It depends where you’re opening it. ‘Frame Shots’ sounds a bit Asian (not really in a good way), probably because you made it plural, and it doesn’t quite suit it or sound right.

I suggest that you simply use ‘Frame Shot’ without the ’s’ to make it sharper. Other than that, it’s a pretty creative and relevant name.

Next step… thinking up of a slogan and designing the shop logo.

What is the best computer software for digital photography? Like Portrait studios use? Like Sear’s, Picture Me! Anyone Know? I already have Picasa. Iv heard of photoshop, but is it what im looking for?

Im looking to make enhancements like vignettes, sepia, black and white, mainly vignettes.

For photo enhancements and studio use, my vote for "best" goes to Lightroom. For photo manipulation it’s photoshop.

What different types of jobs are out there for photographers?

The list above is a good guide with added items from others. How you can make career from it it is tricky part.

You can take your camera move around and take pictures then send to various agents, magazine, newspapers or even websites, work as a freelancer.

You can build your own studio to take fashion, children, portrait or commercial shots

You can get hired by advertising firm, in magazine and just do the job firm needed.

You can steal moments of journalism and send them to various newspapers or selected one, or to some journalist you already know and get your pictures listed through that journalist friend. A start to get noticed.

Today, a freelance photographer can work almost like full time to make a good earning through various websites as well. Get your works listed, keep sale your pictures, let the money roll in.

If you happen to discover good techniques, you can work out to write a book as well, or perhaps an ebook.

You see there is a big career out there, depends on you what is your nature and how active you would be and how much can you understand the field you are into.

You can even start by joining one of so many web designing houses and/or small advertising firms, do shots for them on contract bases and move on with time.

Hi everybody, I really need help. Does anyone know what are the minimum equipments needed to start a small digital photography studio? What I have in mind is to print my photos and sell them. Also, photoshooting people in my studio and developing them. What kind of printers, inks, and papers do I need? All of these are in my mind. Plz if someone has experience, feel free to answer me here or send me an e mail at: venus_inblack@yahoo.com
I’m a freelance photograher for nearly 5 years. What I know is just photoshooting. I have no idea about how to make my own business. Thanx a lot Bye

What Nihilistic said but I’ll go into a bit more detail. For the studio, you need a range of backdrops ranging from black to white and in between. The backdrops should not only touch the ground be have a good meter or two laid out on the ground for a seemless transition from the ground to the background.

The basic lighting kit (and this IS only basic) would consist of two strobes, two reflective umbrellas, one or two softboxes, a snoot (the fitting that turns the stobe into a spotlight, two strobe stands (obviously) and some reflectors.

Now – if you are setting up a studio, I suggest you purchase a very good camera, not just a "this will be ok for the job" camera. You don’t need to go terribly expensive but still prepare to spend some money. The Nikon D200 is excellent yet isnt the most expensive camera around. If you can’t afford that camera, then the D80 is a little cheaper. If you want to go Canon (lenses cost more) then try the Canon 400D unless price isnt an issue, then go with the 30D. The two top cameras would be the Nikon D2X and the Canon EOS 1Ds mark II. I prefer Nikon personally.

For lenses, I suggest spending some money on this area. You dont need to get Nikon or Canon specifically. Tamron has proven to be a very good lens. If you are doing studio portraits, be sure to have about 30ft of space to work with in your studio. And for the perfect portrait lens, you would be looking at the Tamron 90mm macro. That has got to be my favourite lens. It is very very sharp because it is a prime lens (fixed at 90mm focal length).

Get a decent computer with at least 1GB ram and if you go for a laptop, get an lcd monitor to go with it because laptops dont have adjustable screens built in. The reason for an external monitor is to adjust the colour to make it as accurate to the final print as possible. Adobe Photoshop CS2 is the software to be using. And while we are on computers, shoot everything in RAW (NEF for Nikons) format. That will give you the greatest control over your final results. A Nikon D200 for example, will produce NEFs with 14 stops of dynamic range which is huge. JPGs only give about 8 – 10 stops.

For printing, dont print your own. Have a professional photolab print your photos. There is no printer on the consumer market that can print a real photograph. And those thermal dye sublime whatever they’re called printers, they aren’t real photos.

Well I hope this helps. Visit my website and feel free to drop me an email if you would like more information.

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i need to know coz im planning to have a photo studio but before that,i know i need to have a formal study about photography and digital printing

Com’on… are you serious? I understand your livin’ in he-he-he

I’m nearly 15 years old and i absolutely adore photography. I have my own dslr camera and i know about apeture, iso, shutter speed etc. and I am learning how to use programs like photoshop for editing photos. How do i get started? What can I donow in my life to help me start a photography career further on?
Thankyou for any help

I’d recomend trying to find which areas of photography really appeal to you.
Fashion, Journalism, Portraiture etc.
As soon as you find your niche, you can specialise and become really talented and hone your skills in on that area.

The sooner you discover which are you’re specifically "into", the sooner you can tailor a portfolio to show my specific talents.

Look online (ebay or an online store) for a portfolio, and fill it with 14 of your best photos. Then think what is your strength. Then work on making better photos and replacing ones that aren’t as good.
Try to look at your photos as if you didn’t take them, and try to see what could make the pictures better. Perhaps ask the opinion of someone you trust. Or sign up to online photgraphy forums like http://www.ephotozine.com/
Their free and you can get great feedback and ideas, and these webpages also often have competitions you can enter to win equipment. (and they love to have younger photographers win so don’t be affraid to make it known you’re a young budding photographer, everyone will give you helpful pointers too)

You’re also lucky to be starting right at the beginning of the digital photography revolution. Experimenting with your camera is (asides from the cost to recharge your battery) complety free to experiment with.
I recomend you perhaps try out some of the newer techniques that digital photography has made possible. Like HDR photography (http://www.hdrsoft.com/ for a trial of the software that makes it possible), or using photoshop to compose multiple images into one (like combining a day shot, with a night shot).

But the best advice is… Find your specific talent and passion and focus and practice on it. You’re pretty young though and at a point where you have plenty of time to feel around and discover what area of photography it is you love. Best to start from a solid foundation of knowing what it is you like. So try some of everything. Animal portraits, sport, night time photography, landscapes, architecture, fashion etc. Then work on your portfolio. And by the time you get ready to go to college, you should have some kick ass work to show off and perhaps will be able to land a scholarship (since you’ll be far ahead of the competition).
Joey Lawrence is only 18 and he already landed a photoshoot to produce the Twilight movie posters.

Oh and pratice and read up on photography and check online forums and youtube videos as often as you can. If photography is your passion, then it’s a responsibility to yourself and the world to become awesome at it.

=] Good luck. And if you get stuck or need some critique, feel free to send me a message.

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Im thinking of majoring in digital photography and once I have my degree becoming a studio photographer. Is that a pretty high demand job? I mean im looking at doing photography for movie sets or models or something a long that nature. Any info on this?

There are so many people in the photography biz; far more than the demand. I might suggest that you focus on a niche like "product photography" which is more difficult to master and the pay is good. Products are difficult to photograph well because they come in such a wide variety of surfaces (reflective ones like glass, porcelain, and metal can be very challenging!) There’s also the creative aspect to it when you must group a line of products together in an appealing way.

I’m a senior in High School and I’m following a career in photography or photojournalism. unfortunately there is no way I can take the photography class I’ve been trying for the last 2 years to get into (conflicts with schedule) so i wanted to know any other ways I can gain photography experience and possible make a portfolio.
Thank you.

I had a similar experience in high school. To get experience and exposure I first started shooting for my school paper. I took my best shots down to the local newspaper, and showed them to the Photo Editor, who was impressed and had me do small gigs for them when I had time.

In today’s world I would not suggest a film SLR. When I was doing that stuff in high school, film was the standard, not anymore. *Every* photo (nearly) in the newspaper now days is shot digitally. Film will just slow you down if you want to shoot semi-professionally. Many newspapers are dumping all of their darkroom equipment. With film, you have to physically deliver the rolls, negatives, or prints. Digital files can be instantly sent via email, already "developed". Journalistic photography is all about speed. How fast the image can get from the camera into the layout room. In a newspaper or web setting there is absolutely zero benefit to film. Remember, most of your images are going to be around 4×5inches at the most. Basic small JPEGS are fine (unless you’re aggressively cropping, and even then they are usually acceptable.)

I would get a Cannon or Nikon, as that thats what *any* newspaper photo department uses . They have ‘pools’ of lenses and sometimes cameras you may be able to use depending on your position, lenses which are worthless if you have a Sony, Pentax, Minolta, etc.

Don’t expect to be shooting the Superbowl or local NFL football your first week…start small and impress your editor. Nothing will bother him more than you missing deadline. If your paper has a high school sports section that can be another good way to get your foot in the door.

Good luck!
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Edit:
I should also point out what a fundamental difference there is between journalistic and non journalistic photography. In journalistic photography, a photographer has to be reactive, whereas in other forms, a photographer can choose to be much more proactive. What I mean by this is a journalist has to react to a situation. The biggest thing you can control in the situation is your location, and even that is dictated by where you *think* your subject will be. In fashion, landscape, etc photography you can control lighting, you can move around and experiment with angles, you can look at your results and adjust accordingly. You need to work on your reflexes and your sense of what will happen five minutes or five seconds from the present.

I work at a portrait studio now and have been in photography for the last 8 years, part of me wants to go to school and learn enough about photography and how to run a small business. The other part is worried that photography is a dying business with so many people doing their own photography with digital cameras & photoshop. Is it worth all that school ,money & time?

the abillity to produce great images in the camera is a dying art as people think great images are made from hours in the computer,

do what you feel is the right thing to do

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