Over the last few years I have taken and or created some photographs that I think are good enough to sell or display professionally. I think every person who has ever picked up a camera has such a dream. I finally did something about it. I finally contacted a company that buys and sells artwork for a wide variety of reasons and publications. They also sell to interior designers around the world. I gathered my portfolio and we met. Just as we were ready to get serious about some of my work (they were actually impressed with it) the subject of format, bit rate, and megapixels came up. Lesson number one... Only pictures of 10 megapixels or more will be acceptable.
Lesson number two... Only pictures shot in RAW format will be acceptable. They must be saved in Tiff format.
Lesson number three... Only pictures of 16bit or higher will be acceptable.
Even though they were genuinely impressed with some of my work, nothing could be used by the agency. They did however promise to meet with me as soon as I can put together a portfolio in the right format. (Buy a new camera) My heart was crushed to say the least but I am glad I took that step and tried. It is my hope and dream that by the time I retire from my current career I can subsidize my income with photography.
The lesson here is a hard but vital one to any of you that carry the same ambition that I do, and that is to someday sell a photograph or piece of artwork professionally.
I have so much to learn. The agency is a locally based company in Hawaii You can check out their website at
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