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How to take your photography carrier to the next level - part 1

Helicopter with base jumpers in Voss Norway

Through out the years I have seen many aspiring photographers come and then vanish into the out of focus depth surrounded by fog of average. How come and what can you do to escape the faith of becoming a shadow and enter the path of fortune as a photographer. ....Lets read more

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Why pricing photographs is impossible and why sentimentality it is killing the speciality of photography as art

Large bulder in Joshua Tree national park

I once heard a story about a shipment of chairs and tables that a company in Copenhagen Denmark ordered from China. It was a shipment of 100 chairs and 100 tables for a conference hall. After deciding on the delivery from a manufacturer in china and asking for the bill, the company got rather puzzled when they saw the final bill. No where on the invoice where there a mention of chairs nor the tables. For custom this was unacceptable so the importer contacted the chinese manufacturer in order to get a new invoice. While at it they asked why on earth they had left the goods out on the bill. The chinese manufacturer had a clear and understandable answer. The price for the chairs and tables was so low, that in the context of the total bill of packing, transportation and shipment costs it did not matter. It was nickel and dimes compared to other costs. It was not the main ingredient in cost calculation, so they did not see the point in listing them.
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If you think you loose money by delivering digital files your photography business is mummified.

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I want to go Home

Smoke from Eyjafjallajokull volcano at sunset

In June 2008 I was driving through Louisiana in the expedition truck Benzi feeling very low and lonely because my wife and daughter sat on the flight home to Iceland and I was left in ....Lets read more

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