Photography is a wonderful hobby.  Advances in digital technology have allowed amateurs, willing to take the time to learn the craft, the opportunity to create beautiful images.  Today many amateurs are rivaling professional photographers in producing creative imagery. 
This means to make a living as a professional new media photographer, creating imagery for media and corporate [...]

Kari Rippetoe of The Caffeinatedblog shares a case study about a photographer using social media to build his business.  Check it out.  
I think the take away is that if you go deeper into the various levels and applications available  you can find the information needed to target your best prospects.
The photographer used facebook as [...]

This week I talk about opportunities in the business of photography. Including new media photography opportunities verses traditional photography opportunities.  I also talk about opportunities in social media and I review my blog posts from the last week.
The new media photographer award winner this week is Chase Jarvis

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New media photographers take note.
John Harrington at photobusinessforum has a good post on the PLUS system.  What is the PLUS system?  Well, it could be a major part of every professional photographers future.  The big guns seem to be adopting it and you need to know more.
Rosh

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New twitter applications are coming online faster than I can count.  Below are a few new, old and favorite applications I think you might find useful.  
I’ve been on Twitter since June 2007, but, after Michigan Podcamp 1 I’m appreciating Twitter even more.
search  This is my favorite.  You can search terms, people and topics within the [...]

This week I talk about Podcamp Michigan.  I’ll post videos and links later today.  I had a great time and can’t wait until the next one.  I review the blog posts from last week and share a few thoughts on the posts coming up.

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It doesn’t matter if your candidate won or lost the United States election.  If you are a fan, supporter or evangelist of new or social media, you also won.  Those of us on the edge have been gathering case studies supporting new media for a while.  We realized that at 11PM (EST) on Nov. 4, [...]

New media photographer Podcast 21. This week I talk about my post about building the blog, Digital Railroad, and my first video blog. No New Media Photographer award this week, but we will have one next week.

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Welcome to my first video blog.  In this video I take about moment to talk about the business of and future of photography.

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Today Digital Railroad announced to it’s members that it has shut down.  I’ve used Digital Railroad for just under a year.  I’ve really enjoyed the service.  I didn’t take advantage of the stock service like I should have, but the hosting, sharing and delivery was very useful and part of my everyday workflow.
Rosh

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