try to sell their art photography prints fail. They have created images with…
Read More5 Reasons Why You Should Start Your Holiday Shopping Now
Tips & Tricks to Have All Your Shopping Complete Before Turkey Day The early bird gets the worm. We hear it every holiday season – and we have no counter-argument to this tried and true piece of advice. It’s always ideal for checking off as many boxes on one’s gift list as possible before Santa…
Read MoreHow to Pack Light for a Travel Photography Shoot
Written by Destiny Lopez Take Our Travel Carry-On Challenge Before a single photo is captured, photographers and videographers are tasked with many responsibilities. From previsualization to execution and everything in between, jobs of any size often have many moving parts. Add time in an airport or anything over a 5-hour drive, and one is presented…
Read MoreOh, the Places You’ll Go! (With a Good Landscape Tripod)
Tripods & Accessories Built for the Great Outdoors Ask any successful Landscape Photographer about their tripod and they will tell you it is just as important as their favorite lens— maybe more. They will point out that it prevents camera shake, provides a steady platform for precisely focused images, and helps with framing discipline. But…
Read MoreLearn Photo Editing in Two Minutes
Each time I complete a First Horizon or Masterclass program, we provide our students with a list of excellent online and classroom instructors. These teachers put their students first and deliver valuable ‘how to,’ and inspirational lessons that will help our National Park Photography Exhibition Alums continue to grow their visual voice. Now I want…
Read MoreHow Will a Portfolio Review Improve my Photography?
A Fool-Proof Guide to Portfolio Reviews Photo: Nick Fewings What is a Portfolio Review? Portfolio Reviews are powerful learning experiences that will help you discover flaws in your work, positive paths that your work may be on, and reveal undiscovered theme possibilities. There are several portfolio review formats, but each of them involves having one or…
Read MoreFive Essential Photography Books For the Self-Taught Creative
Must-Have Print Resources For Photographers One of the most valuable educational and motivational tools for any aspiring creative is a trusted collection of photography books. Jonathan Borba However, in today’s digital age, printed books are often seen as cumbersome when compared to devices capable of holding hundreds of titles. Furthermore, there is a cost difference.…
Read MoreIs Your Art Photography Marketable?
A Checklist for Aspiring Photographers So, you think you’re ready to take the entrepreneurial plunge and sell your art photography? Selling Photographic Art in the form of finished prints requires an understanding of a variety of marketing channels and classifications. Generally speaking, photographic prints are sold either as Fine Art for their limited and collectable…
Read MoreGrand Staircase-Escalante: A National Monument for the Creative Landscape Art Photographer
The charm of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is phenomenal. It is a land of sun-drenched Utah backcountry filled with vibrant, multi-colored sandstone cliffs soaring above the creases of slot canyons and picturesque washes with endless slabs of tilted slickrock. Beyond the roads, and often far below the sky, one can find prehistoric…
Read MoreOn Tripods: The Three Legs of Success
Five Reasons Why You Need to Own & Use a Tripod. The number one camera accessory every photographer needs is a tripod. Read this fantastic article to learn more
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