As we continue to expand and impove Sassy Dog Photography Emporium, we are seaching out and adding content to better serve our customers.

 

We are pleased to announce that photographer Kat Hemrich is displaying and selling some of her work in our Photography Gallery. Kat is from Austin, TX. Her work is primarily an expression of emotions and feelings we all share.

 

We hope you enjoy Kat's work as much as we do.

It has been quite a while since I have added anything to my blog. Most of my time has been spent on building the Sassy Dog Photography Emporium into a helpful and useful asset for photographers and buyers of photography.

 

Hopefully, you are finding the additions and changes helpful. In addition to recommending websites for seller and buyers, we have added a photographers bookstore, a photo novelties store, resources and specials on cameras and equipment.

 

We will soon be expanding our home business page with recommendations and resources for starting your own home photography business.

 

Be sure to stop at the "what's selling" page to get an idea of what people have been buying, or if you are a buyer, use the selling photos either to buy or to link to a larger group of photos.

 

Sassy Dog Photo Emporium is growing and we would like to here from you.  What do you like about the site?  What do you not like? Drop sassy at note at sassy@sassydogphotoemporium.com and let us know what you think.

For those mature photogaphers who cut their teeth on 35mm film, light meters  and SLR cameras, the whole concept of digital photography and megapixels can be a bit daunting.

 

What is a megapixel and how important is it to the equipment I buy and the quality of my photos.

 

The myth is that the more megapixels your camera has, the better your photographs.  There are many camera characteristics that are important to producing high quality photos.

 

The easest way for a film photographer to understand the importance of the megapixel is to compare digital photography to 35mm film photography.  A pixel is simply a piece of a digial image. Theoretically, the more of these pieces you have, the higher the quality of the photo.

 

In normal photography think of the difference between using an ASA 400 film and an ASA 100. Obviously, the 400 will give you a grainier less sharp image. The numbers work the opposite with megapixels. An 8 megapixel camera is more like the ASA 100 film; a 1 megapixel camera is more like the ASA 400.

 

Now the other big difference when using an ASA 100 film is whether you use an instamatic camera or a Hasalblad System.  The same applies with digital cameras.  All the megapixels in the world are useless if the camera itself is low quality.

In general, if you want to sell to most of the "stock photo" sites do not send photos of your pets, sunsets,seascapes, etc.

 

The majority of stock photo buyers want to use photos in business or commercial mediums. They are more interested in a photo of 2 hands in business suits shaking with a white background than the best photo of your dog.  However, if your dog is photographed with a white background doing somthing commercially interesting, that is another story.

 

If you are selling to sites that sell and ship prints, then landscapes, nature photos and maybe even your dog should sell well.  The key to remember is to read what the site is about.  Most sites will tell you what they want and need for photos so that no one wastes their time.

 

Many of us picked up our first cameras at a young age and began snapping pictures of everything that came in view of the lens.  These early pictures were all "snapshots". Some early enthusiasts are still taking snapshots and having a geat time doing so. To those camera buffs I would say "keep enjoying your hobby, but do not look to sell your pictures".

 

There are always others that evolved from the snapshot to the photograph.  They have a special talent, have pursued their craft in earnest. They most likely have taken courses and devoured any new information about photography they could find.  This is the group that has a chance to sell their photography.