Greener Photography

Towards the end of last year I became a member of Greener Photography in a bid to make Emily Quinton Photography more environmentally friendly and green in 2009.

Greener Photography is a member-supported, non-profit organization set up by Thea Dodds and Dawn Tacker who are both based in the United States, with the aim to enable photographers to share ideas and practices to become greener. I am currently only one of two Greener Photography members based in the UK, so come on UK photographers join in!

I currently aim to be green by using recycled stationery, working from home and turning off my MAC when I’m not using it. But I know there’s so much more I can and will do to help the environment through my business.

The first step I am going to take in 2009 is to reduce my print ordering and dispatching to once a week. This may mean that some clients have to wait a couple of extra days for their prints but it saves on the packaging and delivering of the prints. At busy times I have been known to send an order to print every day of the week, resulting in 7 different packages being sent to me, when 1 could have done the job perfectly. I will also have made 4-5 trips to the Post Office, when again 1 would have worked much better. Read more about shipping on the Greener Photography site.

If you are a photographer please think about joining Greener Photography today and making steps, however small they may seem, to becoming a greener photographer in 2009!