photography school January 3, 2008

I just signed up through www.webphotoschool.com and the lessons are great! They have plans ranging from $9.99 for 1 month and access to all lessons, 3 months $24.99, 6 months $44.99 up to $79.99 for 1 year, access to all lessons and instructor interaction. I went ahead and subscribed for a year. I’m a human interaction education addict! lol
I’m also about to take a stock photography class through www.betterphoto.com, this is the class description, 7 spots left: stock photography boot camp.
I’m also about to take a new class through ppsop.com on conceptual photography, the very popular subject in stock photography.

Home based business ideas from Businessweek.com December 30, 2007

I stumbled upon this article from businessweek.com, Home based business ideas, and the second page of the article hit home.

Here’s the excerpt:

“Digital photography also provides what you think might be a huge market in “scrapbooking.” But hasn’t that trend already peaked?

You’re right that people have been teaching scrapbooking workshops and selling products for several years now. But our idea is a twist on that, as an opportunity for the home-based entrepreneur to market herself as a professional scrapbook artist. The reality is that we all have these digital cameras that take beautiful pictures, but they’re all stuck online or in a computer or a camera and nobody ever looks at them.

Also, most of us don’t have the time or the talent to download the photos and put them together to make a tangible memory or a gift for a relative or friend. Someone creative who has done this for herself as a hobby could turn it into a business. We suggest they get started by doing things like donating their services to their kid’s school as part of an auction, or teaching a summer class through a community college or local recreation center. Once they can show potential customers their work, those people will hire them to do the same thing with their own photos. It’s a great gift business for holidays and birthdays.”

I’ve recently jumped in on the scrapbook fun, by uploading and selling my stationery and layouts on dreamstime, bigstockphoto, and fotolia.