The business side of photography
Four weeks ago, Google made a small but potentially good change to Google Images.
When someone searches images on Google, there is now a tiny, barely noticeable, new link below the larger version of some images that reads, “Image credits”:
You’ve probably heard that Canada has negotiated the so-called “NAFTA 2.0” trade treaty. This US-Mexico-Canada treaty, which has yet to be ratified, has both pros and cons for Canadians.
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This post is only for those who use WooCommerce as their eCommerce platform and Payfirma as their credit card processor. This means that 99.9999% of you can stop reading right now.
The Payfirma plugin (currently version 2.6) for WooCommerce isn’t fully compatible with WooCommerce 3.x and Payfirma has said it has no plans to update it. So if you’re tired of the plugin generating a ton of php errors, here’s the solution that will take just a couple minutes of your time.
In the Payfirma_Woo_Gateway plugin, go to class > class.payfirma.php and scroll down to about line 508. Look for the block of code that reads:
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Photographers, do you recognize this little thing:
Hint #1: It costs about 40 cents.
Hint #2: If it breaks, it can prevent you from properly using your expensive long lens.
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If you don’t have a wheeled Pelican case then skip this post.
There are a lot of online instructions for replacing the wheels on a newer Pelican case, usually the 1510 model. But there’s no information for any of the original Pelican cases that came with a pair of one-piece, hard plastic wheels.
Here are some simple instructions for replacing the wheels on an original 1510 case and original 1650 case. Replacing the wheels on other Pelicans should be similar since all original wheeled cases were designed similarly. Just be sure you have the correct wheel size. Most inline skate wheels, skateboard wheels and luggage wheels use the same 22mm diameter x 7mm thick bearing size (more on all this in a moment).
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There are many online photography tutorials offering technical tips and advice. Much of this information is simplistic and superficial.
For example, when doing a portrait, they’ll tell you not to have harsh shadows on the subject’s face. The problem with information like this is that it isn’t scalable. It’s more beneficial to have information that you can use in any type of photography no matter what your subject matter.
Why do people look at pictures and how do they look at pictures? If you can answer these two questions then you can scale this information across any type of photography.
This post is long but the concepts are simple. Spoiler alert: this isn’t really about photography but rather it’s about human nature and how we perceive things around us.
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What does it cost someone on a mobile device to view your web site? A large, photo-heavy site can be dozens of megabytes, or more, in size and cellular data isn’t free. How much would you pay to view your web site?
Here’s a web site that shows what it costs someone to view your site on mobile networks around the world. There are a couple of takeaways:
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