Tuesday 3 March 2009

Patience & Persistence Pays

One of the best ways to make more image sales is to get more images past our editors at Trigger. That's no mean feat as they're renowned for being very picky. The longer you then leave your stock shots in our galleries the more opportunity you will have to sell licenses for your work. If you only submit a handful of images you're going to be frustrated by the lack of activity so you want to build your licensing folio over time until it represents a variety of emotive content. Just like any folio of work instant sales are a dream we'd like to come true but the reality is marketing your work takes time, money and patience. German photographer Alaya Gadeh is a prime example of how to develop a great folio and be rewarded by having the patience for the right client to use her work. Despite being relatively new to photography, having never sold a picture in her life, she persisted with her creativity and updated her licensing folio almost daily, now she is getting results. With over 1000 images in her licensing folio she has filled the floral gallery and the right client was sure to spot her work sooner rather than later. After a 12 month wait The Almanac Gallery based in The Kings Road in London spotted the potential in her folio. Alaya now has a range of stunning floral greetings cards about to hit the shops across England. She has also licensed her work to Italy's biggest magazine L'Espresso and is our top seller at Art.com. Watch this space for what happens next for Alaya.

Sunday 1 March 2009

The Spanish are Enchanted by Vanesa Muñoz

Spanish Publisher Espasa are licensing imagery by Trigger photographer Vanesa Muñoz.
Since its foundation, its mission has been to promote the cultural development of Spain and Latin America through a wide range of works complemented by the best fiction and non fiction today. 'A Dark Enchantment' by Roland Vernon originally published by Transworld Publishers in UK in 2008 is now set to be reproduced in Spanish with the cover by photographer Vanesa Muñoz.

First Sale for New Trigger Photographer

Elizabeth May from California joined Trigger only a few short weeks ago but has already made her first sale. Her work has been selected by Harlequin Publishers in Australia and will appear on a book cover entitled 'Bloodline'.

Welcome to Vintage Floral

Welcome to Angela Melling who joins Trigger from England. New to photography but the proud owner of a D300 she dumped her day job working in accountancy for a more precarious life as a snapper. Producing stunning vintage floral imagery she is currently working on a new series called 'idioms'.

Read it now listen to it

Hey, congratulations go out to Trigger photographer Martina Zancan who has just had her book cover for Pan Macmillan Publishers reproduced as an audio cd cover. Chao.