Selling Photography by Roger Antrobus
SKU
4815-ANTROBUS
Amphoto 2003. Soft-cover, 8 1/2 x 11", 128 pages, 150 full-color
illustrations. A picture may be worth a thousand words—but in his
straightforward approach to the fine art of selling photography, author, and
professional photographer Roger Antrobus explains how a picture can also be
worth thousands of dollars. Selling Photography provides practical answers to
the questions every photographer asks when making the move from amateur to
professional: What makes a photo commercially viable? What kind of equipment
should be used? What kind of agencies are out there, and how should they be
approached? Combining practical marketing advice with how-to guidance for taking
photos that impress, this valuable resource provides an overview of all the
markets available for selling photographs—spec, photo libraries, commission,
even the Internet—and reveals dozens of surefire approaches for making sales.
This one-stop guide also features 150 stunning examples of Roger Antrobus’s
best-selling images—covering everything from climbers on a snow-capped mountain
to a semiabstract, time-released exposure of car lights at night. Each image is
fully captioned to explain how it was shot, why it was taken, the artistic and
special effects involved, and the reasons for its commercial success. Packed
with an array of no-fail tips and surefire strategies, Selling Photography is
the definitive source of real-life success tips for photographers who want to
market and promote their work effectively.