The essential guide to starting a successful career in any genre of professional photography. You’ve got the gear, the training, and the technology. You’re ready to make the leap from aspiring to professional photographer. Now what? With today’s affordable, high-quality cameras, Internet technology, and training, any weekend warrior can hang a shingle and open a photography business. But what then? While anyone can buy a professional quality camera, few have the skills to turn their dreams into a profitable business. Going Pro is the essential guide to leaping successfully into any genre of professional photography. Industry powerhouses Scott Bourne and Skip Cohen share invaluable advice on defining your niche, putting together a portfolio, pricing and showing your work, marketing, positioning your brand, and, most important, building an online social media platform from the ground up. Throughout, advice and tips are offered from 25 of the biggest names in the industry, including Chase Jarvis, Vincent Laforet, Matthew Jordan Smith, Jeremy Cowart, Jules Bianchi, Bambi Cantrell, Tony Corbell, Kevin Kubota, Jerry Ghionis, and more. Hundreds of thousands of photographers are already tuning in to the Going Pro podcast and blog (goingpro2011.com). Going Pro, the book, now joins the movement, giving amateurs everywhere the confidence and tools they need to make the leap into professional photography.

Going Pro: How to Make the Leap from Aspiring to Professional Photographer

Arts & Photography

Cohen, Skip

Bourne, Scott

Photography & Video

Amphoto Books

Written strictly from a photographer's point of view, 88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers, contains dozens of stand-alone nuggets of practical information from tips and tricks to hard-core, hands-on advice for Photoshop users. Photoshop guru Scott Bourne covers basic and intermediate Photoshop secrets by providing a unique approach to Photoshop instruction.

88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers (88 Secrets)

Olympic Mountain School Press

You were named Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 2006 and you're still not podcasting? What are you waiting for? We'll take you from recording to producing to publishing your podcasts with a professional edge.  Podcasting Tricks is your end-to-end guide for producing your podcasts. You'll learn best practices for making editorial decisions about length, topic and show frequency. We'll show you how to create quality recordings whether you are recording just yourself or multiple voices, or recording someone over the phone. You'll be able to create and add introductions and other elements, and find and add theme music.  Next, we'll guide you through creating artwork and enhanced graphics and links, including tags so your podcast feed will show up in the search tools. We'll even show how to start promoting your podcast to reach a wider audience.  Best of all, you don't need the most expensive equipment with all of the features you'll never use. We'll show you how to get started for a minimal investment.

Podcasting Tricks: Write, Record, Produce, and Publish Professional Podcasts

Computers & Technology

Steinberg, Daniel

Web Development & Design

Pragmatic Bookshelf

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Books by Bourne, Scott