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Commercial photographer
Owner and CEO,
Living Being Media
Photo services
Aerial photography
Stock photos
Ebay and product photography
I'll
travel almost anywhere for special projects
and
assignments.
I've been involved in many
photographic
projects, including
aerial,
commercial, real
estate, sports,
product photography and
internet
work.
I've also photographed a lot of pets, children
and adults.
Sometimes I do large pet photo shoots, usually
fundraisers,
and I enjoy doing artistic work.
We distribute a line of cards with my photos
on them,
t-shirts and Photo CD's.
I use Canon digital cameras, Mamiya RB67 Pro SD,
and some Nikon 35 mm cameras
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Internet advertising
Commercial grade images
for publication or internet use.
Specially
created, modified photos
for advertising and creative applications.
Images for both exclusive and non-exclusive commercial
and editorial uses.
Stock photography
--- My inventory contains many thousands of unique images.
See my gallery
www.discoveredartists.com/gallery/PaulSmyres
Most of my business is
now commercial in nature and almost all of it comes through this
website.
This site and the others we run receive over 1 million
unique visitors per year from up to 155 countries and is still growing
rapidly.
I still do portraits occasionally by special
request. There
are many styles of
portrait photography.
I prefer a simple style
that emphasizes the
personality and expression of the subject.
Portrait photography is challenging and you need to
have a
personality that is upbeat, lively, and sensitive.
Time Rates
For each hour of photography
there is typically at least an hour of two of
post production work such as editing, cropping, and creating a CD or
DVD.
Rates listed include that production work.
Rates are
project based and negotiable, but a guideline is as follows:
Hour: $ 100,
minimum 2 hours
Day: $ 600 plus travel and expenses
Week: $
1,500 plus travel and expenses
Many customers are unaware of what a photo shoot entails,
how long it will take,
and how much it will cost. A good photo shoot is well
planned so that everything is in order.
This means any models, props, apparel, products, lights, backgrounds,
and so on must be
ready and immediately available.
A simple
portrait session can be
done within a half hour, plus a half hour to review results.
Product photography, on the other
hand, is much more complicated.
For each product, it's usually best to take multiple shots.
Sometimes it's also wise to
have an appropriate set to create an atmosphere.
That's easy for small products,
but for large ones, such as vehicles or furniture, it can take
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