Publishers are looking for good books about digital photography. I've been able to break into the business by doing a few things to let important people:
know what I do
know who I am
know where I've been
know my photography style.
So what do I tell them?
I tell them:
I sell my photography all over Southern California. I specialize in retro images. I've traveled the world, shooting great photographs that are now a part of a huge collection just waiting to be published.
I have a Masters degree in creative arts from San Francisco State University. I have written two books, Digital Art Photography for Dummies and 50 Greatest Photo Opportunities in San Francisco. I'm currently working on a third book, 101 Quick and Easy Secrets to Create Winning Photographs.
I've traveled all around the world, photographing the best of what a variety of countries has to offer. I've shot in Myanmar, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Canada, Hawaii, France, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Thailand and more.
My narrative style has viewers studying my photographs to figure out the message and content in each picture I take.
Here are some steps to get into the photography book writing business:
1. You need come up with some good ideas for books about digital photography.
2. You need to get an agent who specializes in photography books.
3. You need to keep taking pictures everywhere you go to build up a first-rate photograph collection.
4. You need to make a list of 10 ideas for photography books, fully describing three of them.
5. You need to write your bio.
6. You need to constantly sell yourself along with your photos.
Now that you've got some clues as where to begin to get into the photography book writing business, purchase one of my books to see what I've done.
