Spitfire Photographs: A Picture Researcher’s Guide
Where to license high-resolution air-to-air Spitfire photographs: the marks on file, how the images were flown, honest captioning and a buyer’s checklist. Read article
Category: Licensing
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F-35 Photographs: A Picture Buyer’s Guide to the Belgian Lightning IIs
The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most photographed new military aircraft of its generation and one of the hardest to source well: air-to-air imagery with the type is rare, tightly controlled and in constant editorial demand. This guide, the fourth in our series for picture buyers, is built around a collection that answers… Read article
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Martin Mars Photographs: The Final Flights of the Last Giant Flying Boat
On 11 August 2024 the Martin JRM Hawaii Mars, the largest flying boat in operational service anywhere in the world, made its final flight from Sproat Lake to the BC Aviation Museum. The air-to-air photography flown around those last days is now the closing chapter of an eighty-year story, and this guide explains what the… Read article
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B-17 Flying Fortress Photographs: A Picture Buyer’s Guide
The B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most requested subjects in aviation picture research, and one of the hardest to source well: fewer than ten remain airworthy, so fresh photography is rare by definition. This guide is for the people who buy B-17 images, publishers, museums, documentary makers and model manufacturers, and it is… Read article
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Aviation Picture Research: Sourcing and Licensing Aircraft Photographs
Aviation picture research is the craft of finding the right aircraft photograph and licensing it properly: the correct type, the correct mark, the correct markings, at reproduction quality, with a licence that actually covers the use. This guide explains how the process works from the buyer’s side, whether you are a book publisher, a museum… Read article
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Building an Aviation Photography Portfolio That Sells
How to curate, present and sell an aviation photography portfolio: ruthless editing, a consistent style, the subjects that sell, and websites, stock, prints and licensing. Read article
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Keywording Aviation Photos for Stock Sales
How to keyword aviation photos so they actually sell: agency limits for Alamy, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock and Getty, supertags, keyword order, captions and a Lightroom workflow. Read article
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How to License Your Aviation Photography for Stock
How to license aviation photography: editorial versus commercial use, choosing agencies, releases and legal issues, captioning that sells, and realistic earnings. Read article