Being a photographer is about much more than picking up a camera and pressing the shutter. This category is concerned with the essential stuff that goes on around a photography practice. Social media, Websites, YouTube etc
What do I mean by the business of photography? If the act of picking up a camera and pressing the shutter makes a person a photographer then I’m broadly ok with that, At least they are taking photographs. But what defines a photographer these days? A practising photographer, sustaining a living out of photography must…
What is the best alternative to Twitter for photographers? I’ve been looking for an alternative for some time as the prospect of the platform falling into the hands of the world’s richest man fills me for some reason with dread. In this article I’m looking closely at two candidate replacements, Vero and Tribel. I opened…
I have held a Permission to fly small Unmanned Aircraft issued by the CAA in the UK for at least five years, and operated commercially through my company Helter Skelter up until I moved to Spain last year. The question, post-Brexit, was how to go about gaining an EU Drone Licence. The Drone sat on…
In this post, I’m going to show how to go about setting up a photography website with WordPress including all of the steps you need to take for a successful launch. Including domain selection and registration, WordPress hosting selection, installing WordPress, choosing Core Plugins, WordPress Theme selection, SEO and Launching. Preparing to Set Up a…
Is Picfair worth the money? I’ve sold prints through Alamy and Smugmug over the years and although I like Alamy and have sold quite a few pictures there, I abandoned my Smugmug subscription about four years ago due to the price. It simply wasn’t worth the money. The galleries on my website are not e-commerce…
In this post, I’m looking at Artificial Intelligence and trying to answer the question “Does AI improve Photo Processing?” Is it just another smart way of selling software or is it the revolution it aspires to be? Does AI Improve Photo Processing? Does AI improve photo processing? Is an AI processed image a photograph? Is…