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Written by Stanley Leary
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Friday, 29 February 2008 |
 My stepson looked at his first paycheck and asked, "Who is FICA?" This was his first hard lesson about where the money goes -- the cost of doing business. A lot of the money we pay for a service doesn't stay with the service provider.
Tags: photography business, photography advice
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Written by Ron Rovtar
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
 A picture isn't worth very much. Everyone has lots of them. They clog computer hard drives and spill out of boxes. Children cut them out of magazines (or download them from the Internet) and paste them into school projects that will be discarded in a few days.
Tags: photography tips, photography business
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Written by Sean Cayton
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
 If you're a professional photographer, ask yourself this: "How is my photography used to make something?"
Your photographs might be used to make a newspaper. They might be used to make a magazine advertisement. Or they might be used to make a Web site. But if your images aren't used to make something, then they're purposeless. See the hundreds of thousands of images online at Flickr. Great to look at, but unless they're used to make something -- purposeless.
Tags: photography advice, photography business
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Written by Rohn Engh
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
 Web video is here to stay and broadband is the vehicle that is fueling the boom. Just about every size and shape of digital camera that is sold today includes the capability to take motion pictures. Depending on the camera, you can record both audio and video, ranging from a four-minute segment to 20 minutes or more. And what can you do with these segments? Advertise your work, of course.
Tags: Web video, photography business, photography tips
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Written by Ron Rovtar
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
While reading the agenda for the American Society of Media Photographers' Strictly Business 2 seminars, I couldn't help being amazed at the breadth and depth of these three-day sessions. The seminars cover all the important business skills that have little to do with photography per se. They are about essential –– though admittedly boring –– subjects like paperwork, legalities, marketing, pricing and negotiating.
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Written by Ryan Eanes
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
 I think it's safe to assume that nearly every designer out there who has worked in either print or digital media has encountered a job that required custom photography. It's true that low-cost stock photo sites like iStockPhoto.com and Creative Commons-based sites like Flickr have become ubiquitous, but plenty of jobs require a designer to hire and directly work with a photographer. As an early-career designer, I thought it might be useful to describe the process I've used for organizing and art directing a shoot.
Tags: art directing, photography advice, graphic design
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Written by David Weintraub
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
 I've been thinking recently about the business aspects of image-making. Perhaps this is because some of my students have taken, or are about to take, the plunge into "the real world." Or, perhaps it is because I find discussions about the profession of image-making inherently interesting. In any event, Black Star has asked me to branch out and write about more than just my classroom experiences as a teacher of visual communications. So, "Notes from the VisCom Classroom" will be posted at the beginning of the month, and this new column, "Eye on Image-Making," will be posted at the middle of the month.
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Do Embedded Photojournalists Actually Work for the Pentagon?
