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Stock and Assignment Photo Price Guide
When someone wants to use one of your photos, you don’t need a number pulled out of a hat, you need help to get paid fairly for your work. You need fotoQuote®, the industry standard stock and assignment photo price guide. The fotoQuote photo pricing guide...
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Negotiation Tips for Freelance Photographers
by Cradoc Bagshaw In another tip, I mentioned that the photographer's consultant Mary Virginia Swanson said the photographers she knew who were doing the best right now were the ones who had negotiated the best deals in the past, deals that had the clients...
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Frequently Asked Questions About fotoQuote
fotoQuote has been around for a long time, so we've had a lot of questions over the years. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about fotoQuote. What are your prices based on? Unlike other sources of stock photo prices based on solely on...
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Photo Keywording Tips and Hints
Photo Keywording Tips - The job of keywording your images can be a daunting task. With the proper help, like the fotoKeyword Harvester™, and this exhaustive list of photo Keywording Tips, your keywording nightmares are over. The primary goal in keywording...
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Keywording – Choosing the best keywording tool
Do you need keyword generator software? Cradoc started writing photography software over 25 years ago. When he started, one of the biggest problems photographers were experiencing was that their images were not getting to market because they had such a...
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Work Smarter Not Harder – Pricing Your Work
by Cradoc Bagshaw If you are closing the majority of the estimates you submit, perhaps you are not charging enough and are leaving money on the table. A good gauge to determine if you are charging enough is if 20-40% of the estimates you submit don't get...
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The Importance of Image Copyright Protection
Image Copyright Protection With a busy schedule, the last thing you may have time for is registering your images with the copyright office. But image copyright protection is something you might want to put at the top of your to-do list. Copyright...
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The Importance of Tracking Image Licenses
Tracking Image Licenses by Cradoc Bagshaw In the middle of the last recession, I asked my friend, photography consultant Mary Virginia Swanson, how her clients were doing in the depressed economy. She shared there’s a group of photographers who typically...
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Get Images Seen Online – The Importance of Photo Keywording
By Cradoc Bagshaw Recently I talked with photographer Ron Watts about his stock shooting and his image keywording problems. Ron and I have known each other since the 1980's. We met in Los Angeles at the Westlight photo agency, while we were both in town on...
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Assignment Photography Price Guide
The fotoQuote® assignment photography price guide section is rich with information about business practices, assignment pricing, creative fees, pricing strategies, and negotiation tips from nationally successful photographers. You’ll find help and tips for...
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