New items:
Check out any new items or links below. All these links are marked with an Astrix ( * ) so they stand out. (last update 01.13.10)
Sites to Sell Your Art:
DeviantART - DeviantART is the worlds largest art community providing an outlet for artiest of all kinds to connect and share, sell, or talk about each others works. You can sell anything from cards, prints, mugs, T-shirts and more. Free to join and extra for advertising of your site.
ImageKind - Image Kind is a website used to sell prints and/or originals of your artwork. You can also get 100% commission of your work and a percentage of frames sold with your work. Basic services are free.
SnapGalaxy - Snap Galaxy is a store front where you can print, sell and share your work throughout the community and website. Basic services are free.
RedBubble - Red Bubble is a site that provides you an outlet to sell your work as cards, prints, T-shirts, etc. Free to join.
ArtBreak - Art Break is a site used to sell prints of your works. Free to join.
SmugMug - SmugMug is another photo sharing site where you can upload and sell your work. It is mainly creating yourself a store front for consumers to shop at. Fee based packages.
CafePress - CafePress is known for creating and selling your own designed shirts, but they also offer a wide selection of other products. Its free to join and you get a commission based on what you sell.
Software & Useful Sites:
***Cushy Stock - This is a program to streamline your stock photography process. After your done editing your images, import them right into Cushy. From there you can do your Keywords, Categorize them, Upload to any site via FTP, and also track sales with several agencies.
Keywording - This is a little useful site that will help you with keywords. Just type in the object and do a search, select the images that are like yours and select the keywords you want...hit generate.
Keywording 2 - A great keywording site that use to charge, but now is FREE and my FAV.
Keywording 3 - A third site for your keywording delights, this one is a little different from the others so check it out.
PhotoCompete - This is a site that compiles a list of companies and website you can list your photo's on for competition awards. Sites vary from free to fee based competition.
Michaels Photography School - This is a great site that goes over all the basics of a digital cameras from the basics to the advanced.
Daily Awards - This is a great site to upload your photos and try to win some awards and compete against fellow photographers. Free to join.
Picasa - A google software that help maintain and organize your massive photo collection. For those who have messy desks or desktops...you know who you are.
PhotoBucket - A photo storing and sharing site where you can create slide shows to cards.
Flickr - A photo storing and sharing site from slide shows to emails.
DP Review - A wonderful digital camera, lens, etc review site. They test them out so you don't have too worry about getting a crappy deal.
Slide - A image slide show program that allows you to post your photos on the web or forums.
Photo Price Calculator - Ok, so you are asked by someone that wants to buy your work from you outside of the stock websites...here is a calculator is help you along with pricing your work.
Lagom LCD - This is a site that will make sure your LCD monitor is calibrated correctly
REED Servies - This website has a ton of free model and photography forms for you to use
DeepMeta - A great free software item that you can download to track your sales and uploads on iStockPhoto.com. I highly recommend this program for anyone who is a member. of iStock.
LookStat - This is a site that will take all your stock photography stats from several sites and put them all in one place.
Forums & Communities:
MicroStockForum - Kind of slow, but great information.
TheLooneyBin - A great community of fellow stock photographers willing to help you out on anything.
ThePhotoForum - A very large photography forum that is helpful when you have questions, but hard to keep up with unless you are on every day.
Model Mayhem - Is a site where photographers, models, and makeup artist all come together and network. It is a great site to get your feet wet and see how to expand your goals.
PhotographySites - This is another photography forum that you might want to check out, its a little slow though.
PhotoJoJo - A list of active photo contests you might want to enter.
MicroStockGroup - An interactive meeting place for stock photographers to share tips and ideas.
Magazines and Books:
PC Photo - One of the leading digital photographer magazines on the web and print.
JPG Magazine - A great digital or print magazine that covers a ton of interesting topics and contests, under new exciting ownership to become better then ever.
AfterCapture - This site is a great multimedia online and print magazine for professional photographers of all levels. They have great articles and tutorials in their archives also.
PopPhoto - Another online photo magazine that has everything from reviews to contests.
ApoGee Photo - This is one of the oldest and first online photography magazines, worth checking out.
Other Photographer Sites:
BoydPhillips Photography - Discrete Sensual Photography by Dorothy Haraminac. If you are in the Houston area or visiting and would be interested in working with Dorthy please contact myself or through her website.
JRT Photo by J. Troudt
Cascoly Royalty-Free Photography
Mircrostock Posts by Komar
