Advice, Websites, and Information Helping Photographic Artists:

Wide range of good information at: http://art-support.com

Mary Virginia Swanson's photography marketing blog at: http://marketingphotos.wordpress.com/

Photographer's Rights:

Sadly, even artists have to know their rights. These days a lot more converstations start "...you can't shoot that" or "...what are you doing". I get this I especially get it when I stand in one spot for hours by my tripod.

If you want to avoid getting hassled when you are confronted about your photography. Take a look at these pages, the sites listed below have pdf's you can print out and carry them with you:

US Photographers rights: http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

UK Photographers rights: https://www.pauldavidsmith.co.uk/photographers-rights

Australian Photographers rights: http://4020.net/words/photorights.php

Portfolio Reviews:

Portfolio Reviews are a great way for photographersto get exposure to your work. It's best to have a tightly-edited conceptually-solid portfolio. It's a great chance to meet and start building relationships with curators and others who can further your fine-art photography career.

Photolucida  www.photolucida.org/portfolio-reviews

• 2024 next?

FotoFest fotofest.org/the-meeting-place

• FotoFest The Meeting Place Houston 2024 (FotoFest shows March 10-19 2024, meeting place before)

Photolucida's Critical Mass www.photolucida.org/critical-mass (yearly online submission review)

• Critical Mass 2023, winners announced

Juried Show Information:

There are many lists of Photographic competitions. Here is a short list of lists:

• L'oeil de la Photographie: loeildelaphotographie.com/en/event_type/photography-awards
• All About Photo: www.all-about-photo.com/photo-contests/photo-contests.php
• Lenscratch's List: lenscratch.com/resources/callsforentry
• Picter List: submit.picter.com/home
• Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) provides information and opportunities for Portland, Oregon (Clackamas, Multnomah, & Washington Counties) www.racc.org

Business Cards:

• Card Size: 2"x3.5" (Photoshop approx 2452px by 4291px)
• Best sizes for Fonts: 11 point to 7 point
• Coated 100lb stock for cards with full color photographs
• Heavier card stock possible if limit to 1 or 2 color

Post Cards:

• 4/4: full color both sides
• 4/1: Full color one side B&W other
• 4"x9" Postcard (same as rack brochures), 2 to 3 images on one side, room for background on reverse, fits #10 envelope
• 3"x5" Postcard, 1 image on one side
• Always send with cover letter