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Announcement: Photo Business Workshop in Utah Photo BusinessPhotosStock PhotographyTravelUtahWorkshops

Announcement: Photo Business Workshop in Utah

Picture: Sunrise behind Thor's Hammer, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. I'm very pleased to announce that I will be co-teaching a workshop on The Business of Outdoor and Nature Photography in conjunction with fellow photographer Charlie Borland and Aspen Photo Workshops. The workshop will be held November 5th through 8th,…
Gary Crabbe
June 11, 2009
Wrapping up the Mediocre fiasco & how to do it right. CaliforniaMountainsNational ParksPhoto BusinessPhotosStock PhotographyTravel

Wrapping up the Mediocre fiasco & how to do it right.

Picture: Sunset light on the face of Half Dome, from Olmsted Point, Yosemite National Park, California. In my last two blog posts, I reported on the mediocre quality of images used by Travel & Leisure Online for their Best Views from US National Parks feature, and the subsequent post when…
Gary Crabbe
June 8, 2009
OMG – I’m one of the mediocre Travel & Leisure photogs CaliforniaMountainsNational ParksPhoto BusinessPhotosRants and RavesStock PhotographyTravel

OMG – I’m one of the mediocre Travel & Leisure photogs

Photos: Storm over Half Dome from Sentinel Rock, Yosemite National Park, California Yesterday, I made a post critical of the mediocre quality of photos used by Travel & Leisure in their online feature, Best US National Park Views. I said a couple were decent at best, a couple were "OK",…
Gary Crabbe
June 4, 2009
Travel & Leisure; When Best barely even equals Mediocre CaliforniaMountainsNational ParksPhoto BusinessPhotosRants and RavesStock PhotographySunsetTravel

Travel & Leisure; When Best barely even equals Mediocre

Picture: Alpenglow on clouds in evening above Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California. A few weeks ago, I was contacted by an editorial intern at Travel & Leisure (Online) requesting permission to use an image of mine of Yosemite National Park for a feature…
Gary Crabbe
June 3, 2009
Should I work for Free? Photo Business

Should I work for Free?

On a photographer forum that I frequent, a young photographer boldly and bravely stepped up to ask one of the most commonly asked questions by aspiring pros; "Should I work for free?" The situation was a magazine that had contacted him and said, "We want you to shoot this. In…
Gary Crabbe
May 27, 2009
How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing? DigitalNewsworthyPhoto BusinessPhoto ContestsPhotos

How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing?

Pictures: Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The first is a straight RAW file; the second represents my standard image processing, which took less than 30 seconds, and the third is a "hyper-processed", highly-saturated image like might often be seen on Flickr. Processing note; the only other manipulation…
Gary Crabbe
April 22, 2009
Are you a Pro? MountainsPhoto Business

Are you a Pro?

Picture: Photographers lined up at sunset to photograph Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California Every so often when I see other photographers in the field, I'll ask, "are you a Pro?" I do this mainly because I pay attention to photography credit lines, and I wonder if they are someone…
Gary Crabbe
February 19, 2009