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POPSPhotography Class: Aperture / DOF etc "We talk about focus, depth of field and sharpness, as well as how lenses work, what focal lengths mean and how they put light on the sensor. We also look at the camera itself, how it works, what all the options mean and how they affect your photos."
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POPSBEWARE the Scammers, let alone the Spammers! Oh boy... do you get hooked on the Try the 7 Secret Amazing Formulas to ...? Read this for an eye opener! Some people are sure making bucks and I guess they should be congratulated as long as they are not taking people for a ride!
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POPSThe Website Bandwagon... are you on it? Very hekpful guidelines here for those of us starting up websites. I did one for 10 years and have since passed it on to s.o. else. Now I have the bug again in a different field: photography and marketing my photos. www.photocards4all.com (plug, plug...)
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POPSthe A4, A3, A", A! cms / inches minefield! Good old WIKI, they have explained it all with helpful images. This chart will help you if you (like me, budding photographer and framer / canvas printer) are needing to know different sizes of paper
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POPScanvas prints - impressive medium I have started to print my images on canvas and they are coming out very nicely, at 40 x 30 cms. If you try this, make sure you leave an extra few cms at the edge of your image, to allow for the 'gallery wrap' feature (the photo continues round the side of the 'frame'. check out prices and service from different companies doing photo canvas
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POPSstartupnation - great resource for entrepreneurs 20 Internet Marketing Trends for 2009 great stuff here. I can't believe how my life has changed round from teaching (10 years) and preaching (13 years) to entrepreneur in just a year! it's a thrilling transfer, but I am expected to continue in some church ministry role... I'm looking for a post now. Sorry to bore you with my personal life story!
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POPSFinding your Niche (Photographers etc) Niche + Style = Photographic Career Finding your niche may take some time. . . but spend that time; it’s not wasted. After all, with every photo you take (or painting you make, if you’re a painter) you’ll learn something about your craft.
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POPSphotos on canvas - sizes and prices I have had real difficulties tryiong to get my head round all the different dimensions (incles / cms / resolution / pixels / dpi etc9 This page helps with one issue at least: the inches / cms size for prices. Quite reasonable prices. If oyu find a cheaper source, please clipmark it!
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POPSI LOVE OPEN SOURCE!!! Why spend hundreds of pounds or thousands of bucks on expensive software that bech - happy people have developed, when there's a similar product for FREE and a happy community to help you. I love OPEN SOURCE and here's some goodies for photographers.
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POPSsetting up e-commerce website this looks very smooth, good value (I've seen others at twice the price with less features...9 and fast! if you have a serious proposition for web commerce, then this looks v. interesting. My wife and family wouldn't let me near it... ;.( I'm going amateur with a friend + JOOMLA !!! check it out soon and tell us if it's been worth it . www.framedphotos4all.com (shd be up by 11th december 2008
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POPSAny photographers out there? Here's some tough talk... but I'm all excited cos I made my first real sell in the UK yesterday, amongst friends after church I admit, ( I did give 10% to http://www.traidcraftshop.co.uk ! I thought I might sell 2, max 3 framed photos, but sold 5 in the end, making about 150 UK pounds (that's over 200 bucks for you US folks)! WOW... Now I have a few orders to fulfil and hope to broaden the clientele. You can get an idea of my work here (beta website, nearly up and running www.framedphotos4all.com it is OK to promote our stuff here, no? ;-)
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POPSpreparing to set up new website? "If your website ‘promotion’ is poor, then very few people will visit your website. If your website is not ‘persuasive’ then very few people will be persuaded to take action." Sound advice, no? There is SO MUCH COMPETITION out there, you need to be ORIGINAL too and creative, I say!
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POPSSound marketing advice If you've been bouncing around the Internet and, like me, you're tired of bombastic, crappy (yes, crappy) information, your search will end here... some claim!!! I'm giving it a go ;-)
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POPSGet real about setting up in business Well, I'm tip-toeing into part time photography, offering my services to friends and neighbours... I have lots of good photos and some nicely framed. Saw a Dentist today who wants 3 on canvas and 3 at his practice for the public to see and these are all contacts that I hope will grow... www.photocards4all.vpweb.co.uk
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POPSFree? UK? Yes, and real advice by the looks of it Here's the real deal.. We are here to help people like you get started and succeed it’s all about helping the local economy. 81% of businesses that seek our advice survive beyond 3 years, this compares to the national average of 66%.
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POPSUK budding entrepreneurs... Get a free workshop - seems wise advice! So many promise Get Rich Quick formulas, I think it's best to get serious advice first!
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POPSAre you thinking of setting up your own business? I am... after 10 years' teaching and 12 years' preaching! (Not that I shall never do those things again, but I am embarking on a photography service that is enthralling me. This seems v.g. intro to setting up a business. http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/getready/SERV_SBPLANNER_ISENTFORU.html
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POPSphotography books anyone read any of these and can recommend one? You can see what photos I have already taken here mostly for pleasure, not professional! http://picasaweb.google.com/tony.somervell
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POPShard sell market... or one big con? I am trying to set up a mini photography business and doing some research. There are so many "GRQ" (Get Rich Quick) sales guys out there with their MIRACLE methods! Anyone got any pearls of wisdom? (apart from the obvious: "Get on with it and get out and go for it!"