Sharing Your Digital Photos Online By Alexandra MacArthur

Over the years, photography has turned from film to digital making online photo sharing a very popular service. These websites have boomed as more professional and amateur photographers post their work online whether for business or as a hobby. Photo sharing has allowed many individuals to display and evolve their photography skills. It has given photographers the opportunity to be more creative while gaining valuable feedback from online communities.

Types of sharing websites

There are many sites that allow users to upload photos on the internet. Some provide a limited amount of space to save your photographs while others offer unlimited storage for a monthly or yearly fee. Best of all, your images will be backed up online in case you lose them on your computer.

Anyone can participate in sharing with an online community all that is needed is a connection to the Internet and your digital photos to start sharing digital photographs on the web. Some of these web sites provide different feature sets for example allowing users to bulk organize their images to selling digital prints. Be sure to find a service that fits your needs.

Once you begin sharing online, you'll be stunned at how fun and easy it is. The great thing with online photo sharing is it only requires a couple of minutes to get in touch with others. Regardless of how you decide to use photo sharing, there are many advantages of utilizing a such a website to showcase all your photos. Whether it's for professional development (to share or sell your work with the world) or to share photos with family and friends, photo sharing is the solution. The key is to find a reputable website that provides sharing services without any hassles and you will be ready to start sharing photos online.

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Photographers Add Value by Offering a Variety of Designs and Products By Vanessa Honda and Stephen Honda

The photography industry is extremely competitive. To be successful, a photographer must continually increase the value of his offering to the client.

For a client, a photo shoot is an investment of time and money. Most session fees range from $100 to $400 dollars. When time needed for change of clothing, travel plans, scheduling, the actual shoot are taken into account, preparing for a large extended family shoot can take many hours.

Offering a varied choice of images, services and products available is one way to increase the return on this investment of a time and money.

Images

A photographer should add a variety of images to his offering - both in posing and editing effects. From a large shoot a photographer should not offer less than 40 edited images. These should include examples of images in sepia, black and white, picture to painting, and a variety of different effects. Every image does not need to be converted; but there should be a sample of each with the option to add any of these effects to any image.

Services

A photographer can add value by offering additional services. A photographer, being the creative force behind the image, is in a unique position to suggestion collection hanging arrangements that would add greatly to the attractiveness of a client's home.

Offering framing services also increases the value to the client. You as the photographer will have a good idea on what frames best fit these particular image. Use that expertise to help your clients get a complete package - both image and frame.

Products

The more products you offer the more likely it will be that each member of the group will find something that speaks to them.

Gallery Wraps will appeal to those looking for a modern style. Photo books will be attractive to the practical person who sees a limit to hanging space but still wants to own and preserve the images. DVD slide shows will often appeal to those who spend much time on their computer and would like to take a break and enjoy their images. Images of children printed on purses and other items will appeal to proud mothers and grandmothers egger to show off their children and grandchildren.

The photography industry is competitive. By offering a variety of different products, a photography studio can increase the value added to a photo shoot and thus become more competitive.

Vanessa and Stephen shoot portrait, senior, engagement, pet, wedding, and family photography. They are available to shoot in all Southern California locations.

Vanessa is a Orange County Wedding Photographer who works with a number of Laguna Beach Photographers.

Getting the Best Deal When Shopping For Digital Cameras By Chris Robertson

My dad gave me my very first camera shortly after I fell in love with photography as a young child. I had taken several pictures with his expensive camera and I'm pretty sure he gave me my own little point and shoot camera so I wouldn't damage or lose his.

When I graduated from high school my parents gave me my first SLR camera body with several lenses. My boyfriend helped out by giving me a flash, filters, tripod and a bag to carry it all in. I was set; at least for a while! Years came and went and I was enjoying my 35mm camera, but it was getting old and outdated. I was still paying a fortune to have my film developed and waiting for what seemed forever to get my photos back from the lab. Everything seemed to be going to digital and I had seen lots of digital cameras in stores and online so I decided to do some comparison shopping before I made my purchase.

I went online to search for information about the most popular products. Earlier that year I was in need of a couple of major appliances for my home, so I turned to the Internet for help. I discovered that there is a wealth of information to look over on the Internet. When looking for my new camera I could use the same tactics before making my final decision.

I looked on manufacturers' websites to read about different types of digital cameras, I read product reviews, and I read through tons of consumer reviews, too. All of this information was very helpful to me. I especially enjoyed reading the consumer reviews because they are written by real people who have bought and tried the cameras I was interested in. I wanted to get a digital camera that I could use with either of my computers to view and store my photos. Most digital cameras come with their own software to edit photos. As with film, not every photos turns out the way I want it to. I certainly don't claim to be a wizard with electronics, but having digital files rather than film makes it quick and rewarding to be able to take the photo, download, edit and print your own work all within a few minutes!

After a few hours of research I was able to make an educated decision as to which digital camera I wanted to buy. While I was doing all this research I was able to do price comparison shopping online as well. I was amazed at how much the prices vary from one establishment to the next. By shopping for a digital camera online I got a fantastic deal. By taking the time to learn more about digital cameras I bought a product I will use for many years and not regret my decision. Online shopping for appliances, electronics, books, DVDs, cell phones, digital cameras, even clothes and accessories had made my life easier by saving me time and money. By comparison shopping I've been able to save enough on my purchases to pay for new countertops in my kitchen. Perhaps I'll do some comparison shopping to help me make that decision, too!

Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web.
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Landscape Photography - After Light It's All About Composition in Landscape Photography By Jamie Paterson

You've heard time and time again that landscape photography is all about the natural light that nature provides to you at the time of taking the photograph. This is extremely true, but even if the light is perfect your photo won't stand out unless you composed it in the best way that you can.

Okay, so what constitutes great composition is always going to be extremely subjective and there are no 100% right or wrong answer and yes sometime you have to go against the norm to tell your story. However, there are four major things that I look for when I'm taking a photo.

The first thing I always try to follow is the rule of thirds, do a Google search to find out more but essentially try to avoid having your horizons going straight through the middle of your photos and definitely try to avoid putting your subjects in the centre of your photo. If you're taking a photo of a really impressive rock then don't put it bang in the centre of your photo. Perhaps you could take a photo with ¾ sky and the rock placed on the right hand or left hand side it would make for a different and interesting landscape photograph. Always try to think outside of the box.

If I'm taking a landscape photograph of something like a mountain range that is a little distance away I always ensure that I include something that qualifies as foreground interest. Here's an example, I want to take a photo of a hill that is perhaps 500M away, no just taking a photo of that hill would look pretty boring. If I managed to include a nice rock or tree in the foreground then that adds depth to the photograph and makes it significantly more interesting.

Using the same scenario as above another composition trick is to add leading lines into your photo to literally 'lead' people's eyes towards the main subject in your photograph. So how could we include this in the above photo? Well we've found our hill and we've found our tree, is there a fence for example leading up to the direction of the hill (this in itself is also foreground interest), is there a creek running down from the hill as this could be used as a leading line as well. Leading lines work really well if you get them right.

One of the last composition techniques when taking landscape photographs I employ is called framing. What do you think might be more interesting? Taking a photo standing on a beach or standing back in the tree line with a shot of a branch at the top of my photo 'framing' my photo? Again do a search on Google images from examples of this.

So using a combination of great light, the rule of thirds, foreground interest, leading lines and framing you'll be able to produce some stunning landscape photographs. If you have a look at some of my work you'll see where I have tried to use at least one of these techniques in each photo.

Photographers Can Increase Value With Collection Consultations By Vanessa Honda

The photography industry is ultra competitive. To compete effectively, a photographer needs to offer more value than other photographers. A photographer can increase the value of his offering by using his artistic and technical expertise to consult his clients on the creation of collections.

A collection is a group of pictures grouped together in an artistic way to increase the appeal of the room. Many people purchase the print by focusing only on the picture. They purchase a number of stunning images from their photographer and hang them to the best of their ability.

A successful photographer in this competitive industry will offer an alternative. If his clients are open to the idea (it is sometimes difficult to change a person's expectation) a photographer should work with his clients so they come away with a stunning wall or room and not simply an impressive image. The following is a list of value adding tasks a photographer can do to accomplish this goal.

1. A photographer should develop a library of collection configurations he can demonstrate to his client. Often clients do not yet know what would look good in their homes until they have seen some options. After seeing examples of how prints could be grouped they are better able to visualize what would look attractive in their home.

2. A photographer should discuss with the client what collection may look attractive in their home before the photo shoot. This will allow the photographer to shoot the session with the collection in mind.

3. If a client decides on a collection configuration, the photographer should make a proof sheet in the configuration of the particular collection with the client's images after editing has been completed. The photographer can offer the proof sheet in different colored and types of frames.

4. The photographer should be willing to frame the prints. It is a major inconvenience to a client when, after working with his photographer to develop a concept he likes, he has to relay the concept to a person at a framing company. If the photographer already shares the vision, he should provide the means of turning that vision into reality.

In the competitive photography industry, a photographer should seek to add value wherever possible. Providing collection consultation is one way to add value.

Vanessa and Stephen photograph weddings and family reunions. They are available to shoot in all OC locations including Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach and Irvine. Vanessa is a Orange County Photographer who teaches photography classes. She also serves as a resource for OC Wedding Photographers