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Key words in this issue: Vintage Photos | Success | Religion | Digital Encyclopedia | Site Design | Free | Photo Need |
NEWSWORDS: German Photography | Stylus Photo 960 | Fire Photography | Shutterfly | Creativity | 3D Format | Military | Cameras |

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## PhotoAIM weekly newsletter for 07/27/02 ## 382d
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PhotoAIM, the weekly newsletter from PhotoSource
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Probably the most frequent question put to us here at PhotoSource International is: "How can I become successful at publishing my pictures?" Oddly enough, the answer is quite simple -- but it's not the answer most photographers expect. And that might be one reason why the answer is so elusive to many people. We might expect the answer to be: "Be born with TALENT." or, "Work hard!" To possess talent and to work hard of course are important, but we all know photographers with a lot of talent who are going nowhere. We also know a lot of "hard workers," who are going the same place. But to get to the point -- the prime answer is simply this: if your desire to become a published photographer is so strong that your personal constitution will allow you to "put up with and do without," then success is just around the corner for you.

Simple Answer

Put up with? Do without? Sounds simplistic. And it is. Whenever we follow up photographers who have come to us in the past with dreams, goals, and aspirations of publishing their pictures -- we find that years later, the ones who have met with success are the ones who have persisted and persisted, and endured.

First of all these photographers have "put up with" the inherent drudgery jobs, the unpleasant tasks, the necessary non-glamorous chores one faces daily in this business. As they face their day, they don't avoid the tedious chores. They have True Grit. They know that if they neglect the irksome task it won't go away, but will grow into a larger problem the next day, and by the end of the month, could create a complicated, time-consuming, catch-up mess or even an insurmountable barrier.

And what are these unpleasantries? As a stock photographer you face many daily tasks: refining e-mails or queries to prospective photo editors; spotting 35 mm b&w prints; making phone calls for everything from research to clarifying assignments; cataloging, cross-referencing, and labeling your pictures; writing captions; filing your contact sheets; packaging photos; and licking stamps.

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This week's featured photographer on PhotoSourceFolio: Jim Bushelle:
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Note: Need to answer to a stock photography question? At our website http://www.photosurce.com/board you'll find our Bulletin Board, called the "Kracker Barrel." Check it out. Our staff answers marketing questions; fellow photographers and our columnists offer their input and experience. The following is a typical exchange:

VINTAGE PHOTOS

A reader recently wrote:

What is the possible editorial worth of my collection of aerials of the new Orleans Skyline, Lousiana, offshore oil, shipping and industrial subjects from the 1950's - 1980's?

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In any marketing endeavor, the successful route to follow is to determine who needs your product, whether it is umbrellas or excavation equipment.

In your case, photobuyers worldwide--whether they be a corporate art director in Omaha or a photo researcher in London, will someday, sometime, need your aerial and industrial photos.

The problem: how to connect their needs with your photo collection.

In the old days (in the 70's when we first started the Photoletter marketletter here at PhotoSource International), photographers, or the grown children of deceased photographers, would ask me a similar question. My only answer was to tell them to 'donate' their collection to the local city or state historical library or university archives.

Now my advice has changed. I've learned that such collections are usually relegated to basement vaults, rarely to be seen by the public because the institution doesn't have the funds to exhibit them, file them, or preserve them. Here's what I tell photographers now. Things have changed and the savior is the World Wide Web.

If you build a website, scan your photos and put good captions on them, you're in a position to begin to market those images--customers will come to you.

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DENOMINATIONAL MARKETS have always been good outlets for editorial stock. Recently booksellers have noticed an upsurge of interest in the world of Evangelical Christianity. Surging sales are propelling avowedly Evangelical books to the top of even the mainstream best-seller lists. But don't put your efforts into researching major publishers such as AOL Time Warner, the News Corporation and Bertelsmann. Knowledgeable readers are distrustful of the big boys. Instead, find your markets through the Christian Booksellers Association, http://www.cbaonline.org, or The Evangelical Press, www.evangelical-press.org . -RE

THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER'S POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA: 3000 TERMS EXPLAINED, by Peter Cope. This essential reference guide cuts through the "techno-babble" with a no-nonsense approach and plenty of full-color illustrations and diagrams. Every aspect of digital photography is covered, hardware as well as software, including cameras, computers, monitors, scanners, file management, image manipulation, printing, presentation, and the Web. ($24.95; ISBN: 1-883403-90-1) Contact: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 212 532-7160.
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1883403901 .

DESIGNING WEB SITES THAT SELL. Written by designers, for designers, this book guides you through the process of creating a successful commercial website, where good design is more than just a pretty face. It's the very tangible element that persuades people to act - to look, to buy, and to come back for more. ($40.00; ISBN: 0-201-79304-0) Contact: Peachpit Press, 1249 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710. Phone: 1 800 283-9444. Fax: 1 510 524-2221.
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0201793040 .

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
-H. L. Mencken

FREE - Legal information. Get questions answered free, at least to start with. All areas of law covered. FREE INFORMATION within 24 hours.
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Have questions about marketing your editorial stock photography? Put your questions on our Kracker Barrel and find the answers.
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Watch for developments in the field of stock photography in PhotoAIM's
PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS
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Note: If the URL is long, it may extend to two lines. In that case - clicking on it won't work. Instead, "copy and paste" the URL.

6 photographers bring worlds, real and imagined, to our door;
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20020723/en_bo_usatoday/4297634

Two German artists explore boundaries of painting and photography;
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020712/ap_wo_en_po/arts_us_double_vision_1

Epson offers Stylus Photo 960-ultra-wide color range designed specifically for photography;
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/mc/20020718/tc_mc/mwny__epson_offers_stylus_photo_960

A pioneer in colour portrait photography and renowned for her contributions to the theory of photography; With this exhibition devoted to Gisèle Freund (Berlin, 1908 - Paris, 2000), the CCCB presents Spain's first complete exhibition specifically about this extraordinary photographer.
http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2002/07/24/30137.html

Getty Images Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2002. The company reported quarterly revenue of $113.3 million, down 2.2 percent from $115.9 million in the second quarter of 2001.
http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20185069-0.html

How to Preserve Digital Art - Digital art is so ephemeral that often viewers don't get a chance to see it before it disappears. A new project is proposing a set of rules to document and preserve variable media art, before it slips away.
http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=Technology&storyId=471713&topic=photography

JPEG Patent Claim Sparks Concern - Government examiners first issued the patent, which covers a "coding system for reducing redundancy" to a San Jose, California, company called Compression Labs. Sixteen years later, however, the Austin, Texas, software developer that now owns the patents is seeing fresh value in an old document.
http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=Technology&storyId=468431&topic=photography

Photographers Feel The Heat From Fire Officials - When wildfires broke out in the west recently, journalists at some locations were herded into fire camps, told they couldn't take any pictures without an official escort, and summarily kicked out if they broke the rules.
http://www.pdn-pix.com/news/#2

Shutterfly Nearly Doubles Revenues for First Six Months Over Same Period
Last Year - Shutterfly, the leading online photo service, today announced its six month results with the expectation that it will reach profitability on an EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization) basis end-of-July, nearly one year ahead of schedule.
http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20175359-0.html

The photographer and video artist says it took a lot of mistakes before she found the key to creative success
http://www.globeandmail.com

Web3D Pushes Development of 3D Web Standard - we plan to create a format that will do for 3D on the Web what the JPEG format did for digital photography on the desktop."
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1431291

Military Photographer of the Year
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/photo/nation/G51371-2002Jul23.html

Digital cameras: What you get for $2,000
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2875242,00.html

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