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Welcome to ePHOTOzine's freelance section, created by our sister title Freelance Photography Made Easy (FPME). Members who join ePHOTOzine soon become tempted to earn money from their photography. Earning cash from your camera is a great way to help pay for your next lens or studio flash you may have been dreaming about. It also gets you a foot up into a more enjoyable career if you decide to take up professional photography full time. While getting in to the market is fairly easy, knowing how to make the first steps and where to go can be more difficult. The idea of FPME is to share tips and techniques to make your life as a freelance photographer easier. We offer advice on setting up and running your business, provide hundreds of leads for selling photos and share success stories of existing members. Click here to look at the many benefits of joining our rapidly growing group of freelance photographers.
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35 Online Freelance Articles
- Available only to subscribers on the fpme.co.uk website
- Articles include: Creating a portfolio, Pictures that sell 1-10, Selling to magazines, Stock Photography, Winning Photo Competitions, Calendar Photography and many more...
Freelance Photography Articles
Below is a series of articles you can access as a member of FPME. You also have access to an image buyer area on the FPME site where picture buyers post their photography needs.
Sheila Atter explains why adding words to your images can add value to your work.
Here Niki B tells us a little bit about herself and offers some advice for all you photographers out there.
A round-up of current competitions
It's important that you have a good quality portfolio
Metadata is data about data, but what use is it to the Photographer? Ian Andrews takes a look.
FPME relaunched with new Editor
Giving your work and images away without payment can be a controversial marketing ploy. Ian Andrews takes a look at the pros and cons.
In the greeting card market freelancers only have a chance if they know exactly what the publisher's requirements are...
A quick budget way to light a wine glass with the edges highlighted.
With the number of pictures available reaching saturation point, Ian Andrews takes a look at the stock business
Keywording is probably the most vital stage in your image workflow. Ian Andrews takes a look at them.
Having an original photograph lost of damaged while in the hands of a client isn't something you'd welcome, but if you cover your back you could be laughing all the way to the bank.
Inspiring images that have made money
In part 2 of Pay Your Dues, Lee Frost tells you how to keep accounts - and offers advice on the pros and cons of being VAT registered
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
How to make money out of your photography - some success stories.
How to make money out of your photography - some success stories.
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
Lee Frost gives tips on how to make money out of your photography and shares some success stories.
Defence against the illegal copying and scanning of your images
Have you considered selling your work to a library? Here's some advice to get you on your way
Magazine publishing is by far the biggest and most accessible
Many Freelance photographers consider setting up a small studio. FPME Editor Ian Andrews takes a look at the pros and cons.
Part 2 of our look at setting up a Photographic studio
In part 3 of our look at setting up a photographic studio we take a look at the types of lighting you should explore.
In our final part of setting up a studio we take a look at some of the other ancilliaries that might come in handy
Ex scenes of Crime Officer, Keith Hart, explains all there is to know about becoming a police photographer.
Ian Andrews takes a look at the longer term implications of stock photography
Supplying your work to publishers producing photographic magazines is a special challenge, but the rewards can make this well worthwhile.
Peter Bargh suggests ten top tips to help you improve your chances of getting your photo published on the cover of a magazine
Here are a few useful links for both the budding and the established Freelance Photographer.
The Microstock model seems here to stay. Ian Andrews takes a deeper look.
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