Have you ever visited More New Math? More New Math is a website blog and incarnation of Craig Damrauer. Damrauer guides an individuals through many different situations of life with a collection of often hilarious and humorous equations.
The following is an example:
Meet Photographers Math
Austin & Dara Photographers decided to take a spin on this more new math with Photographers Math. Photographer’s math is a spin on more new math but with a photographers point of view. Their equations are pretty faithful to the original More New Math. At this time of writing Austin+Dara have only written one entry.
The Photography Math will be updated daily. Make sure you make a visit.
Are you on someone else’s computer and you need your photo fixed up? I’ve compiled a list of the top free online photo editors! There are a plethora of really good online photo editors nowadays. A lot of them even integrate into some web 2.0 services: Picasa, Flickr, Facebook, Etc.
Make sure you check out the following online image editing programs.
I don’t like writing about bad news. I’m an optimist but here ya go:
In New Delhi India CNN Reports a bus hits a bus carrying wedding guests. The bus driver was trying to cross an unguarded railroad crossing in northern India.
I hope and wish the best for the families of the victims.
You came here looking to become a Wedding Photographer?
Here are some secrets:
This trade is a very lucrative business. Demand is pretty inelastic.
Work isn’t as easy as you think. In the long run you will be doing a lot of hard work. Eventually becoming a wedding photographer means you will have to run your own business and learn to become a good saleperson as well as a entrepreneur.
Competition: This is a highly competitive market.
Before the age of the internet finding out something like this was a well kept secret. Nowadays, almost anyone can yield a DSLR (Digital Single Reflex Camera) in front of a bride and groom and call themselves a wedding photographer. Everyone has to start somewhere. I knew i started there.
Like any other professions you may have to work your way up. In the field of arts what you do, what you know and
How to Find Work in Wedding Photography
Become an Assistant - I think this is the best option. If you don’t have any equipment and/or the wedding photographer isn’t able to lend you equipment.
The Next Step: Second Shoot - If you do have the equipment and/or have become an assistant for quite a while; the photographer you’re working with may ask you to move up. Once you know the ins and outs of wedding photography. A good second shooter provides different angles and views of a wedding. This is helpful usually for the First Photographer to have more material to design albums and/or upsell their packages.
Find Work at a Studio: There are plenty of studios that maybe looking for people to work inside the photography studio. Go into their studio get to know the owner and see if they’re hiring.
Shoot for a Regional or National Wedding Photography Company: I know many wedding photographers are against it but once you’ve second shot enough i think its a good step in helping you build cash and getting you plenty more weddings under your belt. Some companies include Be-lla Pic-tures. Be-lla usually hires via craigslist.
Find Weddings to Shoot - Once you’re good enough and have second shot enough weddings i would suggest trying to find a wedding to shoot for free even. I wouldn’t recommend doing this a lot. Shooting a wedding is a lot of work if you also involve the post processing or editing of the photos. It’s a lot of presure trying to shoot a wedding.
Building Experience and Education
How do you built your expertise in this area?
Work on your Portfolio: Make sure you refine your portfolio.
Know Your Tools: Learn the ins and outs of your camera. Learn to use all of the Adobe Creative Suite this will propel to work faster and more efficiently.
Attend an Art College/School: This is usually an obvious answer. If you want to be trained in the arts or design field make sure you pick a school with a good curriculum. This allows you a solid foundation to fall back on. You can always get a Graduate/Masters degree in something else along the way.
What Will you be Earning?
Depends on the market. Second shooters can be provided usually a per diem/per day rate anywhere from $100-$1000 per day. Here in Detroit currently $200-$500 would be a good range.
What will i be making annually?
It highly varies by market. The range large. It can start anywhere between 10,000- 500,000+ (and even more if you’re in the right market).
There are even celebrity wedding photographers can charge at least $50,000-100,000+ USD per wedding. Depending on your client 100,000 isn’t much considering the total budget of a celebrity wedding.
Hello Wedding Photographers! Thank You For Visiting!
We’ve reached an all time high this past few month with almost 3000 visits. Thank you! Thank you for stopping by and reading some articles.
Hey dude! I’m not a Wedding Photographer. I’m actually A bride!
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You know you’ve always done it. However, it is not uncommon for photographers to indulge in these transgressions. Then again in photography one must remember that there are no rules that you should adhere to. You should just take rules with a grain of salt. I only write this article to show you that you should break these some of these rules as well. Well some of these are some worst case scenario situations as well.
On Camera Flash - Uncle Bob does it why can’t I? Well you’re a professional. You should be able to think of more creative ways to light an object/subject than using your pop up on camera flash.
Noise - Don’t shoot above 1600 ISO! It’ll be very grainy.
Shoot it now. Worry later - You’re stressed out you’re running and suddenly you just shoot it without thinking about cropping, lighting etc. We all know this is a costly sin for wedding photographers. The more time spent editing
Flash during reception - This is another uncle bob thing. If hes shooting with flash why can’t I? This separates you from the others! You should be respectful of the wedding ceremony.
Tripods - A plethora of photographers will tell you tripods aren’t good for wedding photography! You have to be always on the move.
Chimping - With the advent of digital photography it’s soo hard not to look at the back of the camera screen! You just can’t help yourself. Even the most trained professional wedding photographers will have a problem with this. Looking at the back of the screen can impede or make you miss the shot.
Memory Card - Ouch you forgot to put the memory card into the camera. It’s still shooting. What a horror story that is.
Crossing the aisle - I never knew this myself but it can be disrespectful and disingenious if you cross the aisle during a ceremony. After knowing this i never did this again. Instead go around
Changing your camera settings - A lot of times you’ll move from inside to outside and you’ll forget to change your ISO and Shutter Speed. Next thing you know the screens all White or Black!
P mode! - P is for professionals. Yes admit you’ve set your camera to automatic or program mode and just shot away.
While you wedding photographers are at WPPI 2009. Thought I’d update you with news from PocketWizard. I bet a plethora of you have these fun radio gadgets:
Looks like PocketWizard is catching up to the Radio Popper’s doorstep. Apparently, it’s totally different in the way it handles triggering than the pocketwizard.
Anyways, today PocketWizard released new information and information on these products. Check out the following Video:
What is this Mini TT1 ?
The Mini TT1 is for the Camera Unit. You mount it on top of your camera.
Ah so Flex TT5 is?
It’s what you use to mount your flash off camera. It uses AA Batteries.
Look’s like Jerry Ghionis is featured in this video using this technology. Anyway’s This new technology is called, “ControlTL” Technology.
The ControlTL System Touts up to 1/8000th of a second high speed sync. Which would be crazy awesome. You can shoot wide open 2.8 on a sunny day.
Extends Range - Extends IR system where Convention IR system would fail: Shooting into the sun, hiding behind walls. Similar to RadioPopper’s Approach
Computer Customization - You can set the the Flex TT5/Mini TT1 system up to the computer for customization.
Updatable Firmware for Mini TT1/Flex TT5 Claims to Allow Updates itself with new Firmware downloads so you don’t need to buy new hardware as often.
Zounds and zounds of people are potentially asking this question. Twitter is becoming more and more mainstream. Coverage has become more ubiquitous and many mainstream figures are accepting and tapping into the power of twitter. Twitter is exponentially growing and becoming more and more ubiquitous. It is hard to stop all the buzz nowadays. Nowadays the big brands are catching on and are on twitter: CNN, Starbucks, Wholefoods, Barack Obama, Southwest Airlines. Twitter basically asks what are you doing? In the 90s this was equivalent to checking everyone’s away messages; when instant messaging was very popular.
In a Few Words Twitter is…
A place where you can meet and talk to people within 140 characters. Twitter is the next generation of what phone party lines where. Anyone has a say and can contribute to this large collective network of individuals.
Twitter Requirements
An open mind friendly Attitute
A Web Browser or Twitter Application or SMS enabled mobile phone
Internet Connection
Where or how do i find people to talk to?
Search
Tweetup (Twitter Meetup)
Search Ask your friends and seek who actively participates within your network. Search within your city with Twitter Search by location and see if there are individuals who live near you. Most likely if you’re near a metropolis area you’ll be able to find someone that tweets (Tweet as in post twitter)
Twitter Slang
Before you get all confused lets cover some twitter slang.
@ : The @ sign is used to reply or add someones username to the topic or current tweet.
Tweet: A twitter post
Twit: Someone who tweets (Not standard slang or heavily used)
Tweeple: People on twitter; or people who tweet or twit
Tweetup: Twitter Meetup
Re-Tweet: Reposting or passing along another tweet (more later)
RT: Short for Retweet
Hashtag: Used to cover topics. A tag followed by the #. Example: #photography at the end of a tweet.
OH: Overheard
Direct Message (or DM): The use of a private message where your tweet can only be seen by you and the other party.
Tweetup Twitter is one of the first social media type arenas where face to face meetings (known as tweetups are common). People take conversations online and occasionally take them offline. Many major cities nowadayas have a leader or someone that organizes a tweetup (Twitter Meetup). Etiquette: Do’s and Don’ts
Twitter is very simple. It is focused on microblogging or writing within 140 characters. The limitation is what makes twitter special. You can blog about anything you’d like. it’s more casual and does not take much effort or time. I sometimes tweet about what i’m doing (right now it says i’m blogging). I would still try to maintain sentence structure so others can comprehend what you’re saying.
Good: I walked the dog today. I’m excited about my new Canon Camera! (Notice i use proper sentence structure still). Bad: wlk dog 2day ir xctd abt my new canon camra! (less coherent)
Blog Content Applies: Write good meaningful content that will draw users.
Ask questions to your followers. Followers love that you reward them by participation to your question.
Use Retweets: Pass along good information to others by using RT.
Post links of your favorite photos or photography
Make sure you create a good username that is memorable and has some association to you or your brand.
What is Re-Tweeting(RT)? When another follower provides you good information. Copy their text and add their username and RT before the username. This can be easily done via a client application. If this makes your head spin it’ll all make sense in a second. Example Feed. Say your username is @weddingphotographyblog @chrisjlee Check out these great wedding photos! http://www.holymoleephoto.com/blog/ You retweet by writing this in twitter: RT @chrisjlee Check out these great wedding photos! http://www.holymoleephoto.com/blog/
How do i make this profitable for wedding photography?How do i expand my following?
Word spreads fast on twitter: Find potential clients or develop your brand through using twitter.
Authority: Provide and demonstrate that you command leadership or expertise in the area of photography by providing photography tips or answers to common FAQ’s.
Utilizing social media is essential for any small business. In my previous series, Wedding photography blog covers how to wedding photographers can utilize facebook in order to leverage and build brand awareness.
It’s becoming a good way to connect and create dialogue. My first suggestion for starting a campaign is to find all your friends on twitter. Start by creating an account and just let twitter find your friends through email.
I would try utilizing the search and start following people within your area. Start replying and commenting on other peoples tweet. Or start searching for other photography twitterers. Usually when someone replies to your tweet a lot of people will become exposed to your username. This will eventually lead to more followers. Long story short: Find people, reply to them, become helpful and you’ll eventually get more followers.
Connect and discuss or answer question from your favorite wedding photographer or photography artists.
Engage your followers or potential followers who’d you like to follow.
Use twitter as a lead into a Rich Content Media: Blog post, podcast, vodcast, etc.
Provide your followers with interesting viral information.
Be a good connector. Help, network and meet as many people as you can with reasonable limits. Make sure you develop a meaningful relationship and brand yourself as the wedding photographer.
Install the facebook application. This way you’ll find followers if you already have a large network on facebook.
Pimp your username on your web resources and other networks
