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Presenting a Vision With Editorial Photography

It has been said numerous times that a picture is worth a thousand words and nowhere else is this truer than with editorial photography. Newspapers and magazines that publish photographs that accompany articles are using this type of photography to add visualization to their printed stories. The use of pictures to accompany articles may not pay as much as commercial or corporate photography but is a great way to achieve name recognition.

With most pictures appearing in magazines or in newspapers credit is given to the photographer, which will help them build their portfolio. In newspapers, photographers vie for awards for their work, and winning prizes as well as having their name appear with their work can give them a portfolio to use to gain photographic work in other more lucrative industries.

Some newspapers and magazines, and now internet sites may use the same photographer to create editorial photography as well as advertising or product images and photographers that can do both can build their portfolio even quicker. However, pictures used for advertising or marketing purposes usually do not have any accompanying credit and the photographer will need to have some sort of documentation that they did, in fact, take the picture.

Other aspects of editorial photography can include pictures of disasters such as car accidents or the aftermath of violent storms. Essentially these are the images that accompany articles in the editorial side of the news business. Videographers working for television news bureaus are also involved in editorial photography and only they use video equipment and are often referred to as video journalists as their pictures tell a story.

Editorial photography refers to the pictures in a magazine that aren’t ads. The photographs that go along with the articles – even the cover of the magazine. Some photographers shoot only editorial type work, others shoot both editorial and commercial. For many professionals, despite the typically lower pay, editorial photography offers them a chance to tell a story they believe to be important to a wider audience. By taking pictures that present facts in an enticing manner they can often convince newspapers and magazines to use their pictures, along with additional editorial content to tell a story that may otherwise be overlooked. They can also be used to help people in need. For example, photographs taken in the aftermath of recent tornadoes have been used to show the devastation and to raise awareness for help needed in those communities. These pictures play a role in public donations for those hit hardest by the storms.

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How To Wrap Hard To Wrap Christmas Presents

Finding the right gift for a loved one on Christmas can be a difficult to accomplish task. You always want to make sure that the gift you buy is something the recipient is sure to enjoy. Once you find a gift you can then focus on wrapping the gift. However wrapping the gift can prove to be a tedious task.

Some gifts can be shaped weird or may not be a physical present so presenting it to your loved one can be difficult.

If you have an item that can’t be traditionally wrapped there are several alternatives you can use to go about wrapping the gift. Here are some things you can try that will allow you to present the gift nicely.

Find a nice gift bag that you can place the gift in. Perhaps your present is a bottle of wine for your Christmas hosts. Party stores now sale gift bags for the specific purpose of placing a well thought out purchase of wine. If the gift is shaped weird you can also place the gift in a gift bag. To dress up the bag you can add some festive tissue paper as well to make it look nicer.

Another thing you can do is buy some sort of special fabric, lay it on the floor and place your gift in the middle of the fabric. You can tie up the fabric with a special bow and present the gift to your loved one that way.

Since we now live in a digital world, you may buy a gift that is supposed to be downloaded and therefore doesn’t come in a physical form. Things like books and music can now be enjoyed without the need for a hard copy of the gift. If you are buying your loved one an mp3 player or digital reader then you can simply load it with favorite songs or books and present the gift that way. An mp3 player or digital reader pre loaded makes for a wonderful gift idea.

Other things you can do are buying a nice gift card holder and placing the card along with the receipt inside a larger box in order to make it appear that the gift is something it isn’t.

With a little bit of imagination and ingenuity wrapping a gift shouldn’t be too difficult and there are ways to give presents and wrap the presents no matter how large or small the item is. You just have to use your imagination and you can come up with the perfect gift wrapping strategy.

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How To Win More Negotiations – Understand The Shoulder Shrug – Negotiation Tip of the Week

Shrugging shoulders – The question was asked of him, “why should we lower our price?” He shrugged his shoulders, took a moment to reflect on the question, and then offered several reasons why the price should be reduced. Little did he know, his shoulder shrug exposed the fact that initially, he didn’t have an answer to the question. Others picked that up and he lost credibility.

When negotiating, you should possess a heightened sense of awareness about the signals you send via your body language. You should also have a heightened sense of awareness of the other negotiator’s body language. That’s because body language displays true feelings. While some very good negotiators know how to convey false emotions through their body language, through their attempt to convey such emotions, their body tries to compensate for the inequity the body is experiencing. The shrugging of the shoulders is one form of display that the body conveys such sentiments.

What shoulder shrugging indicates:

The shrugging of the shoulders during a negotiation can imply different meanings depending on what occurred earlier in the negotiation, the level of intensity of what’s currently being discussed, and the mental frailty of the negotiator displaying the gesture. It can mean:

  1. What else do you want from me?
  2. I don’t really know the answer to that?
  3. I don’t care?
  4. I feel threatened!
  5. I’m indecisive.
  6. I’m thinking but I don’t know what to say.
  7. I’m experiencing some form of pressure.
  8. I disagree with you.
  9. I have disdain for what’s being discussed.
  10. I despise you.

To more accurately note the intent of the meaning, observe what occurred prior to the shoulder shrugging gesture. Also, note the length of time the shoulders stay in that position; that will allow you a glimpse into the degree the expression is being internalized. You can also gain additional insight into its meaning by noting other body language gestures that accompany the shrug(s). As an example:

  1. Mouth agape with head leaning forward is more of a display of not backing down. While head leaning back can indicate a reluctance to pursue the point being discussed much further.
  2. Ponding of the fist indicates defensiveness with the possibility of becoming aggressive.
  3. Sighing while displaying the shoulder shrug is a sign of exasperation. The level of exasperation is amplified when hands are extended in a palms-up or palms-down gesture.

When reading body language, you need to remember that the body always seeks to be in a state of comfort. When that state is violated the body displays its lack of comfort in an attempt to retrieve the state of comfort that it seeks. It’s during the times when the body is displaying such gestures that you need to be very attentive. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of what’s occurring in the other negotiator’s mind by doing so. Depending on your negotiation strategy, you can allow the opposing negotiator to emotionally flutter in discomfort or throw him a lifeline to assuage his discomfort.

In your future negotiations, if you become more aware of body language signals and the shoulder shrug in particular, you’ll be able to negotiate from a stronger position… and everything will be right with the world.

Remember, you’re always negotiating.

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