When you go out to buy a new camera, you always have the option of buying many accessories to go with it. Though most of the people that buy these are those that use their cameras for business related reasons, those who simply want to take good pictures should consider having some of them. Not all are useful to everyone, but there is one thing that most find a need for now and then, and will use quite often if they’ve it. The camera tripod is always a great idea for something to go along with your new camera.rnrnSome cameras come with a component that helps the shooter steady a picture even when they might be a bit shaky. However, not all have this, and they are certainly not perfect. They’re more common in video cameras as apposed to still shot cameras anyway. The camera tripod can be used when you feel shaky, or when you absolutely have to be sure you’ve a steady shot. When using lower speed shutter function, it is almost impossible to get a steady shot without the camera tripod anyway. rnrn

No contest, right? Yet most stock photographers resort to the second scenario, or even a third: they wait by the phone and hope someone will call them.

In the early days of the California Gold Rush, the ’49ers who proved most successful were those that panned the creeks first to locate the gold, but then took one more important step. They followed the gold back to the source and then spent their time in the mine.

Too often, stock photographers will sell a pic to a buyer and think about the sale and relationship done. The photographer goes on to look for “gold” elsewhere.

FUTURE WORTH
Successful stock photographers, on the other hand, learn how to “mine their lode.” That’s, they compute the future net worth of each photobuyer (and the market he/she represents) and put the buyer into their marketing program, which includes systematic promotion. A buyer soon forgets a pic and a photographer unless you remind the buyer regularly of your work.

You can cultivate long-term working relationships with photobuyers at markets whose photo needs match your strong coverage areas.

Determining the future net worth of an editor or photobuyer is not difficult to do. Based on photobuyers at other, similar, markets, be it a book or magazine publisher, a corporation, etc., the photographer estimates the jobs, sales, and other revenue that can be obtained from the photobuyer over two to three years, and then projects what potential revenues will come in. Past experience shows that each buyer represents certain predictable variables: per-picture rate of pay, average number of pics bought per transaction, frequency of purchase per year, spin-off to other photobuyers in the same publishing house/ad agency/ corporation. From this, it’s possible for the stock photographer to determine a fairly accurate future net worth of their new photobuyer.

The future net worth over a ten-year period of a typical low-budget buyer would be approximately $5,000. A mid-range buyer would be approximately $25,000, and a high range would be about $75,000. By the way, we have found ten years is an average length of time you can anticipate to remain with a buyer in the publishing industry.

PROMOTION
The critical factor is promotion.
If the stock photographer does not set up a regular and consistent plan of promotion, the new photobuyer could very easily be lost.

What does it cost to promote? If your costs to promote were just 10% of the expected gross revenue, it’s simple to see that promotion costs are irrelevant. The critical factor is to know who you should spend your promotional dollars on.

Which brings us to how to get good leads worth your promotion dollars (panning for gold along the creek). Obviously, the leads in your marketletter (PhotoDaily, PhotoLetter, or PhotoStockNotes/Plus) are the most cost-effective for you. If you spend $330 per year on a marketletter service, and obtain 10 excellent mid-range leads during that one year, you’ve a gold mine: 10 x $25,000 = $250,000 future net worth–at a cost of only $330, plus 10% to promote to them over a ten-year period. There are not many businesses that can realize that kind of cost-effective marketing strategy.

Start this day. Follow up with the photobuyers you have cultivated in the past. Start mining this hidden asset of yours.

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Professionals who deal in figure photography know how important face expression and camera natural enhancement truly are. But there are also amateur photographers who are just trying to make a name in the business, at first as employees and then as free lancers. For such cases making a good presentation map of figure photography could mean the difference between getting or losing a contract. Where can one find models for figure photography? Presently, with modeling already turned into a profession, it should not be that difficult to find the right person for the shots. You can try with photo clubs, photo stores and even art institutions.

For great accomplishments in figure photography there are many qualities the model needs to have. First of all, very much depends on the attitude the model has in front of the camera, how natural does he or she feels during the session? A good communication between photographer and model is also important in figure photography as you’ll be superior able to give directions to someone that is ready to respond in the most appropriate of ways. Furthermore, physical specificity is also important when it comes to figure photography: skin color, hair cut, possible tattoos and the like, play an important role in the matter.

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