Back in the day, you'd meet & review a portfolio. Now, their work is displayed online. Talk about selection. You can search by specialty or location. From portraits to fashion and animals to nudes, this site lists established and up & coming photographers and agencies from around the world with thumbnails of their work & corresponding links. I tend to think anyone in creative field should have a good looking website. If you look around, you'll see a real disparity. Here's an example of one that works well:
Photo credit: Keith Skelton
This site has a directory of wedding photographers by state: www.weddingphotousa.com, keeping in mind professional wedding photographers are almost always willing to branch out & cover other events.
These sites -- www.flickr.com, tabblo.com, & pictures.aol.com have amateur & professional work. Post comments to track the photographer down. I once posted pictures of floral arrangements made for an event at my son's school & ended up getting unsolicited requests from people who actually thought I was a florist (career Plan B:).
You can also put out a call for bids from potential candidates. Here's an example from a guy searching for a photographer on the cheap for 4-5 hrs work: Craigslist.
Professional photography is a business & marketing online is an art, hence the new site Trash the Dress . For better or worse, it shocks you into being showcased dresses in unexpected places.- R
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Mark from Trash the Dress just passed along a new site he and his team are working on called Don't Box us in! It is devoted to alternative wedding photos, including pictures in caves and interesting ways of incorporating cars.
Enjoy! Maybe you can pick up a tip or two
http://www.dontboxusin.com/
There's a Web site that teaches people how to take better pictures and use online photo editing programs. It's www.BetterPhoto.com. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks pretty good. Apparently, they have over 150,000 members who pay fees starting at about $200.00 for a 4 or 8 week online course. There's an instructor for the course and professional photographers who frequent the site provide feedback for students. Might be worth a shot. I'll report back if I end up signing up!
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Regina,
Thumper is coming back from a long vacation in the islands. I spent many hours working on my swimming technique and taking pictures
Where is the best place to take disposable camera's?
Thumper....
Great website here. We need to inform what to look for when looking at a wedding photographer. It seems we see a lot of new people booking weddings, then getting a camera. Yes, after they book. I worked on mine for two years before daring to consider being professional. It is so important to have someone that knows what they are doing, and that puts their whole heart into it. Thanks for informing everyone. You are doing a great thing for these brides!
Laura Kelley
http://www.laurakelleyphotography.com
Thump: You have several options. I use Ritz Camera, but CVS & Cosco offer same thing ... Bring the camera in & ask to get prints + a disk. Be sure to ask for an Index print, which is a 4X6 card with thumbnails of all the photos which makes it easier to know what's on the disk. If you're ordering prints too, they shouldn't charge you for it.
Then, load the disk into your computer & upload the ones you like to whatever photo service you're using -- shutterfly.com, snapfish.com, pictures.aol.com, Kodakgallery.com, etc.
From there, you can share them with friends & family + order extra reprints & emlargements. Plus, now your pictures are reduntantly stored on back-up servers, so even if anything ever happened to your computer or -- everyone's worst fear -- there was a natural disaster & you lost all your precious albums, you'd have them backed-up. This is why many people are retroactively scanning, uploading & storing their most sacred images (ancestors, babies, wedding, etc.). It's also why insurance companies advise taking digital photos of personal property.
Hope helpful.
Thanks Regina,
I will share some pictures on your site...
Thump