Wootness | the blog of christine walsh-newton
master photographer | photographic craftsman | certified professional photographer
Oh dear… I just read a post on Facebook about a 5 day photography shooting workshop and the organizer is using “refresh your portfolio” as part of the advertising mumbo jumbo. My thoughts on this are no, no and hell, no. Why? Because when you go to a workshop you are in someone else’s studio, …
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Just so you don’t think I’ve gone all soft and mushy on you…. Seriously?? You contemplated the whole digital file thing and after careful consideration (or maybe you just jumped into it because a lot of other people are doing it) you’ve decided to sell them. OK, fine. Your decision, I don’t have any issues …
Continue reading “Selling High Resolution Digital Files – Stop the Low Resolution Rip-Off!”
One thing that it vital that you know about your camera is what “crop” sensor it has, if any. So, haul out your camera manual and look at the specifications pages. Or do what I just did and Google it. Please read the following article by David Rowse at Digital Photography School (an excellent resource, …
Some more stuff for your noggin. Happy end of July!!
One thing I really hate is seeing people cobble together crap for their studio out of crap they get from Lowe’s or Home Depot or some other hardware store. Seriously, by the time you cobble together all of those pieces and spend all that time trying to make it work, you would have been better …
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Five more funnies for today – hope you’re having a great summer!
Some more funnies to brighten you day – have a good one!
Many thanks to David Deutsch for this little nugget of title. One of the things that drives me absolutely crazy is to hear photographers pricing by “sheets.” A sheet is an 8×10 piece of photographic paper, that can also be divided into 8 wallets, 4 4x5s or 2 5x7s. This is a unit name used …
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More funny stuff from the upcoming book – Enjoy!
* The $100 is just an example. I cannot tell you what a good price is, but the bulk of what I see out there is under $100. “OMG, it’s another ‘everything on a disk for $50’ newbie!” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard those words. So may times that I turn …
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