Bryan has added to new section to his lecture to be presented at the Vancity Theatre and the Vancouver International Film Centre on Feb 10.
- - Beyond Portraiture: Photographing people in their environment
- - Shooting for Stock
Beyond Portraiture:
Early in his career, Bryan, like most of us spent the majority of his personal photographic time shooting natural subjects: landscapes, florals, macro and so on; what he now refers to as his “spider-webs and dewdrops phase”. His photography of people was limited to the controlled environment of his corporate annual report and advertising work. Like most of us, he was reluctant to approach strangers and ask to take their picture. And yet, photographing people is one of the most satisfying and rewarding endeavours for any photographer… the variety in, and expressions of the human face are limitless, providing an unending reservoir of incredible images for the photographer who can overcome the innate fear most of have in approaching strangers.
Bryan will talk about overcoming this fear, and how he approaches photographing people in their environment.
Shooting for Stock:
Even if you consider yourself a complete beginner, you likely harbour the thought that one day you might license an image or two for publication… perhaps even a whole book of your images! If you are a more advanced photographer, perhaps an emerging or established professional in a discipline other than stock, this can represent a potentially lucrative secondary source of income.
Stock, for those who are unfamiliar with the term is the practice shooting images for future sales, purely on speculation. Images are marketed either directly by the photographer, or through large picture libraries (Getty and Corbis being the two largest in the world at the present time) Stock is a highly competitive business, with a few ‘stars’ earning substantial incomes, and many, many more earning far less. Yet despite this competition, there are still significant opportunities for an enterprising photographer to earn money with their images. Success with stock depends on understanding the marketplace: knowing the types of images that sell, and knowing the types of images that sell over and over, year after year. For example, a single of image of Bryan’s has generated over $60,000 in the course of 15 years in the marketplace through multiple licensing (sales) during that time! Shooting stock doesn’t have to involve huge productions costing thousands of dollars (although it certainly can)… Bryan’s $60,000 image was shot with basic equipment; equipment most of you likely already have. Bryan has been active in the market for stock almost since its inception, and at this time devotes most of his shooting time to stock projects. He knows the market well, knows what sells, and will share his insights in this segment of his presentation.
Complete description of presentation here.
Tickets available on-line through the Vancouver International Film Centre web-site at www.viff.org