The Historic Regatta is the most exciting rowing race on the Gran Canal for the locals and one of the most spectacular.

Every year, the first Sunday of September, the Historical Regatta comes back in Venice, the most traditional among the venetian events, which took place for the first time the 10^th of January 1315 under the rule of the doge Giovanni Soranzo.
The sumptuous event, organized in the Serenissima times to celebrate the military victories or to honour the foreign dignitaries, today is made up of two different parts: the historical parade and the rowing boat race

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I was tweaking a photo for a friend’s antiques store Web site the other day, experimenting with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to adjust the color and add a subtle vignette. I like Lightroom because it doesn’t have the arduous learning curve that Photoshop does, and it’s designed specifically for photographers and photographs.

But I don’t have many tricks in my Lightroom photo-doctoring bag. In fact, everything I was doing I had learned from a brief demonstration by Tyler Stableford, an outdoor sports and adventure photographer who uses Lightroom to make his photos just a bit more dazzling.

via Ten Photo-Editing Tips From a Pro – NYTimes.com.

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The art of getting a job and staying on a buyer’s speed dial is as much about your photographic talent as it is about your self-promotional talent.
The compulsive urge to panic while waiting for a job should be recognized as a physical condition. Many times over the last 20 years, I’ve found myself on the edge of a complete breakdown, spending huge money on promo campaigns, e-mails and sourcebooks as I try to figure out the magic method for getting noticed by the people with the work. There were times when resources ran low and the whole effort seemed overwhelming. Then, out of the blue, often on the day that I was using the same coffee filter for the third time, a phone call.

It’s dazzling how many theories there are about what goes on behind closed doors to select photographers for the next big ad campaign. Some say voodoo, others say sex. My ex-agent says sourcebooks, phone calls and cocktails. This article is about the naked truth—what happens on the other side. Why will an art buyer suddenly pick up the phone and say, “We’d love to see your book”?

Read the all article here

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Do you trust your clients? If you answered “no,” then you might want to start. Placing trust in your clients, by giving them access to your archive, can open you up to greater revenue opportunities.

PhotoShelter’s “Trusted Client” feature allows a photographer to give easy access to a photographer’s archive (not including anything marked as “private.”)

To some, this sounds like a risky, potentially disastrous situation. But many photographers have discovered otherwise……

Read it here  10 Ways a Photographer Can Improve Business By Trusting Their Clients

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No self-respecting NGO and campaign group would be seen these days without a Twitter account to spread the word (Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and WWF have over 200,000 followers between them for example). But Monday’s day of mass action by the Climate Camp protesters showed just how badly Twitter can backfire. Read the full article

I think MIA Paper Planes song is really nice

Now, I don’t think you randomly pulled colours out of a hat when you were choosing them for your business. I suspect you fiddled around in Photoshop for a while, found a couple colour values you liked, ones that just felt right, and then you were off designing your webpage and getting business cards printed up.

That’s the way I suspect many people, artists in particular, work. They base decisions off of how they feel. I know that’s how I chose a lot of colour palettes in my time. And there’s certainly nothing wrong about doing things that way. I’m sure many a beautiful palette has been created using that method.

Read the all article  Thoughts on Colour Branding for Photographers | Photography Concentrate.

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Because photography is so very competitive, and because the availability of relatively inexpensive tools tempts amateurs to try usurping the role of professional photographer, you have to fight and scrape for every job.

I’m not trying to be negative here. I am trying to tell you the truth. Most of the people who hire me to consult with them about their career find out that they just weren’t prepared for the amount of work it takes to make it.

You have to get up five minutes earlier than the next photographer and stay five minutes later. You have to work on weekends. You have to work on holidays. You have to commit 100% to the notion that this is going to be your J-O-B! That’s right. It’s a job. If you’re going pro, this isn’t a hobby, it’s a profession.

Read the all article via:

How Hard Do You Have To Work To Succeed As A Professional Photographer?- Going Pro 2010.

I just came across this article by Dan Bailey that makes an interesting reading

The stock photo industry has become saturated with imagery during the past few years. With the enormous amount of imagery available on the internet through different stock agencies, things have gotten so competitive that just signing and getting on board with one of the big agencies, like Getty, Corbis, Alamy or iStockphoto is no guarantee that you’ll see a sizeable income, or any income at all.

If you’re going to compete and make money with your photography, your imagery not only has to be top notch and it needs to be marketable. In order for it to sell, you need to produce the kind of work that photo buyers look for on a regular basis.

Here are 10 essential tips to help you ramp up your stock photography earnings. Read the full article at

10 Ways to Increase Your Stock Photography Earnings | Daniel H. Bailey’s Adventure Photography Blog.

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Curiosity is a human emotion related to natural inquisitive behaviour such as exploration, investigation, and learning. As this emotion represents a drive to know new things, curiosity is the fuel of science and all other disciplines of human study. The post explores how to become a curios photographer and  the advantages . You can read it here How to Be a Curious Photographer.

Ten ideas and strategies for photographers because  I really believe that the website should be a vehicle for making business happen, and connecting with clients and possible clients, not just an online brochure or replica of a print portfolio

via 10 (More) Website Strategies for Photographers | LIGHTING ESSENTIALS For Photographers.