Articles Archive for March 2010
Photography that sells »
Shooting mostly Rock Couture and River Island clothes with Nikki, alias Miss Pixie here at Cheltenham Film Studios
Sahar dungaree dress from River Island
Necklace Claire’s Accessories
Nautical top from River Island
Military Top from New Look
Military Badge Vest from New Look
Alice in Wonderland Skirt from Claire’s Accessories
Red Tights from Debenhams
Check Jacket, Models Own
Polka Dot Dress from Rock Couture
Lace Top from Rock Couture
Black Lace Top from Rock Couture
Skirt – Models Own
Commercial Photography from SimonWaldenPhotography.com. Cheltenham Photographer for London look photographs at sensible pricesWe have our own extensive studio for …
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There are a selection of blogs I check on a regular basis, they’re are varied from individuals to magazines, to corporate. Here’s the list, in no particular order, as they say:
http://www.ashadedviewonfashion.com/
http://www.dazeddigital.com/Default.aspx
http://www.fashion156.com/
http://www.fashionmonitor.co.uk/
http://www2.hintmag.com/
http://www.interviewmagazine.com/
New York Time Fashion
http://www.tankmagazine.com/
http://www.vmagazine.com/
http://fashiongonerogue.com/
If you have your own blog, or your own favourite blogs, please post them below, always happy to read more.
Commercial Photography from SimonWaldenPhotography.com. Cheltenham Photographer for London look photographs at sensible pricesWe have our own extensive studio for no extra charge.High quality images, including photoshop and retouching.
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Judging from the number of queries I’ve had this week Alice in Wonderland could be a real key event this year. I know Claire’s Accessories already have Alice themed goods in stock.
If you’ve got product you can tie into the Alice and/or Wonderland theme, then push it now !!
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Planning for photography »
WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY BUYING?
OK, let’s start at the top, when you “buy” photography you are actually buying the license or rights to reproduce a photograph. By law the photographer owns the images and sells you the rights to reproduce the images.
USAGE RATES
I know you think that if you pay for a shoot then you should own the images! It’ sounds reasonably, but its just not the way it works. You will need to agree with your photographer before the shoot what the images will be used for – the …
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Planning for photography »
What does “photoshop” mean? You hear it all the time – “This picture has been photoshopped”, “we can just photoshop it”.
Photoshop strictly speaking is a particular brand of photo processing software. It is more generically used to talk about any kind of computer image processing.
Almost every photograph you see printed will have been “photoshopped” in some way – it is part of the digital photography process – the equivalent of the old dark-room of film days.
Before: straight from camera it’s fine, but a little dull.
This is essentially what comes out …
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Random quote for the day. Not that I’m trying to tell you anything of course!
Commercial Photography from SimonWaldenPhotography.com. Cheltenham Photographer for London look photographs at sensible pricesWe have our own extensive studio for no extra charge.High quality images, including photoshop and retouching.
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You know, face of Oriel, face of Chanel etc.
Well how about running a local competition to find the local “Face of” for you?
You’d get good press coverage, a good story to tell.
You can invite your customers, makes them feel warm and fuzzy.
You may get a really good representative for you, who does have the look and the personality to really do things for you.
And if you don’t, well you’ve lost nothing, but still got some really good PR on the way and been able to show off your products …
