Alexandra Bortkiewicz

The Rencontres d’Arles festival – a celebration of photography

Having recently returned from spending a few days at this inspiring festival, I thought I'd share a few highlights from...

The changing face of music photography

Alex Bortkiewicz, Director of Photography at Alamy has been in the image industry for over 30 years. According to her...

How to edit shoots down for stock photography

In the digital world it may seem an old fashioned concept to edit images before uploading them to Alamy. It's...

Food photography as a prism to the world

The culture of food is an engaging element to explore visually in food photography. Food has steadily become a way to appreciate...

Travel trends and destinations to photograph for 2017

It's that thrilling time when travel, landscape and wildlife photographers are finalising this year's travel itineraries, and travel gurus and...

Trends in advertising photography

Much of the trends found in advertising photography apply and can be adopted to stock photography shoots. Most of these trends...

Interesting opinions on photography

There are countless interesting quotes and opinions on photography from well known photographers and experts, some who are now being coined as image strategists,...

Harnessing wedding photography for lifestyle shoots

I often notice that some of the best lifestyle images that I come across originate from photographers with experience in shooting weddings. This...

Is Commissioned Photography dead? If not, has it changed?

The practice of commissioning or hiring photographers for income has been at the forefront since the invention of photography. In the book The...

Introducing some new creative photographers on Alamy

A part of my chosen metier in life involves the delightful pursuit of creative and inspiring photographers and the images that they create....