Printing Ordering Software

Printing – Qimage, great software for the price will print to file as well as to your printer.

Ordering: labprints, roes, express digital darkroom, and one I am now trying free – photojunction

Adobe lightroom 3 beta is now out.

information on new features can be found at: http://www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom3/ 

download for Lightroom Beta 3 is at:  http://labs.adobe.com/

Working on a book with various fine art images

Book image - page to be determined

LinkedIn addition

Just added linked in connection with this site, lets see how it works out, will leave reports as to success should prove to be valuable info to newbies to nework marketing.

Also have a discusssion board at linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2589303/eml-grp-sub/ , which is a contact launching point for my blog:   www.allaboutthearts.wordpress.com , I look forward to hearing from you.

All About the Arts

www.allaboutthearts.wordpress.com

Have established a blog were artists/photographers/etc…can discuss ideas for projects or series of works and share their work……intent is to allow posters to submitt photos but this blog is not there yet….will need to send us link to your site in your post……thanks and look forward to hearing from you….Gary Shaver

Questions of Faith

Waiting on questions or comments regarding the christian faith?  New blog looking for posters

Want to be a Professional Photographer?

Being a professional photographer involves a lot more than being able to take beautiful photos,  if you want to make a business of photography, first and foremost, you need to know how to market and sell your work, to know your target audience and how to target your marketing efforts to reach potential customers.

If you do not have an established contact list, and people who know your work, you will need to find a way to get your work out to your target audience to be seen.  Remember that you are targeting a specific clientele base,  if you spread your base too wide, you will miss the potential customers you are trying to reach.  

Make use of advertising that is offered in blogs on marketing….you will need  to spend some money but research where best to dump your advertising budget…check out on-line directories carefully.  Safe bets are usually local Bridal and Wedding fairs, Yellow Pages phone directories, (both online and local phone book adds).  For online phone book adds it will cost a little extra, but a link to web site is a good idea….(note, there are some sites that allow for a free listing, you have to put up with some adverts trying to get you to upgrade to a paid advert, but its worth the hassle for a free add…..also compare sites for brides, DJ’s, etc….

To be up front, Photography and the Arts is a hard business at best,  you have got to be dedicated and have the drive to succeed…I have been doing Photography and Fine Art for over 15 years an have been published in several magazines including Popular Photography, Photographer’s Forum, and Spin.

If Art is in your blood there is no turning back or to the side….persistance is the key…..take a look at some of my work for inspiration, which by the way are also for sale.

……………..www.thresholdimages.com……………………..