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    Imaginations: Earn A Fortune With Your Dramatic Photography
    Imaginations: Earn A Fortune With Your Dramatic Photography
    Imaginations: Earn A Fortune With Your Dramatic Photography
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    Imaginations: Earn A Fortune With Your Dramatic Photography

    By Raymond J. Klein

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    Raymond J. Klein began his career in high school. His interest in photography bloomed after finding his dad's Kodak folding camera. At 14 years of age, one of his photographs was published in the local newspaper, as a subject of interest to the readers of that publication, and earned $10.00. He continued his education in a 4-year service career in the USAF in a photography unit. Another photograph, during his service career, earned $175.00. A series of photographs, after his service duty, produced for one of the nation's aircraft manufacturers, propelled him into an almost forty-year national advertising photography career. He earned a Master of Photography Degree by 1976, with the Professional Photographers of America Inc. During this period, the “Billing Day Rate” ballooned to $1500.00. This book is involved with earnings capable in that industry. This activity continued until he retired. Continuing his photographic interest by joining a camera club, and art gallery, where he still enjoys sales of his artful, and dramatic photographs, and recently winning an important international contest in a magazine read around the world. The book discusses techniques and the trials and tribulations facing a commercial advertising photographer. He urges novice photographers to follow through with their own imaginative endeavors.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPageTurner Press and Media
    Release dateJul 27, 2021
    ISBN9798891749344
    Imaginations: Earn A Fortune With Your Dramatic Photography
    Author

    Raymond J. Klein

    Born in 1932, he served in the USAF 4 years, (1952 - 56) as a photographer, honorably discharged. Employed by RCA at Cape Canaveral, (1956 - 57), motion-picture photography of rocket launches. Then employed by "Martin Orlando Aircraft," ( 1957-58), where I produced a series of still photographs, which propelled me into the advertising field. I am a retired Professional Advertising Photographer, with an earned (1976) Master of Photography Degree from the "Professional Photographers of America, Inc."

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      Imaginations - Raymond J. Klein

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      IMAGINATIONS

      Earn a Fortune with Your Dramatic Photography

      Raymond J. Klein

      Copyright © 2021 by Raymond J. Klein

      ______________________________________________________________

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or manner, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the express written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      ______________________________________________________________

      Created in the United States of America

      ISBN: Softcover 979-8-89174-932-0

      eBook 979-8-89174-934-4

      Hardback 979-8-89174-933-7

      Republished by: PageTurner Press and Media LLC

      Publication Date: 07/27/2021

      ______________________________________________________________

      To order copies of this book, contact:

      PageTurner Press and Media

      Phone: 1-888-447-9651

      info@pageturner.us

      www.pageturner.us

      Dedication

      I would like to dedicate this book to my daughter, Lisa Marie Klein, and to the memory of my wife, Mary Jane Klein. Thank you for your support during this time in our lives.

      Biblical verse: 2,000 years+

      Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds, (works), and praise your Father in heaven. (Mathew 5:16)

      Let this be a suggestion as what to do with those imaginative creations. Exhibit them, display them, and publish them where everyone can see them. Today we certainly have substantial venues to do just that. Search them out!

      Declaration of Independence: 200 years+

      We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. (Thomas Jefferson, 1776)

      I believe, when Thomas Jefferson wrote those words in 1776, what he really meant was that all men are born with equal opportunity. Actually, opportunity does not happen to us all in an equal manner. If we prepare ourselves in a field of our own interest, we will be able to grasp success when opportunity arises. That opportunity may be quite elusive, and we must work to have the ability to recognize it when it does arise. We also have the ability to produce opportunity for ourselves using our imagination.

      Imagination

      PHOTOGRAPHERS STATEMENT:

      I had a very successful career producing illustrative photographs of all types for advertising, editorial, catalogs, contests, and decorative art for the walls in an individual’s home. I hope to inspire you to do the same. Young people ask me, "How do you get into this line of work?" This book is going to attempt to answer that question by example! A business background, legal experience, and most of all, study of the arts and a deep enthusiasm for photography would be extremely helpful.

      Imaginative Advertising Works

      Autumn Leaves

      The best-selling photograph of my personal collections of digital images is "Autumn Leaves." It usually sells best in a physical gallery exhibition where people are looking for a piece of art to hang on their walls. It also does well when physically displayed in a restaurant setting where other art is on display. It is included in a full writeup near the end of this book.

      Contents

      Chapter One—The Art of Imagination 1

      Chapter Two—Imaginations of the Mind 6

      Chapter Three—Visual Persuasion 12

      Chapter Four—An Interesting Street Photo 16

      Chapter Five—Experimenting with Light 19

      Chapter Six—A Huge Leap Forward 23

      Chapter Seven—Explosion of Assignments 28

      Chapter Eight—Critical Visual Scrutiny 38

      Chapter Nine—Imagination at Work 40

      Chapter Ten—A Lighting Extravaganza 42

      Chapter Eleven—Precise Lighting Control 49

      Chapter Twelve—An Unbelievable Gift 54

      Chapter Thirteen—Multiple Exposure Extravaganza 57

      Chapter Fourteen—A Vision of Light 60

      Chapter Fifteen—Speed-light Plus Incandescent Light 62

      Chapter Sixteen—Film Photo Shop Before Digital Photo Shop 64

      Chapter Seventeen—Leap into the Stratosphere 70

      Chapter Eighteen—Magic in Advertising 73

      Chapter Nineteen—Radiance of Light 75

      Chapter Twenty—Excelling in Contest Competition 78

      Chapter Twenty-One—Hues of Blue 81

      Chapter Twenty-Two—Practice! Practice! Practice! 83

      Chapter Twenty-Three—An Exhibition on the Horizon 85

      Chapter Twenty-Four—Gallery Member and Another

      Exhibition 87

      Chapter Twenty-Five—Themed Exhibition Sparks Explosive

      Thought 89

      Chapter Twenty-Six—Visions of Light 91

      Chapter Twenty-Seven—Autumn Revelations 94

      Chapter Twenty-Eight—Solstice Illumination 97

      Chapter Twenty-Nine—International 99

      Chapter Thirty—Photographs Sell 101

      Chapter Thirty-One—Eye Appeal 103

      Chapter Thirty-Two—Imagination Applied 105

      Chapter Thirty-Three—Encountering the Fortune 109

      Preface

      Experimentation with photography is an essential part of making opportunities happen for yourself, creating a portfolio to demonstrate to buyers and users of photography all your capabilities. During my lifetime career, five photographs presented giant steps to promote my career to heights never imagined.

      Martin Engineer

      The first image was produced to excite engineers to come to work for a company producing aircraft for the protection of the United States of America, and it continues to accomplish that effort to this day. The company is also deeply involved in space exploration.

      Bath Rug Advertisement

      The second photograph was produced to promote sales of a product to be used in every home. It was sold at stores by one of the largest retail merchandisers of that time.

      Vinyl Flooring Advertisement

      The third photograph was made for the same retail merchandiser, and in the process, it gave me nearly enough merits to earn a master of photography degree with the Professional Photographers of America Inc. association awarded in 1976.

      Phone Answering Machine

      The fourth image was an ultimate experimental product photograph that won the heart of a new client and pushed our photo sales through the roof.

      Prize Winning Image

      The fifth image is a winner of an important international contest, which received photographs from cities in countries all over the world.

      There are other photographs in this book that also were successful enough to continue promoting a very satisfying living and career honors. For a young person interested in photography, I recommend that you tailor your career toward the advertising field. This area is the highest-paying one available to you.

      The five photographs mentioned above will be found in the sequence in which my career continued to progress through my life. I hope you may see how, using your imagination, you can produce valuable photographs of your own. Keep a positive attitude.

      The two most important tools a photographer can possess are imagination and an understanding of lighting.

      BE DARING, BE DRAMATIC, BE DYNAMIC!

      EXPERIMENT, EXPERIMENT, EXPERIMENT!

      Chapter One

      The Art of Imagination

      In the 1940s, magazines like Life, Look , and National Geographic were big national magazines! Pictures depicting the events taking place in the world at that time were published weekly or monthly, and the stories were huge news. Photographers accomplishing these images received credit lines, and they became household names. Being a photographer was truly a significant accomplishment! The value of their images was monumental and inspired a nation of students.

      I was an only child, but my mother and father both came from large families. My mother had four sisters and five brothers. Dad had a brother and a sister. Both parents were born in the USA, but their parents, my grandparents, were of European descent. Dad had been taken back to Europe as

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