S3E01 | Publishing and Personal Projects with Craig Bullock
CRAIG BULLOCK | Furtography
Craig Bullock from Furtography in New Zealand, has been photographing pets for over 15 years, is a multi-award winning accredited master of photography, author of three bestselling books and the photographer behind the amazing Dog is Love series. He is New Zealand’s Portrait Photographer of the year and a Fuji X ambassador. In our interview he shares his experience with working with publishers for personal projects, and so much more!
WE DIVED INTO:
Craig’s start in photography and the big changes that effected the direction he took
How the New Zealand earthquakes impacted Furtography and led to Quake Dogs
Partnering with a writer to create a book
Getting published and all the details on image rights, contracts and royalties
PLUS how Craig books clients and his adventure sessions
As well as switching to a medium format camera and the expectation of being a brand ambassador
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE . . .
Check out Craig’s beautiful Dog is Love series on his blog
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CRAIG’S TOOLBOX TO SUCCESS
Recommended BOOKS
Book: Million Dollar Dog Brand - J Nichole Smith
Favourite APPS
Sunseeker
Later for Instagram
Snapseed
Favourite TOOLS
Nik Collection plugin (it works again, yay!)
Tave for client bookings
Favourite quote to live by
“If in doubt, apply more glitter!”
OTHER RESOURCES
Purchase Iain’s Facebook Messenger Automation for photographers course and Kirstie’s guide to competitions in this bundle and save!
Photographer’s Guide to Automation:
Free Download
Kirstie’s free download to calculate your actual required (and desired) average sale
5 Common Self-Publishing Mistakes
(and how you can avoid them)
Get Caitlin’s easy to use shot-list cheatsheet
from Photobiz Xposed
Course to online sales