Special pricing is still in effect for new members at The WPO. You can get a lifetime membership for only $67 if you take advantage of the offer prior to April 15, 2010. This will be the last day of the special offer.
Effective April 16, 2010 The World Photographer Organization is going to add additional member benefits and return the cost of a lifetime membership to $197. By the end of this year I expect the lifetime membership fee to be set at $250.
The focus of The WPO is shifting in two directions. Our pro members will spend more time offering advice on proven ways to increase income made through photography. We will also add an educational element to the site that is not presently available.
Members will have access to free, online, mini-workshops/courses that are not presently offered. They will also be offered deep discounts on full-blown workshops and courses that are now in development.
This may seem expensive to non professionals. The economy is bad. Yet, if you do a comparative analysis of other photography organizations and associations you will find that most of them charge more for an annual membership than what The WPO will be offering lifetime memberships for after 4-15-10.
Times are tough. Money is hard to come by and difficult to part with. But, if you look at it as an investment in your future, a probable tax deduction, and a direct connections to well-established, seasoned professionals for help, I don't see how you can beat the deal.
The goal of The World Photographers Organization is not to make a million dollars. As the founder, my mission for the organization is to provide a portal to professional photography for average photographers. Whether you want to do some pet photography now and then or shoot weddings on weekends for thousands of dollars, The WPO can help you a great deal.
Thank you all.
R. Dodge Woodson
Founder
World Photographers Organization
Showing posts with label make money with your camera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label make money with your camera. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The focus of World Photographers Organization
I can't be everything to everyone. For example, I seem to suck big time at I-Net marketing. Give me direct mail and classified and space ads from the 80's and 90's and I can make them sing. Not so in the case of the Web. Guess I am too old, too stupid, too ignorant, or just too damned set in my ways. But so be it.
I am a pretty fair photographer and writer. As a business owner, I have been self-employed since 1979. In my heyday in VA, I had in excess of 120 employees and subcontractors building 60 houses a year, being a land developer, running a plumbing and remodeling business, and running a property maintenance business.
This has NOTHING to do with photography, but it does show that I am a survivor and often someone who thrives on insight. I have written over 100 books for major publishers and dozens upon dozens of magazine articles. I am a talk-show guest on radio stations in the US and Canada. My photography has appeared in a multitude of places with great reception. I have also been an expert witness and a designated real estate broker and brokerage owner. During all of this, I have always kept my photography work alive.
I didn't want to sell my photography soul. Selling out as a writer didn't bother me, but my photography was my lifelong passion and I would not whore it out for money. YET, I do know how to do it and make it happen.
After a lot of time in the woods thinking, I have come to a decision. WPO is my baby and will be so until I can't maintain it. Frankly, I greatly underestimated the commitment of photographers today when I embarked on WPO.
I know what I am about to say will upset some people, but I am me and I say what I mean and I mean what I say and if someone doesn't like it, they found their way in, they can find their way out!
I grew up during a time when photography was very different from what it is today. Of course we did the dodge and burn stuff and some photographers played with air brushes. For me personally, I shot on KodaChrome 64 slide film. It could not be developed in my own darkroom. I either got the shot or I didn't. Magazines and ad agencies insisted on KodaChrome 64 or 25, or a suitable equal.
My point is this, that is when photographers were photographers and not digital camera operators who manipulate their images on a computer. Ask the old Grey Beards, they will tell you what real photography was.
When it comes to making money with photos, the fundamentals have not changed a great deal. People still get married. Babies are born, and fashion changes. Sure, now we have headshots for dating services online, but that's okay.
Here is my bottom line. I am GOING TO BE ME! I may piss some people off. It is not my intent, but I am going to call the shots as I see them.
I have spent a great deal of time researching potential WPO competition. I won't go into a blow-by-blow breakdown here. What I will say is as follows:
I intend for WPO to be open to all serious photographers, regardless of their skill levels or their equipment.
I am going to focus WPO on making photos worth money. If you don't want to sell them, that is up to you.
I am going to show people how to make a few hundred to even a few thousand dollars a month part-time with their camera, with minimal advertising, and without quitting their day job.
WPO is not reserved for Pros, but I and the other pros at WPO who are close to me, and there are many and there are some real name bangers in the group, will take any serious photographer from baby steps to professional-quality photos.
This site, the Press Room, will be predominately for WPO members and guests for up to 30 days.
This was the direction I had envisioned for WPO to start with. Marketing gurus swayed me due to my lack of experience on the Net. Screw it, I am doing it my way.
We may be a small group of only a few hundred photographers, but we will be a powerful resource to each other.
So much for my time on the soapbox.
Dodge
I am a pretty fair photographer and writer. As a business owner, I have been self-employed since 1979. In my heyday in VA, I had in excess of 120 employees and subcontractors building 60 houses a year, being a land developer, running a plumbing and remodeling business, and running a property maintenance business.
This has NOTHING to do with photography, but it does show that I am a survivor and often someone who thrives on insight. I have written over 100 books for major publishers and dozens upon dozens of magazine articles. I am a talk-show guest on radio stations in the US and Canada. My photography has appeared in a multitude of places with great reception. I have also been an expert witness and a designated real estate broker and brokerage owner. During all of this, I have always kept my photography work alive.
I didn't want to sell my photography soul. Selling out as a writer didn't bother me, but my photography was my lifelong passion and I would not whore it out for money. YET, I do know how to do it and make it happen.
After a lot of time in the woods thinking, I have come to a decision. WPO is my baby and will be so until I can't maintain it. Frankly, I greatly underestimated the commitment of photographers today when I embarked on WPO.
I know what I am about to say will upset some people, but I am me and I say what I mean and I mean what I say and if someone doesn't like it, they found their way in, they can find their way out!
I grew up during a time when photography was very different from what it is today. Of course we did the dodge and burn stuff and some photographers played with air brushes. For me personally, I shot on KodaChrome 64 slide film. It could not be developed in my own darkroom. I either got the shot or I didn't. Magazines and ad agencies insisted on KodaChrome 64 or 25, or a suitable equal.
My point is this, that is when photographers were photographers and not digital camera operators who manipulate their images on a computer. Ask the old Grey Beards, they will tell you what real photography was.
When it comes to making money with photos, the fundamentals have not changed a great deal. People still get married. Babies are born, and fashion changes. Sure, now we have headshots for dating services online, but that's okay.
Here is my bottom line. I am GOING TO BE ME! I may piss some people off. It is not my intent, but I am going to call the shots as I see them.
I have spent a great deal of time researching potential WPO competition. I won't go into a blow-by-blow breakdown here. What I will say is as follows:
I intend for WPO to be open to all serious photographers, regardless of their skill levels or their equipment.
I am going to focus WPO on making photos worth money. If you don't want to sell them, that is up to you.
I am going to show people how to make a few hundred to even a few thousand dollars a month part-time with their camera, with minimal advertising, and without quitting their day job.
WPO is not reserved for Pros, but I and the other pros at WPO who are close to me, and there are many and there are some real name bangers in the group, will take any serious photographer from baby steps to professional-quality photos.
This site, the Press Room, will be predominately for WPO members and guests for up to 30 days.
This was the direction I had envisioned for WPO to start with. Marketing gurus swayed me due to my lack of experience on the Net. Screw it, I am doing it my way.
We may be a small group of only a few hundred photographers, but we will be a powerful resource to each other.
So much for my time on the soapbox.
Dodge
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Who among you...
Who among you will see your work published in World Images Today this year? You don't have to be a "writer" to write for WIT. Articles generally include 6-8 photos and 750-2500 words. If your writing needs a little polishing here and there, I can do it. What I need from you is your experience in the form of how-to articles. We know you are a photographer. Let me help you become a journalist. Hey, it's free here, and you can get paid for it in many larger markets.
Contributors are not paid for their work. However, they are given full credit for the work, they retain their rights to the work, and they get some space to pitch their services.
Send article ideas or packages to publisher@wpomembers.com
Thanks.
Dodge
Contributors are not paid for their work. However, they are given full credit for the work, they retain their rights to the work, and they get some space to pitch their services.
Send article ideas or packages to publisher@wpomembers.com
Thanks.
Dodge
Friday, December 18, 2009
Make Money With Your Camera The Real Way--Earn It!
Photographers who want to make money with their camera should visit Cash In with your Camera!
It is a subsection of the WPO Press Room and overseen by World Photographers Organization. The group was created by R. Dodge Woodson. All are welcome and it is free to join.
Get your part-time or full-time photography business up and running now. You can make money with your camera.
R. Dodge Woodson
It is a subsection of the WPO Press Room and overseen by World Photographers Organization. The group was created by R. Dodge Woodson. All are welcome and it is free to join.
Get your part-time or full-time photography business up and running now. You can make money with your camera.
R. Dodge Woodson
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