It has been widely proven by many psychologists that people buy a product based on need, emotional attachment, and display. An advertising photographer has to make an advertisement or an item appealing on those grounds. Whether you are selling your product on a national platform or e-commerce websites, such as ebay, here are a few tips to help you sell your products.

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Forty-three photographers have had their work selected for the exhibition highlighting the entrants to the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010. The annual event held at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra will run from 4 March – 2 May 2010.

Advertising photography specialist Chris Budgeon from Victoria will feature at the event. His work has appeared in commercial shoots for HBA Health Insurance, Energy Australia, Carlton Draught’s “Because You’re Worth It” series, Cougar Dark Rum, Shell, Schweppes and Bendon Sport.

(c) Chris Budgeon

(c) Chris Budgeon

Robin Sellick is a celebrity photographer who is already exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery and will be exhibited again this year at the pending exhibition. Sellick has shot music, TV, sport, business and political personalities in Australia for the past 10 years. Some of his more well known work includes images of Rove McManus vaulting into a pool and sexy images of Cate Blanchett (see below)…

In this final series of VIEW: videos, I detail who inspired me from the first picture through to today’s exceptional photographers, which include Chase Jarvis and Dustin Snipes.

Inspiration is by its very nature can arrive at any moment. I remember a blog post or video from Chase that he mentions that he sometimes wakes up during the night with some immediate thoughts that he just has to write down. If I recall, he even talks about having a notepad beside his bed. I’m not sure if that will ever happen with me, because when I’m asleep, I’m really asleep.

But this video isn’t about how to do it or when, but the people that I have looked up to during the weeks and months and even years of doing this fun filled work I do called photography.