At a certain point a photographer may need the support only a rep can provide. Our Find Agents page is a great place to start that search—by location, specialty, and name.

Unpublished is a page on our website where clients can quickly browse through hundreds of photographic projects that have not previously been published and are available for licensing. With a login, photographers can find the Unpublished tab in the Account menu. There, you can upload 5-10 images and add a brief description of your project.

At Wonderful Machine, we divide all the people and companies in our industry into 5 categories: Clients, Photographers, Crew, Agents, and Resources. In our massive effort to reimagine, redesign, and rebuild our website, our Find Resources page is the last step in our data migration process. While the other 4 categories are pretty specific, Resources is intentionally vague…

With most photographer directories, your location is static. There is at least one directory that I know of that allows you to update your current location in real time, which is nice. But we have taken that idea one step further by allowing our photographers to update their Travel Plans to show any number of locations into the future.

Besides actually making decent pictures, finding good clients is the single biggest challenge for any commercial photographer. At Wonderful Machine, we’ve been cultivating an internal database of companies that hire photographers for nearly 15 years. And with the launch of our new website, we’re making that information available to our photographers for the first time.

One of the most common conversations we have with photographers is about finding and working with reps. Take a look at what we have to say regarding finding a rep, negotiating commission, and other important aspects of this business relationship.

Spurred by the protests over the killing of George Floyd by police, we decided to focus this week’s open house on racial injustice in America and what it means for creatives.

Photographer Mary Beth Koeth is featured this week in a discussion about self-assigned projects, covering both her projects “Off-Season Santas” and “Porn Moms.”

Last Friday the Wonderful Machine stock photo staff sat down with member photographers to discuss stock photography and some interesting proposals for the future.

In recent weeks, several Wonderful Machine members received emails with fake assignment offers. Bill Cramer offers advice on how to recognize scams and how to protect yourself against them.

Photographers think a lot about how to make money, but saving it is a different matter altogether. It’s something that presents a unique challenge for many photographers who don’t collect a regular paycheck or have employer-sponsored retirement plans. But it is essential for anyone interested in owning a home, sending their kids to college or retiring someday to make savings plans.

A regional fashion magazine needed advice on photographer and photo director contracts, and how to make the agreements more agreeable.

Ditlo is a stock photography company that works with photographers and celebrities to license content to clients. Here’s a sample contract.

Email correspondence between a graphic designer and an experienced photographer, concerning an annual report shoot for a medium corporation.

Some magazines have their own rates and terms, others don’t. Either way, it’s good for photographers to have a contract template on hand.

I recently had an interesting experience negotiating the terms of a contract with a new magazine client for a cover shoot. Here’s the process.