Archive for the Tag 'professional'

11 Reasons Every Photographer Needs a Website or Blog

11 Reasons Every Photographer Needs a Website or Blog

Have you ever wondered why you should have your own photography website or blog? Here are 11 great reasons that every photographer should have a website.

What the DuckFor anyone who doesn’t know much about web design, the thought of creating or commissioning a website can be daunting. But before you even begin to think about how, the important question to answer is why. It’s so easy for just about anybody to have an account on a photo sharing site like Flickr that you may be wondering exactly why a photographer would need their own website or blog.

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An Interview with Wildlife Photographer Andy Biggs

Can there be a more romantic location to work as a photographer than Africa? Wildlife photographer Andy Biggs is living the dream.

Black and white fine art photo of a giraffe in Africa by Andy Biggs

Can there be a more romantic location to make a living as a photographer than the African wilderness? Wildlife photographer Andy Biggs is doing just that. His diverse business mixes photography safaris and workshops with stock and fine art photo sales. More impressive still is the fact that Andy only started taking photos eight years ago.

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An Interview with TPOTY Founder & Photographer Chris Coe

Founder Chris Coe tells the story behind the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year Competion and gives his tips for success.

Photo of Rio de Janeiro by Chris Coe

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Copyright © Chris Coe

Chris Coe is a professional photographer, teacher, writer and lecturer. He teaches photography with Nick Meers for their company Photo Iconic and is also the founder of the Travel Photographer of the Year Competition (closing date 9th September 2008 – so hurry up if you’re planning to submit an entry). I asked him some questions:

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Cat Vinton – An Interview With A Photographic Nomad

Cat Vinton won the 2007 Travel Photographer of the Year Competition with her amazing photos of the nomadic tribes the Sami and the Mongols in Norway and Mongolia. Her interest in foreign cultures started when she spent the first two years of her photography career in Laos, before moving to London. I asked her about Laos and her photographic projects ‘Nomadic Souls’ and ‘Red Shoes’.


Photo of the Sami in Norway by Cat Vinton

Norway

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An Interview with Landscape Photographer Mark Sunderland

Photo of Whitby Sunset, Whitby, Yorkshire by Mark Sunderland

Whitby Sunset, Whitby, Yorkshire, England

An Interview with Landscape Photographer Mark Sunderland

I decided to ask Mark Sunderland some questions about his work after seeing some of his beautiful landscapes in several photography magazines. What really caught my attention is that he’s making a living selling fine art prints, postcards, greetings cards, calendars and so on, and that he’s promoting himself by selling photos and articles to photography magazines.

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