by Donald Giannatti | Aug 15, 2010 | Going Pro, LE News and Info
A little over a year ago I posted “10 Web Site Strategies for Emerging Photographers.” I think the article holds up very well and is as relevant as it was when I posted it. So please read it if you haven’t done so, then come back to this article for...
by Donald Giannatti | Aug 8, 2010 | Going Pro
OK… we got the gear and the portfolio is looking pretty good. So now we need to find clients to actually pay us for the images, and help us go from a part-time Pro-Am to a full time photographer. You see, clients may not seek you out – even if your...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 27, 2010 | Going Pro, LE News and Info
Well, I am kinda with my buddy Kirk here. We have had some distinctly powerful discussions on working for free and what to charge. So we are going to lighten it up a bit with some discussions on images. So let’s take a look at something I am working on right...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 25, 2010 | Going Pro
While some pros are worried about kids shooting Facebook and concert pix for free, I think that the perspective is really skewed when we start to become more interested in what non-consequential folks are doing and forget to be excited about this wonderful thing...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 16, 2010 | Going Pro
We were talking about style and vision in the last few posts. I thought I would take this point to show some photographers who I believe show a lot of vision and style. This is as nearly a random sampling of the photographers I love as possible. There are a lot of...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 2, 2010 | Going Pro
This post was instigated by a post a friend of mine made. Brian Matiash’s blog post, “It’s not about the gear?” takes a well written hit at many of us who state that being a good photographer is not about the gear. I think he has some valid...