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Freelance Photography Series:
201A $24.95 How Freelance Photography Really Works

Complete Business Guide for freelance photography with complete pricing guide. Price your photographs to sell. Pricing tables for portrait, wedding, commercial, group photography, press photography, stock photography and glamour photography. Includes black & white and color pricing, pricing for photo-packages and prices to publishers. Portrait Photography Guide: studio portraits, outdoor casuals, equipment props, subject possibilities. Wedding Photography Guide: promotion and advertising, locations and packaging, forms and checklists. Commercial Photography Guide: where the jobs are, who to contact, getting the assignment, going rates. Group Photography Guide: possible clients and subjects, tools for success, poses & group arrangement. Press Photography Guide: finding the action, getting the right shot, how to choose publishers. Stock Photography Guide: the stock photo market, using directories, buyers requirements. Art Photography Guide: when is photography art, competitions, exhibitions. Glamour Photography Guide: finding models, shooting models for money.

202A $24.95 Freelance Photographer's Complete Technical Guide

Complete Technical Guide for freelance photographers including: Lighting: six lighting arrangements for portrait or glamour photography, six ways to use flash in all your photography work, how to calculate flash exposures, common flash mistakes. Darkroom: twenty two steps to develop black and white film, seven darkroom chemical tips, the enlarger made simple, twenty one steps to make great black and white proof sheets, twenty eight steps to make black and white enlargements, color kits for home processing, chemicals in color processing. Equipment: cameras, lenses, filters, accessories. Film: Black and white negative films, reversal films, color negative films, color reversal films. Exposure: how a light meter works, reading reflected light, incidence light, spot meters, built in meters, hard to meter situations, reciprocity, close-up exposures. Plus: complete technical glossary.

203A $24.95 80 Tested Lighting Methods

Use these easy to follow diagrams to shoot portrait, glamour or any kind of photography with professional results. These diagrams use lighting elements that you can find around your own home including windowlight, natural sunlight, easy to make reflectors, and flash. Both glamour and portrait lighting arrangements are fully illustrated.

• 15 diagrams illustrating indoor direct lighting.
• 18 diagrams illustrate using sunlight.
• 26 diagrams illustrating bounce light indoors.
• 21 diagrams illustrate special arrangements for glamour and portrait that you can do around your own home, both indoors and outdoors.

203X $59.95 201A, 202A, 203A Bundle

Working With Models Series:
205A $24.95 How To Start Your Own Model Portfolio Business

125 page book,How to Start Your Own Model Portfolio Business is a book directed to photographers who are starting or expanding a model portfolio business. It is a step-by-step guide to get you started immediately in your home or studio with equipment you presently own.

You can make $100-$800 easily the very first month shooting model portfolios for professional or amateur models. Learn how and why models will pay you to shoot them. You will find ways to meet beautiful models and prospective models.
You will learn to shoot the figure for great portfolios. You will learn about backgrounds and unusual ways to get the model to interact with a background. You will learn 35 recommended shooting locations that are available to anyone. You will find proven methods to gain the model's confidence. You will learn the secrets and value of interviewing your model and planning an exciting portfolio with her.
You will learn who needs model portfolios, why they need them and what makes a popular portfolio. You will learn to mount your striking portfolio prints and what makes a choice presentation.

You will get valuable pricing guides accompanied by five complete sample Portfolio Packages. Recommendations on how to offer excellent pricing packages. Tested equipment, lighting, props and tips. You will see approved checklists, invoice and interview forms, business forms/contracts for all your needs, stunning sample composite and when to use it.

You will know how to shoot fantastic portfolios for fun and profit and how to revolutionize your business for years of profitable income.

206A $24.95 101 Model Poses Fully Illustrated

105 page book,Complete range of poses including sitting, kneeling, standing and walking. You and your model can execute every one of these poses without a single prop or piece of furniture. The poses can be performed in any setting including home, studio or location. The poses are suitable for all types of model photography including glamour, fashion, advertising and figure. The poses have been specially compiled to assist a photographer and model in creating a model portfolio. use this guide to instruct your model while you shoot, use it to teach posing to the model or use it to conduct a workshop for several of your models.

SAVE TIME: A model can study and practice these poses on her own using a mirror, then execute them for you during the shooting session. 59 standing and "walking" poses, 32 kneeling poses and 10 sitting poses are fully illustrated.

205X $44.95 205A, 206A Bundle

Press Photography
210A $39.95 How To Successfully Acquire & Use Press Credentials

143 page book + 3 audio tapes. You will get a workbook full of instructions for PRESS photographers, including where to go, when to go, how to contact, who to contact and why. 6 complete audio lessons and transcriptions of the audio scripts for further indepth study, list of forms and releases needed to operate legally as a PRESS photographer. More than 425 names and addresses of newspapers, magazines, professional associations and societies, sports teams, colleges and universities, and embassies of the world. You will learn the privileges of a PRESS photographer and the type of credentials that are necessary; the value of PRESS photography and how the right credentials work; the "back-up" that PRESS photographers really must have. Learn the way to gain access to sports events: who to contact, when to contact, how to contact, what to ask, where to go, how to get to PRESS boxes, sidelines, and locker rooms. Learn how to be admitted to concerts and other entertainment events, including front row passes, backstage passes, and the do's and don'ts for success. Learn how to get to the scene of political, hostile, disaster, accident, and crime scenes, and how to work with the police and others including foreign embassies; your responsibilities in hostile events including war, kidnapping, racial tensions, etc. You will learn how to attend celebrity events and press conferences for politics, sports, arts, business, pageants, and ceremonies; the professional techniques and ethics that are practiced around the world. You will learn how to assemble and use PRESS Credentials quickly and effectively. Hear stories from successful Press members who have been where they never dreamed of going.

Photographer's Guide to
211A $19.95 Sports & Entertainment Events

103 page book contains 915 total listings with contact names and phone numbers that you need to gain access to sports and entertainment events of all types around the USA. 598 listings include coliseums, sports arenas and stadiums, civic centers and exhibition halls, public auditoriums, performing arts centers, and concert halls where the major sports and entertainment events take place. 269 performing arts theaters plus 48 arts organizations are listed by area for easy reference. Listings include contact information plus descriptions of programming and performance season information.

212A $19.95 How and Where to Publish Your Photographs

100 page book contains complete listings of three major photography markets of firms and organizations that buy photographs from freelance photographers: (1) 137 Stock Photography Agencies with helpful tips and sample query letter to get your foot in the door; (2) 690 Magazine publishers that buy photos for their publications every month, with tips and a sample query letter; (3) 112 Book publishers complete with contact guidelines and a sample query letter.

214A $19.95 Selling Your Photos I: Book Publishers Plus

75 page book, 233 book publishers of all types PLUS 46 calendar publishers, 47 postcard publishers, 43 greeting card publishers and 35 poster and art print publishers. 404 listings by type of publisher plus complete listing by region for easy reference. 95% of listings are USA. Sample query letter you can use to contact these publishers is included.

215A $19.95 Selling Your Photos II: Magazine Publishers

75 page book, 1045 USA consumer magazine publishers that buy photos in every category including health, sports, adult, art, antiques, autos, boating, business, children's, consumer electronics, cooking, entertainment, fishing, hunting, hobbies, crafts,home and garden, mechanics, science, men's, motorcycles, music, news, occult, parenting, pets, photography, religious, senior citizens, travel, aviation. Sample query letter you can use to contact these magazines is included.

IFMO and Model Consultant books
218D $29.95 Exposure Directory of Freelance Models

Photos and listings of freelance models with complete contact information, including Model Consultant information and listing of modeling agencies that receive the exposure directory. Easy-to-use geographic listings with Model's photo, statistics and preferred assignments.

Exposure Directory Contents:
IFMO history, Model Portfolios, The model portfolio interview Sample job resume, Portfolio Agreements, Portfolio Packages, Sample composite, Model release contracts, IFMO mail list agencies, International model agencies, Glossary of modeling terms, How to update this directory, IFMO Pictorial Directory, IFMO Model Consultants.

219A $11.95 Exposure IFMO Poster

22" x 17" official poster of the International Freelance Models Organization (shipped rolled in a mailing tube).

Pocket Guides:
2201A $14.95 To Pricing Your Photos

8 1/2" X 5 1/2" book. Learn the different types of job assignments and how they are typically priced. Learn to prepare and price your photography for weddings and wedding packages, group photos and group packages, portrait sittings or candids, contract photography, and model portfolios. Get valuable information on pricing per print or transparency, by the job assignment, or by the hour. 40 pages.

2202A $14.95 To Photographer's Rights

8 1/2" X 5 1/2" book. Whether shooting portraits, weddings, press photos, or travel shots, you and your photos have rights that need protection. Learn the ins and outs of copyrighting your photos, how to protect the first-time rights of your photos, one-time rights, and exclusive rights. Learn how your rights are affected by "works for hire," ownership, and commissions. Learn to negotiate your rights and how contracts and releases can be of valuable assistance. 40 pages.

2203A $14.95 To Portfolios

8 1/2" X 5 1/2" book. Portfolios are an extremely lucrative business for some photographers and necessary tools to land great assignments for others. Learn what a portfolio is and who needs one. Learn how to organize and develop different kinds of portfolios for maximum impact. Learn different methods of presenting portfolios for maximum effectiveness and success. Learn about photographer's and model portfolios. 40 pages.

2204A $14.95 To Photo Contests

8 1/2" X 5 1/2" book. Learn how to find out about photo contests and how to select contests. Learn how to match your photos to the right contest. Learn how to prepare contest entries and how to ship them. Learn what kinds of subjects you should shoot for contests and which photos you should submit, complete with winning tips. Learn how to get your photos returned. See how captions or titling can make a difference. 40 pages.

2207A $14.95 To Press Photography

8 1/2" X 5 1/2" book. Learn how to plan and schedule the events you want to cover. Learn the tips and tricks of making the right contacts and obtaining the credentials you need. Learn the basic action steps that spell success. Learn how IFPO helps you gain access to controlled events and how to use that help. Learn where to go and who to see; where you are allowed to go and where you are not; on the scene do's and don'ts. 40 pages.

Boudoir Photography
2071A $39.95 How To Start Your Own Boudoir Photography Business

How To Start Your Own BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS is a book for photographers who want to CASH IN on the booming boudoir and intimate portraiture business. Photographers can start a profitable sideline income or expand their current photography income with boudoir photography by using the techniques and ideas in this manual.

This book guides you step-by-step through everything you need to know from finding your first client to building a thriving business! You will learn how to market yourself and get clients. You will learn which women want your services and why. You will discover how you can get started fast - with basic 35mm equipment you already own. You will learn lighting methods that work to achieve the results your clients want. You will get instructions for creating sets that can be set up anywhere. You will learn how to profit from this fun and exciting field of intimate boudoir portraiture.

Everything you need to get started FAST in this exciting and rewarding field of photography is included in an easy to follow 9-part ready to use Start-up Kit. You get proven marketing ideas, sales and pricing guidelines, rules for conduct, checklists, interview forms, business forms, tested lighting and setting arrangements.

Make Money With Your Camera
2015B $19.95 101 Ways To Make Money With Your Camera

Proven money making ideas

2105A $19.95 Press Photography Made Easy

How to cover your first event! 5 Quick Strategies to Open The Press Gate. Where To Get Press Credentials. 4 Ways to use the Power of an Editor. 12 Fast-Start Tips -Straight from the pros.

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