It is not often that I receive emails from the founder of a company, which I use to enhance my business for an interview. When Grover Sanschagrin from Photoshelter contacted me to interview me on my experience with social media marketing as photographer, I was very excited. Photoshelter offers photographers not only a solution to backup [...]
5 Reasons, Why I Prefer a Mac as Photographer
Today, Apple released the latest version of it’s operating system, OS X Lion. I bought my first Mac, when I studied at university in Germany about 20 years ago. There was a short phase, where I did not own a Mac, but since then, I never looked back. Windows and Linux (not to forget, that [...]
Have you seen my portfolio lately?
My portfolio presentation received an update and integrated with my photo archives (hosted by Photoshelter). Portfolio presentation is essential for any photography site. Many photographer’s websites run on a Flash frame, which allows graphic intense presentation of images. Beside the drawback of slow loading times and in many cases difficult for search engines to scan, [...]
Which camera shall I buy – 2
In the first part of this mini series, I spoke mostly about the difference of small cameras and DSLRs (Digital Single Lens Reflex, ie. these heavy big cameras). An ongoing discussion, wherever I meet with photographers, both amateur and professional, is whether Canon or Nikon is the better choice. Well, I could keep this post [...]
Which camera shall I buy?
“Which camera shall I buy?” is one of the most common question I get from people, who just found out that I am a professional photographer. Well, I have my preferences, but my preference doesn’t mean that this is the best camera. I reckon, it is time to write about this question on the blog. [...]
4 Google tools I use in my business
I was reminded today by a former colleague of mine that one of my nicknames in the company was Google Bene. The second part referred to most common word used in my conversations with our Italian colleagues (and the lack of vocabulary in that language). The first part is self explanatory. If there was a [...]
How I deliver my photographs professionally to my clients
I use Photoshelter to present and deliver the majority of my professional photography work. Photoshelter is a photo archiving solution. It is part of my backup strategy for my images; a service to deliver edited results to my clients – fast and secure; a tool to create web site for professional photographers. The photographer controls, which shots [...]
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