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3 Habits That Make a Photographer A Professional
Through our stock photo library, I look at 25-30 new photographer applications every month. I have been doing that for over 10 years now so that's about 3000 photographers and 40,000 photographs. I also spend lots of time each month watching the new photographs being uploaded to both our stock photography libraries. Again this adds up to many more thousand pictures every year.
I can tell you, in all those photographs there have been thousands of photos that could have been great stock photographs with real sales potential, if the photographer had only done their job right. The frustrating part is, in all those cases, the damage was done by 1 or 2 reasonably straightforward mistakes that could have been easily avoided.
Now I can freely admit that I'm no master cameraman ... In truth I've barely touched my cameras since we started building OzImages back in 1998 ... But I do know what separates an OK photo from a stock image with real sales potential. So in this two-part article I am going to look at 3 main differences I see between the serious amateurs and the pros.
Lighting
If I could only make one recommendation, this would be it. Most amateurs only think about lighting after dark. An even then, all they think to do is pop up the flash. Some 'outdoor ' photographers might time their work for early morning or late afternoon light, but even then they still tend to look at lighting as a separate element of from the image.
The pros on the other hand, consider the lighting of their subject, and they do it with every single shot.
Their focus isn't just on the light, but the way in which the light affects their subject and whether that works for the message they're attempting to capture. The pros will consider extra lighting, or shading, on every single shot. It is as much part of their routine as removing the lens cap.
So make it a part of your pre-shot routine to stop and consider how your subject is lit.
Are the important features properly lit? Is there anything you can do in order to make it better? Flash might be an option, but so might a reflector, a different camera position, turning on a light ... Coming back in a few hours time.
Remember, nothing kills the commercial prospects for an image as swiftly as uneven lighting ... Buyers take one look as deep shadows and/or washed out highlights and walk away every time.
Make the lighting of your subject your main concern and your photography will improve significantly in both quality and commercial potential.
Patience
If all you do is capture a visual representation of what's there at the time, you are taking amateur photos, and they're a dime a dozen. If you want to capture stock photo images that are going to stand out from the crowd -- and sell -- you have got to convey a message or a story about that subject to your viewers.
So make it a habit to study your subject in detail before you even look through the view-finder. Work out what it is that you wish to convey to your audience? Conversely, what might your viewer want to know about the subject? What are you able to capture and convey the viewer might not know?
Once you're clear on the major elements of your subject, you can get thinking about the effect different perspectives might have on the final image. Then you'll find you're actually creating unique and new images with real potential.
Too many of amateur photographs come across as indecisive. You realise the photographer 'knew ' there had been a photo op there, but rather than dig around a bit and find it, they just kept pressing the shutter looking to get something. Sometimes they might get lucky, but more often than not, the final result is vague photographs with a subject lost in the middle-ground, lots of clutter in the background and no clear point of interest in the foreground ... And virtually no commercial potential.
Work out PRECISELY what it is you're trying to say before you start. Then think about your lighting. Then use your technical talents and imagination to capture it.
That's what we'll look at in part two ... Talk soon!
Matt Brading is a writer & photographer with GlobalEye Photo Stock Agency and reccommends the Direct Contact approach for selling photographs online.
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