How to take pictures that sell - Fine Art Photography
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- How to take pictures that sell - Fine Art Photography. In this video, I show you how to take and process images to SELL
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Last week I visited Cleveleys Beach to take a few Landscape pictures with the intention of adding them to my website and sell them. Cleveleys is part of the Fylde Coast, North West UK coastline 10-minutes away from Blackpool.
I wanted to include Mary's Shell in the image. Mary's Shell is a public art piece.
The sea level was favourable as the tide was fully in which is exactly what I wanted. A full tide renders the lower part of the shell in the sea, just perfect. The weather wasn't particularly brilliant but as long as there are the clouds in the sky there is always a picture to be had!
I have also included my post-processing workflow to the video too. This way you can see how I create pictures that sell from start to finish.
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FINALLY a channel from an experienced guy who does realistic videos that isnt too much click bait ( I would love to see how to sell your images. What channels you put them on etc, and how you price them. You mentioned you put them on your website, but how do you get people over there?)
No fancy pansy guys with over enthusiastic "WHATS UP GUYS!!!" bunch of nonsense.
Thank you John, very kind of you to say. I'll be making a follow up video with the some of the questions you raised
@@GaryGough that's nice of you. I subscribed!
I recently got myself a Sony a7iii and a lens for cheapo.
I used to have an old nikon d60, and I have to say it's way more fun now. The images I get is just amazing compared to the old nikon. So much information from the full frame.
Still have tons of practice I need, but I would love to able to sell a lucky shot if I make one. Even it's a dollar or 10 I don't mind. But the feeling that someone would pay something for my photos would be amazing :)
Keep up the high quality videos.
So far I like them a lot.
Great video Gary. Great composition and post production :-)
Thank you Colin, very kind
Two things have blown me away regarding this video. 1. The quality, info and craftsmanship/artmanship (not a word I know but I just claimed it) of producing the end product. Truly amazing! 2. Why there are so many not likes? What is there not to like. It's a great class. Nice job Gary. I'm a fan.
Excellent stuff as usual, Gary.. Enjoyed your tutorial in PS, so keep em coming. Im going to have to try this out..
Thank you Roger 👍👍
Gary you are the first person who has been able to describe 'fine art photography' and I think you summed it up perfectly. I have only just discovered you and I am already a fan.
Excellent description of fine art photography. It is exactly what I love to do and still learning how to do.
Thank you
Just found your site!! I shall be back. Loved watching you work and the picture is first class. In colour it's a picture,in black & white it's art!
Gary, It is always good to learn some new ways on how to process an image. Thanks, John
You're welcome John 👍🏻👍🏻
That's one of the best PS tutorials I have seen.
One of the best editing videos on YT, hands down.
You do some brilliant videos Gary, this has to be one of your best ever.
Thank you Steve, very kind 👍🏻
This tutorial is absolute gold....
Very kind, thank you
Been doing this for twenty five years and still love it when someone inspires me. Great video, nicely put together and I personally love the image. Thanks for posting Gary.
Cheers Tom, thank you 👍
Thoroughly enjoyable! I love your tips. Oh and yes, I agree with your definition of fine art photos. Thanks
thank you 👍
Love your work Gary and I agree with the fine art statement as it gives a person whatever creative latitude they need to make a piece of art.
Thank you Keith 👍👍👍👍
Your work is beautiful! Thank you ever so much for sharing your tips!!!
You're welcome Liz. Part 2 to this video is out next week.
Wonderful tutorial. This is my first view of your tutorials. It was very helpful. It can be so easy to overdo edits in post-processing. This photo looks great in B&W or the blue color. Love the smooth sea. Very nice. Can't wait to see more. Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, love the image
Thank you xx
Awesome work! And you make it look so simple!👍👍👍
Cheers Walter
Very nice art! And very nice instruction as well! You've given me some great ideas in both areas. Keep your insights coming!
Thank you 👍👍
great vlog and tips Gary, the one with the marquee tool was something new to learn! thanks for that!
Thank you Patrick 👍👍
All I can say is that your tutorials- "follow along"; is really wonderful. Thanks so much. I just had to subscribe in order to support you and help me. Cheers.
Very kind, thank you
Hello Gary, Thank you so much for gently share your process and sensibility with us. I am a Brazilian guy who is now coming to your channel. I will subscribe to your channel and learn more from you. When I improve my English I hope to attend a workshop there in Scotland. Problably in 2023. Thanks again.
In these days of acronyms I must say I enjoyed your take on FART Photography. Keep it up. :-)
lol Thank you
You are a wizard Harry!
Thank you
Great vlog as ever Gary, I look forward to the next.
Thank you Dean 👍
Very beautiful! And very educational!
Thank you Cathy 👍👍
Its easy for everyone to believe that everything has been shot or taken before you. So what the need to take the shot again. But photography is about that. Mimicking a shot of another picture or photographer to help find your place in the art, in the field, in the world of photography, the aim is to give you the ability to take it to the next level, in evolution of photography, evolution of yourself, its your photo, of that shot that someone thought of, that bring you to their same wave length.
all eyes are different, but are still just eyes.
all pictures are different but are still just pictures.
A camera's role is to act as bridges between the eyes, the pictures and the minds. fine art achieve this goal.
Well said
Very very informative Gary, I was hooked! Lovely images and very natural flow tutorial, thank you! Loved both images but the colour one was incredible.
Cheers Darren, very kind 👍
What a beautiful image. I love the color version.
Thank you for this video. You are truly an inspiration.
Very kind, thank you
Even at my age I can learn something new everyday, Thanks Gary.
You're welcome Charles. I think we're all learning, aren't we? 😁😁 👍👍
I firmly believe that there is little point to life if we aren't still learning and experiencing. Life would seem unbearable without it.
So true 👍👍
Good Art has 'Aesthetic' which elevates the soul. Bad art is everything else.
Really enjoyed that... love seeing how others edit. well done
Thank you Alastair 👍
Great photography and some good tips on post processing, keep it coming Gary!
Thank you 👍👍
I enjoyed this video Gary and yes, I agree. It is a Fine Art image and quite beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Marie
You are a maverick! thank you for the wonderful titorial.
Thank you 👍👍
Love your work Gary! Very artistic and pure. Inspiring.
Thank you kindly
A very interesting and useful video about Fine Art photography Gary. The post-processing steps are very well explained.
Thank you José, very kind 👍👍
Well done. Really enjoyed watching this video. Like your calm and measured approach at showing all the techniques - shooting and editing.
Subbed.
Thank you for saying, very kind 👍
Excellent!!! Love the color version of this show!!!! Thanks!!
Cheers Burt 👍
Brilliant Gary, bloody brilliant!! 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you Craig, very kind 👍👍
I think that thanks to this video I have finally found my way into photography. Thank you very much.
You already have a new follower
My best regards from Tenerife.
Thank you for saying, very kind comment. Hi from the UK :)
Stunning, always look forward to your videos Gary,
In my opinion if an image looks good call it whatever you want, art, landscape portrait.
As always Gary fantastic work, thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Agree totally btw 👍👍
I was beginning to think I was the only UK youtuber advocating Photoshop Gary - excellent 👍👍👍
Not at all Andy. I can still remember when LR was the product you bought if you couldn't afford or justify the cost. In fact, when people ask me why I use PS and not LR I always reply because I'm a professional. Hope that doesn't offend :)
Gary - been doing this for a living for 40 years now so I'm in the same mid as you! But I use Lightroom because I teach folk, so I have to! But Lr is the same as ACR in my eyes - do a few small global things then move the image to Ps for the localised stuff. Photoshop is the king for image processing - it's nice to know I'm not alone!!!!
Well done Gary, loved the vid, as you say" everybody's interpretation of a photo is different and that's what makes it art" i really liked the black and white version of the photo and I'm looking forward to more vids.
Cheers John 👍👍
Hi Gary, Thanks for this video. I have a definition of fine art photography,and it is this: If you see a photograph and you just have to buy it to hang it on your wall because it creates an impact in your soul and you know you will enjoy it everytime your eyes fall on it then you have found something which causes the viewer to linger and take the time to comprehend it, it then, is fine art.
For as long as I have been shooting photos, I’m starting to learn photography... you are a teacher.
Thank you Howard
Excellent video Gary.Very informative and beautiful images Thanks for sharing
Thank you as always Jim 👍👍
Great Vlog Gary! I think you've explained the "fine art photography" perfectly :-) love the shots, colour gets my 👍on this one!
Cheers Geoff
Such a class shot!! Your work is always worthy of it! You made photoshop look so easy, Thanks for the tips Garry!!
You're welcome, thank you 👍👍
Love the photos. Really appreciate the post processing tutorial. I've often wished you'd do one.
Oh, thank you 👍👍👍👍
Awesome shots ! And the editing process seems super easy ! Will certainly be watching more !
Nice to see full processing Gary very informative
Thank you Brian, very kind 👍
Thanks Gary. Some super simple Photoshop tricks that I would have never thought of? Maybe in 20 years time I'll be up to standard! Great vid.
Thank you Darcy 👍👍
I always get a good tip or three from your videos. Thanks again from Texas, Gary.
and thank you again Jeffrey 👍👍👍👍
Hi Gary Ranjo is here I really love your art photo it is great, thanks for all the amazing videos I’m learning quite a lot from you, photoshop is my weakest point. Thanks
Thank you. Keep at it, that's the secret
I’m mate trying my best I even signed up in Sunderland college to lean more about photography and photoshop.
Really nice video, Gary. This is your first video that I have seen and it is such a beautiful video that I'm immediately subscribing without looking at your other videos first :)
You are awesome! Hoping to learn a great deal from you.
Comments like this just make all the hard work so worthwhile, thank you 👍👍
Thank you Gary for sharing your process. I enjoy watching videos like this as its both about a beautiful piece of fine art, and it demonstrates the process of achieving it. I’m with you on your definition of fine art, it’s all about a vision for an image and what a photographer can do to achieve the vision! Thank you for producing great videos and sharing them as you do. Cheers!
Love the music, makes me feel your voice more deep. Great video.
Thank you 👍👍
Very interesting video. I agree with your definition of fine art fotography. Thank you for sharing your workflow, I find it very inspiring.
Very kind, thank you
"Art is anything you can get away with" - Andy Warhol
So true 👍
People like Andy Warhol never say those things when they are just starting out though, they wait until they have a large bank balance before saying controversial things.
Damien Hurst is living proof of that
Pretty sure it was Marshall McLuhan who said that....
Just wonderful, I been tryin to find out about "sell nature photos" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Cellaatty Unimaginable Command - (do a search on google )?
It is an awesome exclusive guide for discovering how to earn money from your photos without the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate got cool success with it.
I absolutely loved what you did to the image example in the intro - love this channel :-)
Thank you very much 👍👍
Great style Gary! I was looking for someone to show me HOW they sell and I really appreciate you SHOWING ME WHAT to sell!!
Best explanation of photography as art that I've heard. Only ever sold a few prints but get what you're saying. The downside is that it looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and learn Ps instead of relying on Lr. Already on my Mac but have tried to ignore it until now!
Firstly thank you... secondly, go on! get it fired up. You won't regret it :)
I enjoyed your discussion and more importantly liked your creation of fine art Gary!
Cheers Carl
Gary, difficult subject.........but you explained better than anyone else..........thanks
Thank you so much Gary, I came across your TH-cam by accident but so pleased I did. Extremely helpful even more so as I’m getting bored with my photography at the moment, and I’m definitely interested in Fine Art Photography. Got to learn those shortcuts - brilliant. I have subscribed and will now go to your website. Thank you. Kim
Hi Gary, I'm a hugh fan of b&w imagery but in this case it's colour all the way for me. Both look fantastic. Great end result. Thanks a million for sharing.
Nice to see you making great Art Works out Cleveleys way Garry! Your long exposure interpretations of the subject works so well.
Thank you Alex, very kind 👍👍
Good video again Gary. Some nice tips for Photoshop. Keep them coming
Hey Gary, you are a photoshop ninja....!! I’m a Lightroom guy only because photoshop is so hard work and daunting to dive into. It’s not exactly “user friendly”. It reminds me of the old days where a program actually had a template that you put on a keyboard to use the shortcuts (WordPerfect 5 for any other old farts out there, lol). But like all things, the more you use, the easier it gets.... I’m actually on Brendan Van Son workshop in Crete right now and it’s awesome... this guy is incredible!! He’s lived it, dreamed it, and is realising it! I genuinely think that people like him and you (and TH) don’t see the world in the same way anymore... you see life as compositions, light and “fine art”, I for one, is glad you do, so I / we can learn so much!! Cheers bud..!! Jase
Oh that's cool Jason. He won't know me, but please pass on my regards. I like him too. It's great to see somebody so determined to get out there and live life as they want to! Glad you liked my video and thank you for your kind words.
Photoshop is not exactly user friendly?
You surely never tried gimp, did ya? :P
God - Gimp looks just as intimidating when you open it up for the first time, as does PS. It's really just about getting stuck in and learn in bite-size portions.
Excellent video as always Gary. Loved the B&W but definitely prefer the colour on this occasion, however the real beauty is those bricks in your office, I really hope you use them as a back drop.
Great, first time watcher! Subscribed
Cheers Chris 👍👍
Great tutorial and fantastic image (the colour one for me). Thanks Gary!
Cheers Barry 👍👍
Gary, I concur with your definition and others that have commented provide some good nuances to the definition of Fine Art. Thanks for sharing your creativity and insight from the camera through post-processing. I appreciate it.
So good, that it is worth the subscription.
Thank you 👍
I like the images, especially in colour. Thanks for the detailed lesson on the pp, very helpful.
Thank you kindly Brenda 👍👍👍👍
Well Gary that was brilliant in fine art on the shell 🐚 at blackpool spot on 😊
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. I also like your definition of art. I’ve just read your blurb - I thought it was the Fylde coast and I was right. I lived in Blackpool for 30yrs, left in 2013, so they must have located Mary’s Shell after I left or thereabouts. Great piece of sculpture and great image created of it.
Thank you Sue 👍
That's some of the most relaxing editing I've ever seen, with that music :)
Great video. It reinforced much of what I already knew but the use of the marquee to move one part of the image to another as an alternative to cloning and healing is a revelation as well as the transform tool used at the bottom edge instead of cropping out unwanted distractions and thus allowing you to maintain the chosen dimensions of the image is a revelation. Thank you for an informative lesson.
Gladys Perrier you’re welcome. Thank you
Nice job Gary. Well explained.
Very kind Lee, thank you 👍👍
This is what I call Fine Art Photography, a great example and quite minimalist which I love. I just found and enjoyed your video about the pilgrims walk, which led me to this one. I really appreciate the insights into your processing method too. But I can’t resist pointing out something that drives me crazy these days; so many people misquoting that old proverb about the pudding. Correct saying is: “The proof of the pudding is in the eating”. 😊
Excellent Gary, some good tips there 👍
Thank you 👍👍
I really love this channel. Thank you, sir.
Thank you! I like the color photo, enjoyed the black and white processing! Brendan and Thomas??? Perfect!!!
Thank you 👍👍
Your images and style of presentation are excellent. Very well done and thanks.
Thank you Tony. Very kind of you to say 👍👍
Enjoyed the process and it produced a great photo, definitely fine art.
Thank you John 👍👍
Loved that Gary. I picked up a few pointers on using Ps which I'll try in the near future. My preference was for the version of the main picture where there was the blue in the sky. Much the same as I liked the colour version of the wreck at Lytham. You might want to have a go at the riverside wrecks at Fleetwood. Quickest way to find them is to make for ASDA roundabout and across the other side of the road is a MacDonalds burger joint. Walk down that road keeping McD's to your right towards some new build housing on the other side of some lock gates. On the other side of the new builds is the river bank. The nearest wreck is just to the left hidden by a dune. The other wrecks are a couple of hundred yards to the right. Be sure to wear stout wellies or boots, its very slippy most of the time. Fortunately I had my Olympus Pro gear when I went face down in the mud. The camera washed up nicely, my jeans didn't. Enjoy! 😉
Great video Gary. I have often wondered what constitutes fine art photography and your theory makes sense. I enjoy all your videos and I do prefer your style of (post processed) seascape to the "standard " versions. Thanks for all your videos. Please keep them coming! 👍👍👍
Thank you George. Very kind sir!
Thanks for all those valuable tips. I did not use any shortcuts untill now but will most likely start to learn and incorporate them into my workflow.
Very kind of you to say, thank you
Nice one Gary and super shot, personally I like the colour one best. Nice to see the post processing 👍
Ian Livermore cheers Ian 👍🏻
I like the color version too. It reminds me of an alien artifact or something.
Ridiculous! Everyone knows fine art photography is black and white tsk some people.
@@woody1380 everyone is entitled to an opinion. Have an awesome day buddy!
@@ianlivermore2981 twas a joke buddy, having a pole at those that would balk at colour in art photography
Great to see your work flow and techniques, thank you for sharing!!
You're welcome, thank you
Very nicely done. 👍👍👍
Nicely done, Gary. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Gillianm 👍👍
What a great video Gary. Thx a lot.
Cheers
Spending those few extra minutes or hours to get that 1 shot, makes everything worth it. Finally found someone that like myself, prefers minimal tweaking to any picture rather than slap a bunch of presets or filters to create an effect that was never there to begin with. As you say Fine Art Photography is a very thin line, everybody can produce stunning effects with software but where does it stop from crossing that line between creative photography and an artistic image piece?
Thanks, Gary for your great videos, I'm so glad you say you use photshop not lightroom, I felt I was the only one who can't see why you need lightroom if you use photoshop.
Keep up your great work
Andy
Not at all Andy. I can still remember when LR was the product you bought if you couldn't afford or justify the cost of PS. Glad you liked the video, thank you
I use Lightroom for cataloguing and faster load time, before exporting to Photoshop for final touches. With tens of thousands of photos, trying to keep them all organized in folders would be a logistical nightmare.
Excellent video... Stunning image. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Athens, Greece.
Thank you Nicholas. Greeting back at you from the UK :) 👍👍👍👍