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Time to pick up a copy of the 2012 Photographer’s Market. If there’s one annual tradition I truly look forward to, it’s buying a copy of this great resource and recommending it to all my friends and acquaintances interested in selling photography or growing their photography business.
After buying my first copy over 20 years ago, I was able to sell over 50 images to trade magazines and book publishers during the first year of using this tremendous photography resource.
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In recent years as the field of photography has exploded, many photographers consider selling their work to make a profit and to help defray the high costs of equipment. But, many photographers don’t have the business and marketing knowledge required to successfully sell fine art photographs; and many of those who have tried have been met with disappointment. Until now, little information of value has been available.
In Marketing Fine Art Photography, Alain Briot offers practical, up-to-date and field-tested marketing techniques from the viewpoint of a fine art landscape photographer who earns a living from the sale of his fine art prints.
Briot teaches that by taking control of the selling process, you can increase your profits and, ultimately, direct your own destiny. Briot’s approach is based on offering quality not quantity; and offering something unique, rather than something that is mass-produced. Though directed toward selling fine art, this method can be applied to other products.
After a series of trials and errors, Briot devised a marketing system that allowed him to get out of debt, pay for a state-of-the-art studio, and purchase his first home, all from the sale of his photography. Briot has taught fine art photography marketing to numerous students in seminars, through one-on-one consulting, and through his Marketing Mastery tutorial DVD.
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Alain Briot is one of today’s leading contemporary landscape photographers. Originally from Paris, France, he attended the Academie Nationale des Beaux Arts where he studied drawing and oil painting from 1977 to 1980. Briot then began his study of photography at the American Center in Paris.
After visiting the American Southwest, Briot became enthralled with the artistic potential this landscape afforded and in 1986 he relocated to the U.S. He began his study of photography at Northern Arizona University, earning his Bachelor’s Degree in 1990 and his Master’s Degree in Visual Communication in 1992.
From 1995 to 2002, Briot lived at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Living there allowed him to become intimately familiar with Native American arts and culture, which is evident in the frames and matting designs he uses.
Briot’s goal is to create the most exciting and beautiful photographs possible. His equipment—be it cameras, software, etc.—is chosen for the ability to make this possible.
Alain Briot is a columnist on the highly respected Luminous Landscape website, and is a popular teacher of photography workshops. He currently lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife Natalie. Learn more about Alain at www.beautiful-landscape.com.
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Herb Ritts’s career began in the late 1970s, and he quickly gained a reputation as a master of art and commercial photography. In addition to portrait and fashion work for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Rolling Stone, he created campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Versace, and Valentino, among others.
A picture tells a thousand stories, but the one it doesn’t tell is how the shot was made. Barbara London and John Upton’s Photography is an all-inclusive look at the craft of photography. This book will help any amateur move up a few notches, and it serves as a refresher course for professionals as well. The sixth edition of this classic work (the first was published in 1976) includes a companion Web site with interactive activities, Web resources, and a learning archive. Amply illustrated with at least one photograph or diagram on almost every page, Photography is the one reference work every student of photography must have–even those who will never set foot in a classroom.
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More than 40 years since her death, Marilyn Monroe continues to make headlines. This morning I found a photo blog featuring Marilyn photos shot by Douglas Kirkland. The photos were featured in a 2005 book, an Evening with Marilyn. What makes this photo series interesting are the quotes from the Kirkland himself, as he struggles to maintain his “focus”, while in the presence of one of Hollywood’s most beautiful actress. To compound the anxiety of the young photographer, during the shoot Marilyn excuses everyone for the evening, leaving only Kirkland and Monroe together. Since the book is a few years old, it can be picked up for a bargain….seems like a good read. Here’s a quote from Kirkland…
“What did come from those powerful feelings that evening were the pictures. I wonder if I had gotten into that bed with her then, if the pictures would have been as good. I’d say probably not.”“Looking back I realize that although I was with Marilyn Monroe on only three occastions during a short period in November of 1961, I never felt as though I was with the same individual more than once.”
