MRK in the Guardian?
- Thread starter 42zx
- Start date
Caporegime
- Joined
- 20 Oct 2002
- Posts
- 75,908
- Location
- Wish i was in a Ramen Shop Counter
Yup, that's him! Well done!
Is he giving 5D MKIIIs to all of us to celebrate??
Soldato
- Joined
- 16 Nov 2010
- Posts
- 16,513
- Location
- Swimming in a lake
Yup, he was in the DM as well xD (with the full report I suspect Clown is referring to)
kd
kd
Okay so it all started a couple weeks ago when a press agency approached me asking about a picture they'd seen on 500px - That shot received editor's choice and within a day went from 200 odd views to over 2000. Within the week the popularity of the shot rocketed and every day my inbox fills with notifications in double digits - I had to create a dedicate label in Gmail just to manage it all :S
Anyway,they wanted to feature that picture and forward it to their clients who are magazines/newspapers and so on. I don't have much experience with press agencies or how they work so this was a new learning experience. Up until now I've only put stock stuff up on Getty which is quite different.
The first publication was a feature on Telegraph's picture of the day http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/10237163/Pictures-of-the-day-12-August-2013.html?frame=2641505 (number 11) and soon followed a larger article by The Daily Mail which featured more photos from the day but they got the text a bit wrong, missed out some amendments I'd sent which led to a couple of caving groups getting up in arms about disturbing the bat community down there (we are aware of them and did observe where we were exploring). I think it was mostly politics getting in the way, such communities don't seem to want the mine given public exposure because they think it will get closed down.
The political side of things died down after a couple of days
I don't know who else featured the pictures or wrote about the set further, I understand I'll be given a digest every month so should find out in due course.
There is some commission involved, I don't know how much exactly as it varies depending on press coverage but I was happy with the deal in place and I retain full copyright to all images.
They're looking forward to further European explores so I have to keep this all in mind now when I shoot stuff but I honestly don't know how I can match the expanse of what Box Mine had to offer that day unless I go to super exotic locations. I'll have to think of something and do more research.
I've also most recently been approached by a publisher in Bath about featuring the photos in a book - Looking forward to seeing where that leads.
Anyway,they wanted to feature that picture and forward it to their clients who are magazines/newspapers and so on. I don't have much experience with press agencies or how they work so this was a new learning experience. Up until now I've only put stock stuff up on Getty which is quite different.
The first publication was a feature on Telegraph's picture of the day http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/10237163/Pictures-of-the-day-12-August-2013.html?frame=2641505 (number 11) and soon followed a larger article by The Daily Mail which featured more photos from the day but they got the text a bit wrong, missed out some amendments I'd sent which led to a couple of caving groups getting up in arms about disturbing the bat community down there (we are aware of them and did observe where we were exploring). I think it was mostly politics getting in the way, such communities don't seem to want the mine given public exposure because they think it will get closed down.
The political side of things died down after a couple of days
I don't know who else featured the pictures or wrote about the set further, I understand I'll be given a digest every month so should find out in due course.
There is some commission involved, I don't know how much exactly as it varies depending on press coverage but I was happy with the deal in place and I retain full copyright to all images.
They're looking forward to further European explores so I have to keep this all in mind now when I shoot stuff but I honestly don't know how I can match the expanse of what Box Mine had to offer that day unless I go to super exotic locations. I'll have to think of something and do more research.
I've also most recently been approached by a publisher in Bath about featuring the photos in a book - Looking forward to seeing where that leads.
Last edited:
Note to self: smoke bomb & caves = wealth
Heh! Though, some of his wedding shots one could swear it is amongst Royal quality.
I don't know but I can see him somewhere along that line in the future. His recent wedding photos have a premium quality to it that looks costly.
Serious question though, what makes a good photographer, because all I see nowadays, whether on tv or the net, everyone seems to be a critic or know it all. Yet the best ones I see just get on with it and take a while to get their recognition. It's like most nowadays have to put it down.
I don't know, is it just me or is the impression with so many people nowadays everything is/has to be a judging contest? from watching Sky News this morning. Just one example. It's always got to be slated.
Wouldn't that be something, even if they covered your travelling expenses for stellar shots all the time.
Very nice!
Last edited:
Caporegime
- Joined
- 20 Oct 2002
- Posts
- 75,908
- Location
- Wish i was in a Ramen Shop Counter
Can opened, worms everywhere.
Good photographer or successful photographer?
You can be good but not successful, there are lots of those and they never get discovered, although it is easier to show your work these days when we have internet as opposed to prints only but to be successful (as a professional) having a business brain is vital but back to you question.....
My answer - style, voice, perspective.
The ability to stamp your own voice in the photo and make it say something that is you.
Forget the technical aspect, forget the science, forget the gear, that can only get you to be competent, it's the art that sets you apart. A good photographer is an artist. Make the photo say something. There are not many original ideas anymore, almost everything has been done but what is different is how you say it so say it from within, just follow your inner voice.
Last edited:
Thank you for the kind words!
I've seen/met the kind of people you're on about as well. Personally I don't think anyone can claim to know it all because there's always a new thing to learn and new experiences to archive away in mind. Beginners and Experts will always learn from each other because different ideas come from all minds. I mentioned this to a few clients and I think it surprised them (in a good way) - I told them that if I shoot their wedding then I will learn new things from it. It's a different environment than the last weddings I shot, the weather will be different, the people will be different and there will be challenges but the output quality will at least be consistent with what they've seen from the galleries I've already shown them already.
I found that clients like reality over fantasy. Many couples said they visited wedding fairs and went into photographer's offices and when they spoke to them the majority of them would mention how much better their images are than Photographer XYZ. These guys get too far ahead of themselves and end up only seeing the money side instead of looking to improve their output with each new shoot.
The moment you involve unnecessary politics into it is the moment you lose your way so I just like to get on with it my own way and later maybe share the results
You asked what makes a good photographer, it's a very broad question with an even broader answer of sorts (well, if at all
) but as Ray says, generally they are people who have a signature style that you can tell is their work from a glance, even as they're evolving their work. This is especially true for photographers who specialise in a specific field but a bit harder to tell for those that branch out and work in a mix of photographic disciplines.I chose Photography at University but little known to some is that I dropped out of it half way through and went my own way because I realised it's just all about politics and everyone seems to become a critic. You can't really teach someone any form of art, you can show them techniques on how to use the tools avialable but they must discover the art alone and establish their own style with time. Years of being told what and how to do something in a class setting doesn't exercise creative thinking. I found this impossible to do in a course because it left no room to explore and you'd stray away from curriculum if you did which resulted in lower marks.
This was many years ago of course so maybe things have changed I don't know!
I don't know if half of any of that made reasonable sense, it's close to home time and I have a shopping list of things in mind that need doing before the evening is up and a client to meet so please excuse any errors
Soldato
- Joined
- 16 Nov 2010
- Posts
- 16,513
- Location
- Swimming in a lake
I thoughts yours was great HDRs of London landmarks at night to be honest
I'm starting to find mine with people stuff, but only because I have a certain preference as to feel. My skin tones are always slightly desat'd but not to the point that the image becomes washed out.
kd