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Which method do you use or recommend for image editing?  Why?  Which is more user-friendly. I use a Mac OSX.  Which would be better for my hardware?

Hello Everyone, I have just found this site in my quest to figure out a pricing structure for my work. I do not, at this time anyway, accept assignments but do mostly personal work. I have a show coming up in November at the regional art supply store. I asked the owner to help...

Hello everyone, I came across those organized trips for photographers: http://www.hasselbladusa.com/about-hasselblad/events/hasselblad-xcursions.aspx Those trips are organized by Hasselblad, very respectable brand and most likely it would be a wonderful experience to go with...

http://fstoppers.com/fstoppers-original-the-stolen-scream/  I saw this today on Fstoppers and thought it would be interesting to see what everyone else thinks of the story.  I feel two ways about it:  On one hand it's fantastic exposure that could start his career if he uses...

I started to shoot over my house and transform my basement into a studio , i do have a green backdrop ,softbox and others but it seems that i made a mistake by doing that .A lot of clients are hesitant to come over someone's house to get their pictures , i had some models...

As I get closer and closer to the half century mark in age, I have been doing a bit of soul searching about my chosen profession. At my age, I have lots of experience and hopefully enough youth left to do something with it. In other words, I would say near the peak of a career....

Browsing through the questions and answers it occurred to me that in addition to  the answered questions and their prices being posted it would be fantastic to have final feedback as to whether the price was accepted by the client and whether they got the job or not. This...

For those unfamiliar with this saying, a more accurate question would be "Do your actions match your words? I was at small social gathering when a friend on mine mentioned all the great movies he has seen recently. He liked them so much that he made multiple copies of each and...

Today is Shakodo's second anniversary! We celebrate 2 years of helping photographers to become more profitable.

You are not in business to be a photographer; you are in business to make money!

I know we have a fantastic resource here on Shakodo, and before I price things I go here and other places to make an estimate. One of them is stockphotopricecalculator.com, do you have any thoughts on it? And do you have any other resources you can recommend?

Sorry if this post is in the wrong place. I need to know where to search and look for a trustworthy and capable second shooter. I don't have this need on a regular basis, but am finding that more and more of the events I shoot require me to have a 2nd person there to support....

This is the second installment of a series of dialogs with photographers who stood out of Shakodo for being extremely helpful to the community. This time I asked questions to Jim Greipp of Pau Hana Productions.

Hello, I just transitioned to working as a photographer "full time" last April. I was lucky enough that a friend of mine has been in the business for years. He was able to get me on as a second shooter at a festival. I made a ton of contacts, took a zillion pictures, even did...

This will include web-work & photo editing.  I work for the company and get paid an hourly rate to work there.  On the side I will basically be selling my photography and web work to this company and giving them a bill each week as new products arrive and are put on the...

Beginning professionals are rarely told that taking the picture is the easy part of the photo business. For the majority of you, finding work and making a sustainable living at photography will be the hard part.

I have a website and I have a hosting service however, I am not happy with the presentation of the website template.  My hosting company does not give me a wide selection of templates to choose from and I would like a little bit more of a professional presentation.  I'm...

I recently found out that a 25 year old photograph of mine was included in a dvd version of a music history documentary film. I don't have my copyright registered on the photo and the dvd has already been distributed on a global basis, so I don't suppose I can even request to be...

Hey guys. I'm a full time pro in Oakville, near Toronto, Canada. I teach a small photography business course and a photography course at Sheridan college, and I teach at Vistek, and in my own school, www.cameratraining.ca. My specialist subjects are flash and events. Check...

This a bizarre tale of tog just protecting his copyright but ended up in a weird place. It doesn't help that both parties are local to Houston hehehe. http://www.petapixel.com/2012/05/25/photographer-threatened-with-lawsuit-after-protecting-his-copyright/