How to Sell Photos for Calendars

Whether you are a nature photographer or prefer to obtain your shots at the Daytona 500, your work may be a good candidate to appear in a calendar, especially if you have multiple (say, around 12) top-quality photographs in a particular category or niche. But there are a few steps between visualizing your work in a calendar and actually getting it there. Below are a few angles you may want to consider before preparing your work for the publishers.

Instructions

Instructions

1

Select one or more publishing markets. Calendars are often based around a theme, like roses or BMWs. If you are a niche photographer and have a group of photographs with puppies as the subject, for example, prepare about 12 images around each theme. A strong, relevant portfolio will increase your chances of being considered.

2

Prepare your images according to submission guidelines. Call or check the company website for guidelines. Some companies may require images in specific formats, like JPEG, or that they be sent in a certain size or resolution. Additionally, make sure that you are submitting in the proper medium; the guidelines may specify a preference for CD or slide submissions.

3

Consider placing your images on a photographer's website, like iStockphoto. Many calendar companies obtain their images from stock photography websites, since this method reduces production costs. Signing up with such a site enables you to create a professional online portfolio.

4

Scout out publishers. With your online portfolio set up, don't wait for publishers to find you. Send out query letters that include the URL where your work can be viewed. To inspire interest, include several prints of your best shots. An article on the website Proof Positive urges photographers to create a DVD slide show of their best shots and to send it to potential clients along with a business card.

5

Be patient, but follow up after sending out your work. A publisher may not be currently printing calendars, but a follow-up call or email is your chance to ask questions and find out whether your work is of potential use to the publisher, whether he is looking for specific types of shots for upcoming calendars and so on.

6

Keep track of your submissions, and include information like the publisher's name, what photos you submitted, when they were submitted and the result of the follow-up. Tracking submissions can help you prevent duplicate submissions and stay organized. Photograph widely and submit often.

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Whether you are a nature photographer or prefer to obtain your shots at the Daytona 500, your work may be a good candidate to appear in a calendar, especially if you have multiple (say, around 12) top-quality photographs in a particular category or niche. But there are a few steps between visualizing your work in a calendar and actually getting it there. Below are a few angles you may want to consider before preparing your work for the publishers.

Instructions

Instructions

1

Select one or more publishing markets. Calendars are often based around a theme, like roses or BMWs. If you are a niche photographer and have a group of photographs with puppies as the subject, for example, prepare about 12 images around each theme. A strong, relevant portfolio will increase your chances of being considered.

2

Prepare your images according to submission guidelines. Call or check the company website for guidelines. Some companies may require images in specific formats, like JPEG, or that they be sent in a certain size or resolution.

Enhance your photography skill,The Top Secret Photography Techniques

. Additionally, make sure that you are submitting in the proper medium; the guidelines may specify a preference for CD or slide submissions.
3

Consider placing your images on a photographer's website, like iStockphoto. Many calendar companies obtain their images from stock photography websites, since this method reduces production costs. Signing up with such a site enables you to create a professional online portfolio.

4

Scout out publishers. With your online portfolio set up, don't wait for publishers to find you. Send out query letters that include the URL where your work can be viewed. To inspire interest, include several prints of your best shots. An article on the website Proof Positive urges photographers to create a DVD slide show of their best shots and to send it to potential clients along with a business card.

5

Be patient, but follow up after sending out your work. A publisher may not be currently printing calendars, but a follow-up call or email is your chance to ask questions and find out whether your work is of potential use to the publisher, whether he is looking for specific types of shots for upcoming calendars and so on.

6

Keep track of your submissions, and include information like the publisher's name, what photos you submitted, when they were submitted and the result of the follow-up. Tracking submissions can help you prevent duplicate submissions and stay organized. Photograph widely and submit often.

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Photographers' lives may seem glamorous, and sometimes they are. But just like with any job, those who choose to be photographers can have some tedium thrown in as well. Still, since most photographers get to use their creativity in everyday work and since their work changes from day to day, the life can be exhilarating.

History

When the American Civil War began in 1860, photographers who were in a news profession and had been restricted largely to the studio, took their cumbersome equipment, glass plate negatives, chemicals, tents and assistants on the road. Matthew Brady became the most famous of the bunch and created many classic images of the horrors of the war, but he was not the only photographer traveling with the armies of the times. These early photo pioneers basically created the pattern others would follow with on-the-move photography. Their model would remain for many years to come.

Function

Today, photographers can travel much lighter and most do. Usually, the first thing in the morning, the photographer will check her equipment, cleaning some components, such as lenses, camera mirrors and tripods. Next, the photographer will check the media on which she will record the day's work. In the case of film, a variety of types of film suited for different uses, such as indoor work, outdoor work, portraits, landscapes and architecture, will be chosen, usually in large quantity. Since this is stored in a freezer to preserve color balance, it must be removed from the cold and allowed to warm for a time. For digital photography, the photographer checks out all the memory disks. These routinely will be reformatted to everything from them.

Types

The average photographer will travel with one large camera bag. This will contain two camera bodies, a wide-angle and a telephoto lens, as well as a couple of zoom lenses. There may be a lens extender and lens shades as well. The bag also will hold a notebook, pens and pencils, extra batteries, memory cards, electronic flash units, lens-cleaning tissue and a small tool kit for on-the-fly camera or lens repairs.

Time Frame

Most photographer set their own schedules if they are independent. If they work for a company they will be given assignments. News photographers have a little of both. For a typical newspaper photographer, he will have some set assignments for the day, such as a Chamber of Commerce breakfast, a third-grade field trip to a museum or a meet-the-candidates night event, as well as be "assigned" to look for "enterprise" photos. These are photos photographers look for in the everyday life around them. They could be anything from a child on a swing, to a barn raising, to a horse and buggy on the street.

Considerations

For newspaper photographers, each day is different. Along with assigned and enterprise photos, there also are breaking news photos sometimes. If a car accident occurs, for example, photographers generally rush to the scene either on their own or after a call from an editor or reporter. Newspaper and other photographers also must find time in their days to upload the photos to computers or develop the film. News photographers often will stop at the newsroom during a lull and upload the photos then. If they have time, they will format the photos, adjust the colors, size them and add caption information. For an independent photographer, this can be done at set times, usually at the end of the work day.

Potential

News photographers must produce the photos for the newspaper, but that doesn't necessarily mean make prints. In many fast-paced newsrooms, editors simply will look on photos on the computer screen and pick those they want. This way, if the photographer shot 30 photos and the editor only wants three, time can be saved. The editor will import the photos electronically into the as yet unprinted newspaper page without ever seeing a print.

Benefits

Wedding and studio photographers, as well as those in other fields, may need to make sample prints and most often proofs, sheets with small versions of the photos, for their clients. This can mean time in a darkroom if working with film or time with the computer and a proofing printer. An additional chore for independent photographers is getting business. This can mean creating advertisements for newspapers, magazines or television, and building a business website with representational photos displayed.

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Photographers' lives may seem glamorous, and sometimes they are. But just like with any job, those who choose to be photographers can have some tedium thrown in as well. Still, since most photographers get to use their creativity in everyday work and since their work changes from day to day, the life can be exhilarating.

History

When the American Civil War began in 1860, photographers who were in a news profession and had been restricted largely to the studio, took their cumbersome equipment, glass plate negatives, chemicals, tents and assistants on the road. Matthew Brady became the most famous of the bunch and created many classic images of the horrors of the war, but he was not the only photographer traveling with the armies of the times. These early photo pioneers basically created the pattern others would follow with on-the-move photography. Their model would remain for many years to come.

Function

Today, photographers can travel much lighter and most do. Usually, the first thing in the morning, the photographer will check her equipment, cleaning some components, such as lenses, camera mirrors and tripods. Next, the photographer will check the media on which she will record the day's work. In the case of film, a variety of types of film suited for different uses, such as indoor work, outdoor work, portraits, landscapes and architecture, will be chosen, usually in large quantity.

Enhance your photography skill,The Top Secret Photography Techniques

. Since this is stored in a freezer to preserve color balance, it must be removed from the cold and allowed to warm for a time. For digital photography, the photographer checks out all the memory disks. These routinely will be reformatted to everything from them.

Types

The average photographer will travel with one large camera bag. This will contain two camera bodies, a wide-angle and a telephoto lens, as well as a couple of zoom lenses. There may be a lens extender and lens shades as well. The bag also will hold a notebook, pens and pencils, extra batteries, memory cards, electronic flash units, lens-cleaning tissue and a small tool kit for on-the-fly camera or lens repairs.

Time Frame

Most photographer set their own schedules if they are independent. If they work for a company they will be given assignments. News photographers have a little of both. For a typical newspaper photographer, he will have some set assignments for the day, such as a Chamber of Commerce breakfast, a third-grade field trip to a museum or a meet-the-candidates night event, as well as be "assigned" to look for "enterprise" photos. These are photos photographers look for in the everyday life around them. They could be anything from a child on a swing, to a barn raising, to a horse and buggy on the street.

Considerations

For newspaper photographers, each day is different. Along with assigned and enterprise photos, there also are breaking news photos sometimes. If a car accident occurs, for example, photographers generally rush to the scene either on their own or after a call from an editor or reporter. Newspaper and other photographers also must find time in their days to upload the photos to computers or develop the film. News photographers often will stop at the newsroom during a lull and upload the photos then. If they have time, they will format the photos, adjust the colors, size them and add caption information. For an independent photographer, this can be done at set times, usually at the end of the work day.

Potential

News photographers must produce the photos for the newspaper, but that doesn't necessarily mean make prints. In many fast-paced newsrooms, editors simply will look on photos on the computer screen and pick those they want. This way, if the photographer shot 30 photos and the editor only wants three, time can be saved. The editor will import the photos electronically into the as yet unprinted newspaper page without ever seeing a print.

Benefits

Wedding and studio photographers, as well as those in other fields, may need to make sample prints and most often proofs, sheets with small versions of the photos, for their clients. This can mean time in a darkroom if working with film or time with the computer and a proofing printer. An additional chore for independent photographers is getting business. This can mean creating advertisements for newspapers, magazines or television, and building a business website with representational photos displayed.

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Stop motion photography allows you to capture a length of time and then speed it up into a movie. Subtle changes and trends that may be barely visible to the naked eye become dramatic and visible. Flowers and plants are great subjects for time-lapse stop motion photography due to their beauty and their delicate movements and growth. You can document a flower's entire lifespan, from sprouting to growing, blooming and dying, and show it in a beautiful movie that only lasts 30 seconds.

Instructions

1

Decide the length of time you want to capture on film. Documenting a growing flower could span several weeks, while a flower blowing in the wind could span a few hours or minutes.

2

Determine how long you want your film to last. Your film can be short--say, 20 seconds--or several minutes long. Longer movies usually require more pictures.

3

Calculate how many pictures you want to take. Most finished films have 20-30 frames per second. The more pictures per second, the smoother your film will appear, and the fewer pictures per second, the choppier it will appear. A 30-second film at 26 frames per second would require 780 pictures.

4

Divide the total time span you wish to capture of the flowers in seconds by the total amount of frames you need to take. This will give you the interval between pictures in seconds.

5

Set up your flowers and the area to be filmed, being conscious of the lighting and how it will affect the overall film.

6

Change your camera's settings to a manual exposure and white balance, and use a longer exposure for a smoother movie and a shorter exposure for a choppier effect.

7

Set the timer to the appropriate interval that you calculated earlier and begin shooting flowers until you've reached the desired number of frames.

8

Upload the photos to your computer and make any needed edits before you use animation software to string them together into a time-lapse stop motion film.

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Stop motion photography allows you to capture a length of time and then speed it up into a movie. Subtle changes and trends that may be barely visible to the naked eye become dramatic and visible. Flowers and plants are great subjects for time-lapse stop motion photography due to their beauty and their delicate movements and growth. You can document a flower's entire lifespan, from sprouting to growing, blooming and dying, and show it in a beautiful movie that only lasts 30 seconds.

Instructions

1

Decide the length of time you want to capture on film. Documenting a growing flower could span several weeks, while a flower blowing in the wind could span a few hours or minutes.

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Determine how long you want your film to last. Your film can be short--say, 20 seconds--or several minutes long. Longer movies usually require more pictures.

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Calculate how many pictures you want to take. Most finished films have 20-30 frames per second. The more pictures per second, the smoother your film will appear, and the fewer pictures per second, the choppier it will appear. A 30-second film at 26 frames per second would require 780 pictures.

4

Divide the total time span you wish to capture of the flowers in seconds by the total amount of frames you need to take. This will give you the interval between pictures in seconds.

5

Set up your flowers and the area to be filmed, being conscious of the lighting and how it will affect the overall film.

6

Change your camera's settings to a manual exposure and white balance, and use a longer exposure for a smoother movie and a shorter exposure for a choppier effect.

7

Set the timer to the appropriate interval that you calculated earlier and begin shooting flowers until you've reached the desired number of frames.

8

Upload the photos to your computer and make any needed edits before you use animation software to string them together into a time-lapse stop motion film.

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You have survived the holidays. You have opened your presents, eaten too much and have snapped dozens of photos of the family. Sure, you could share the images on the Internet, but Grandma and Grandpa probably would like to have some pictures for their refrigerator or scrapbook, and not everyone has the time or patience to flip through every picture you publish online. Besides, there is something wonderful about having photo prints that the whole family can share. So be your own editor, pick some of the good pictures and learn how to print them like a pro.

Instructions

1




Prepare the images for printing. Use a photo-editing program like iPhoto, GIMP or Photoshop to crop the images. Adjust the color of the image, if required, and use a red-eye removal tool if any of the subjects of the picture have red eye. Look at the overall saturation of the image and adjust the contrast and brightness of the image so it looks perfect on the screen.

2




Choose the right paper. Just because it looks perfect on the screen doesn't mean it will look perfect when printed. Keep in mind that the computer screen is a device-dependent RGB color device. Every computer screen is different but they are all based on the additive RGB color model. Printers are all based on the subtractive CMYK color model. RGB starts with black, then adds color (red, blue, green) to create the image.

Our eyes are RGB devices. When we see a red apple, we see light reflected from the apple. In print, we see the light reflected from the base through the transparent inks.

CMYK starts with white and then subtracts color (cyan, magenta and yellow) to create the image. This makes the choice of paper critical to the image, since it will determine the brightness of the white and therefore affect the whole tonal range.

Photo printing papers are sold with different brightness numbers; the higher the number, the brighter the white. The finish of the paper also affects the tonal range. Experiment with both glossy and matte stocks on different images to get a feel for how they look.

3




Learn how to print on an ink jet printer. All ink jet printers use ink and have different methods for distributing the ink. The ink jet printer you have on your computer, in most cases, is sufficient for color photo printing with the right paper.

Another choice would be ink jet photo printers. These printers typically are piezoelectric as opposed to thermal and they produce higher quality. They are also more expensive. Many ink jet printers have a black and a color ink cartridge. The color ink cartridge contains YMC colors together. Higher-quality photo printers may have multiple yellow, magenta and cyan cartridges and use drop-on-demand technology to allow for greater saturation of colors and a larger color gamut.

If you have an ink jet printer, try printing an image on standard paper to give you an idea of the color gamut. Make sure you buy ink jet paper for your ink jet printer.

4




Learn how to print on a color laser printer. Laser color printers use dry ink, or toner, to create the image. These printers use a different type of paper than ink jet printers and use xerographic technology to bond the toner to the paper. The print comes out dry and cannot smear like an ink jet print.

This basic technology is the foundation of high-quality digital printing today and machines vary in price from $300 to millions of dollars for industrial machines. Color laser printers can achieve a large color gamut and the cost per copy can be inexpensive, depending on how much you use it.

5




Use a professional service. If you don't have a color printer and don't want to buy one, consider having your photos printed using a professional service. Most photo sites like Flickr, Kodak Gallery and Nikon offer inexpensive print services.

In many cases, the quality of such a service is adequate, but not truly "professional" quality. If you want to make just a few wallet prints for the family, this service would be fine. But if you want to make a 16-by-20-inch enlargement for framing, a better option would be to use a professional photo finisher. There are many to choose from, including top service McKenna Labs.

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Do a test print. Regardless of how you decide to print your images, do a test print first on regular paper and analyze it for color balance. Is the print too blue or too green? Try attaching a color profile or adjusting the white balance in your photo-editing program and do another test print.

Adjust the curves, if necessary, and print another test print. Once you feel the color balance is good on regular paper, make a test print on photo paper. If the quality is good, then save your curve settings and color settings as a profile and make this color profile the default for your printer. Apply this profile when you use it with the specific paper stock that you tested.

You may have to create multiple profiles for glossy and matte finishes. Professionals will use color calibration tools for their monitors and color spectrophotometers to read the color information from the print. These are not tools that amateurs can afford.

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You have survived the holidays. You have opened your presents, eaten too much and have snapped dozens of photos of the family. Sure, you could share the images on the Internet, but Grandma and Grandpa probably would like to have some pictures for their refrigerator or scrapbook, and not everyone has the time or patience to flip through every picture you publish online. Besides, there is something wonderful about having photo prints that the whole family can share. So be your own editor, pick some of the good pictures and learn how to print them like a pro.

Instructions

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Prepare the images for printing. Use a photo-editing program like iPhoto, GIMP or Photoshop to crop the images. Adjust the color of the image, if required, and use a red-eye removal tool if any of the subjects of the picture have red eye. Look at the overall saturation of the image and adjust the contrast and brightness of the image so it looks perfect on the screen.

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Choose the right paper. Just because it looks perfect on the screen doesn't mean it will look perfect when printed. Keep in mind that the computer screen is a device-dependent RGB color device. Every computer screen is different but they are all based on the additive RGB color model. Printers are all based on the subtractive CMYK color model. RGB starts with black, then adds color (red, blue, green) to create the image.

Our eyes are RGB devices. When we see a red apple, we see light reflected from the apple. In print, we see the light reflected from the base through the transparent inks.

CMYK starts with white and then subtracts color (cyan, magenta and yellow) to create the image. This makes the choice of paper critical to the image, since it will determine the brightness of the white and therefore affect the whole tonal range.

Photo printing papers are sold with different brightness numbers; the higher the number, the brighter the white. The finish of the paper also affects the tonal range. Experiment with both glossy and matte stocks on different images to get a feel for how they look.

3




Learn how to print on an ink jet printer. All ink jet printers use ink and have different methods for distributing the ink. The ink jet printer you have on your computer, in most cases, is sufficient for color photo printing with the right paper.

Another choice would be ink jet photo printers.

Enhance your photography skill,The Top Secret Photography Techniques

. These printers typically are piezoelectric as opposed to thermal and they produce higher quality. They are also more expensive. Many ink jet printers have a black and a color ink cartridge. The color ink cartridge contains YMC colors together. Higher-quality photo printers may have multiple yellow, magenta and cyan cartridges and use drop-on-demand technology to allow for greater saturation of colors and a larger color gamut.

If you have an ink jet printer, try printing an image on standard paper to give you an idea of the color gamut. Make sure you buy ink jet paper for your ink jet printer.

4




Learn how to print on a color laser printer. Laser color printers use dry ink, or toner, to create the image. These printers use a different type of paper than ink jet printers and use xerographic technology to bond the toner to the paper. The print comes out dry and cannot smear like an ink jet print.

This basic technology is the foundation of high-quality digital printing today and machines vary in price from $300 to millions of dollars for industrial machines. Color laser printers can achieve a large color gamut and the cost per copy can be inexpensive, depending on how much you use it.

5




Use a professional service. If you don't have a color printer and don't want to buy one, consider having your photos printed using a professional service. Most photo sites like Flickr, Kodak Gallery and Nikon offer inexpensive print services.

In many cases, the quality of such a service is adequate, but not truly "professional" quality. If you want to make just a few wallet prints for the family, this service would be fine. But if you want to make a 16-by-20-inch enlargement for framing, a better option would be to use a professional photo finisher. There are many to choose from, including top service McKenna Labs.

6




Do a test print. Regardless of how you decide to print your images, do a test print first on regular paper and analyze it for color balance. Is the print too blue or too green? Try attaching a color profile or adjusting the white balance in your photo-editing program and do another test print.

Adjust the curves, if necessary, and print another test print. Once you feel the color balance is good on regular paper, make a test print on photo paper. If the quality is good, then save your curve settings and color settings as a profile and make this color profile the default for your printer. Apply this profile when you use it with the specific paper stock that you tested.

You may have to create multiple profiles for glossy and matte finishes. Professionals will use color calibration tools for their monitors and color spectrophotometers to read the color information from the print. These are not tools that amateurs can afford.

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