Anton Bauer has been around for quite some time, making some of the most trusted camera batteries on the market. They have stepped up their game with this new Gold Plate QR-DSLR for HDSLR cameras. I got the chance to hit up Kyle Dann from Anton Bauer at The Createasphere Expo 2010. The new Gold Plate battery adapter will work with the existing Canon DC power coupler. The 7.2V adapter will also let you add accessories, which will eliminate the need to charge multiple batteries for multiple accessories. I can power everything off of one single Anton Bauer Battery. We really dig the new Dionic 90 Batteries with electronic power meter display. This will enable you to use any existing Anton Batteries you may have in your kit. The Gold Plate will only cost around $250 US and can be configured to work with either a Hand Held Rig or a tripod mount camera.
Are you ready to sabotage your freelance photography career and ruin your business? You know, the one that you’ve worked so hard to build up all these years?
Well, you’re in luck, because it’s very easy to do. Just follow these simple steps and before you know it, you’ll be selling off all your gear, moving out of your studio space and struggling to pay off all the debt that you’ve accumulated.
1. Answer “No” to as many requests as possible: Make sure that everyone who asks you for a specific type of image knows that it can’t be done the way they want it. What do your clients know anyway? They’re not photographers, they have no ideas how hard it is to create dynamic, original imagery! If you say it can’t be done, then it can’t be done. Work hard to convince them of this fact.
2. Don’t worry about “Relationships”: You work alone and don’t need to tangle yourself with lots of business relationships. Be a recluse. Keep to yourself as much as possible. No one ever sunk a career by being personable or by actually being friendly with the people that hired them. [click to continue…]
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The Litepanels Micro Pro Hybrid is one of the best tools for both stills and video. It is a great way to add a little eye light or kill a shadow. They can be placed almost anywhere and generate almost no heat whatsoever. Litepanels was one of the first companies to make cinema ready LED lights and have crossed over to flash photography with the new Micro Pro Hybrid. [click to continue…]
Two websites that use the same microstock image
What they say: “I’m not sure we actually need to hire a photographer to do our company portraits. We have a digital camera too, couldn’t we just take the pictures ourselves?”
What you’d like to say: “Yes, you could. And the next time you need a tooth pulled, you could just get a pair of pliers and do that yourself too.”
What they say: “We have a small budget for photography, we usually just use [inexpensive] stock photos for our projects.”
What you’d like to say: “That’s fine, go ahead and use the exact same photos that a thousand other companies are using to market themselves as well. You’ll really stand out with that type of shot.”
What they say: “We can’t really pay you, but we can give you photo credit and send you some copies.”
What you’d like to say: “Hey, sure, that’s great. And the next time I want to buy one of your products, you can give it to me for free, and in exchange, I’ll just tell everyone the name of the company that makes it.”
We’ve all heard these kinds of remarks before. Fortunately, most of us have filters between our brains and our mouths, and as much as we’d love to say stuff like, we know it won’t do any good. Our time is much better spent educating and negotiating with our clients. [click to continue…]
Don't fall behind your competition
About fifteen years ago, right around the time when I first started shooting full time, I had a conversation with another pro. “Sonja,” as I’ll call her, had been working in the industry for the better part of a decade, had shot assignments for many magazines and book publishers, and had been a contributor to a number of stock agencies.
This was the mid nineties, when there was lots of money to go around, and when everyone had a good sized disposable income, and Sonja had done quite well for herself as a freelance photographer. She put out great promo pieces, marketed herself well and built up a strong client base. [click to continue…]
Rogue, Detroit by Andrew Moore
- Get some great tips on how to improve your photography skills through kung fu.
- At NPR: The early years of the Tour de France shown through eighty-year-old photos.
- See a disheveled Detroit though Andrew Moore’s eyes.
- A survey revealing the down low on photo editors and art buyers – everything from their business models to how they find photographers.
- On The Freelance Switch: How to upsell your services as a freelancer.
- The work of photographer Ben Pier.
- Rural children are given cameras and document their lives with the organization Project Einstein.
- On the New Yorker: A collection of old postcards from Coney Island.
- On the Freelance Switch: 50 awesome apps for freelancers
- On PDN: Photographers of the Gulf oil spill could face charges for photographing the environmental disaster.
- On Epic Edits: 10 Online Photography Don’ts
- On the New Yorker: Jobi Bieber’s “Soweto”
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