Lighten the Mood

With the end of summer now creeping up on us, our holidays long gone and only doom and gloom on the tv we thought it was time to lighten the mood a tad with a new look Trigger website. Out goes moody black and in comes a more subtle silvery grey, with a lighter brighter more refreshing tone to display your great images.

The homepage has a more interactive feel with a bolder design while the galleries are cleaner and allow the images to stand out on the page. We've kept the portfolio pages to show our clients how good your images are on the printed page and we now also have a 'selling' page that you should take a look at if you're serious about marketing your imagery.

This is where you can get a FREE trial of your personal Slideshow. Simply embed (we give you the code) this into your web and networking sites to virally promote your folio and get thousands more people to see your work. Turn these into sales by customers simply clicking on an image. You don't have to lift a finger, our sales team will do all the donkey work for you, you just wait for your Paypal payments from Trigger.

What else can you do to get more sales, the most important thing is to get more of your images in our licensing galleries. Clients want to see new inspiring emotive imagery and adding to your existing folio is the easiest option. Remember all new imagery goes to the top of our 'just arrived' gallery and gets seen before anything else and the more images you have in our galleries the more opportunities you will create.

just arrived - Images at Trigger Image

Being a Slim Jim

We're not caught in the rush to be the biggest, the fattest, the most anonymous image resource in town. Hec, we're small, we're slim and we're tuned in to offer the personal touch that means we know who you are and what you're creating. You're more than welcome to contact us at any time because we're just the usual fallible humans you find everywhere. The difference is we love our photographers work and we can convey that to our clients. Trigger is the sum of it's parts, a combined effort where ego's are out the window and talent speaks volumes. That's why we have a creative base of photographers that covers the widest spectrum of experiences from raw students to award winning mega talent, no names, but you know who you are. It's that vitality, that constant sense of creative rebirth that makes finding the right photographers for Trigger so exciting for us.

We've seen thousands of folios from prospective hopefuls and we get daily requests to review portfolios from folks who also want to be a part of Trigger. It's not a bunch of fun telling 99% of them that they're work just doesn't fit, but that's just the way it is. Taking a crit personally rather than professionally can hurt those less used to it but hey, move on, there are other image libraries that will be a better fit for them. We're picky, we edit hard and that's why our clients come to us, to find just inspirational images.


Jimmy Williams - Images by Trigger Image

Being small and niche means finding the right fit is vital if Trigger is to stand out from those other libraries so we take a lot of time mining deep into the heart of the internet to unearth the gems. As we're all aware the web is awash with digital imagery and 'photographers' so while you may think you're easy to find the truth is often much murkier. If you're relatively 'fresh' making contacts that develop through to commissioned work takes time and effort. So the ethos at Trigger is to provide a platform where you can show your folio for FREE to our database of contacts and exploit the opportunities offered through licensing. We'll also pass-on client requests to commission imagery if they can't find the specific image in your collection so what might have been a small job could turn into a worthwhile long term contact for the future.

In a competitive marketplace you need to update your images as often as you can, sending in your low res samples as email attachments to studio@triggerimage.co.uk is vital, our hard-nosed editors will then review them and get back to you. Old content is just that, so be proactive to keep clients coming back to your work. New work also goes to the top of our 'Just Arrived' gallery so you'll be seen first. To get your folio further afield Trigger also works alongside a number of distributors and Fine Art print on demand publishers to increase your marketing and sales potential, these now include Alamy, Age, DPA, Polfoto, Bonne Image, Mauritius, Glasshouse, Art.com and ArtFlakes and we will be looking to add new names to the list this year, so keep an eye on the Blog for updates.

Thanks for all your input
Tim

Michal Karcz joins Trigger

Michal comes from a painting background where vision was as important as technique. He has now opened "the door" to his own creative world by leaving paint and canvas and realising the opportunities that digital paint and photography offer. Michal generates unique realities that are impossible to create with ordinary darkroom techniques, creating journeys to places that don't exist. Places of dreams, desires and imaginations. His work has been featured on music and book covers and is pure inspiration.


Michal Karcz - Images by Trigger Image

Małgorzata Maj joins Trigger

2011 is starting off in the right direction with some fabulous new photographers joining our select few at Trigger.

Malgorzata Maj, born in 1980 graduated from Warmia-Masuria University in Olsztyn with the title of the master in art, specializing in traditional techniques including painting on silk. As an illustrator & photographer she fell in love with XIXth century paintings, their colours and themes, ghostly moods & dreamy visions. Her work is a rich emotional journey through dark secret gardens where we only glimpse upon romantic figures for a moment before they disappear into the memory of our dreams.

Malgorzata Maj - Images by Trigger Image

Jimmy Williams joins Trigger

Jimmy Williams - Images by Trigger Image

Dear Trigger Contributors

I hope this email finds you well. This is just a quick chance to catch up and say 'hi' and let you know about a few new changes.

Firstly, we have a new portfolio section on the website with a drop down menu for categories so we can now better display your licensed images to clients. This will be updated regularly so make sure you keep an eye on it to see what our clients are licensing.

Secondly, are you using your FREE Trigger Slideshow to sell your stock images? As you're already a Trigger Contributor you can use the Slideshow to promote your stock imagery for 12 months for FREE. Make the most of your stock archive by virally marketing your work. Simply embed your personal slideshow code into your web, blogs and networking sites and make more sales while you concentrate on your day to day commissions. The team at Trigger do all the work for you. If you need more info on how to get your personal Slideshow get in touch.

Thirdly, print sales through Art.com are now starting to fly! Their new higher price range of quality imagery has meant royalties are on the up for those photographers who want to sell their work via the worlds largest online art print supplier. If you want to be a part of this let me know.

Lastly, we're coming to the end of the year already, this means we're looking forward to the New Year and new imagery. Now is the time to start submitting your new stock imagery to us so we can promote your work to our regular clients and those who are visiting for the first time. All new imagery goes to the top of out 'just arrived' gallery list so it gets seen first. Make sure your work gets seen before anyone else. With art buyers moving away from traditional stock imagery to more niche orientated libraries Trigger is a real alternative they are using, but we're only as good as the work you supply us, so keep it coming!

Finally, thanks to everyone for making 2010 such a busy year, despite fierce competition Trigger has established itself as a real competitor in the creative stock arena and we will be fighting fit to continue putting quality before quantity in 2011.

From a snow bound England we wish you all a great season.

Best wishes
Tim

Market More Sell More

Whether you're an aspiring amateur or professional photographer you can now sell your images online 24/7 with your own slideshow that includes an integrated shopping cart. Market your folio professionally and sell prints and photos without having to worry about delivering files or invoicing, the Trigger team look after that for you.

Creating great images is what you're good at, but if you want to sell your images you need to market your work successfully. We know most photographers would rather be behind the camera so you can now concentrate on what you do best, without having to miss a single sale.

Each image in your slideshow links directly to your shopping cart at Trigger, this means your images are only ever a click away from a sale. By embedding the slideshow code into your web, blog and social networking sites you can distribute your folio to friends, existing clients and new art buyers. In turn they can market your folio by clicking the SHARE button on the slideshow menu. Every sale from your slideshow links back to your personal account. Trigger then pays you by Paypal. It's easy to set up and easy to stop at any time, try it!

The Free Starter Slideshow is available to all photographers, students, amateurs and pros. Simply upgrade to sell more at any time. Free Setup. No commitment. Cancel anytime.

START SELLING>>>>>

Images by *Stephen Arens - at Trigger Image