Part of becoming a successful stock photographer is providing images that people want. When I first started out one of the tips I remember from reading Rob Sylvans book “Take Stock” was get a note book and write down your ideas.
I did that and started brain storming and creating images, uploading and waiting for sales. Unfortunately I forgot one important thing. Research. pretty quickly I started refining which images to shoot depending on how many were available on line. Continue reading
Recently I volunteered as a parent helper on one of my boys school trips to Kelly Tarltons Underwater World. It was a fun place to try out some photos in a different environment. Most of the shots were of the kids for their school journals, but here of different things at the aquarium.
When I first started out in photography I would never have guessed where it would lead me. Initially my perspective was quite narrow and I didn’t expect that I would be able to get any where with it – weddings, portraits, travel and journalistic photography were what came to mind, or some kind of boring product photography of tins day after day. Continue reading
Last month I did a post on ghosting in photos. Another way to use long shutter speeds to create fun images is panning. The aim of a panned image is to get the moving object to be clear while the background blurs with the movement. This method can take a lot of time and patience but it is a lot of fun to experiment with.
My micro stock journey started over a year ago now and so I thought it was time to review, do some spring cleaning and streamline my process some more. I have two aims in looking at my over all and individual images statistics, one to save time and two to increase the quality of my images rather than the quantity. Continue reading
Last week I took my parents to the show “Skins of Fire” by the French performers Groupe F. The performance consisted of video projection, fire works, fire balls and performers with lights and fireworks around them. It was an stimulating presentation of pyrotechnics and well worth the night out. Continue reading
One of the passions that has developed as I’ve become more serious about photography is food photography. I tend towards one or two certain styles in my food photography so I thought I would challenge myself a little and try to expand my styles a little. Continue reading
In Auckland over the last few weeks there have been lots of New Years Celebrations. My son was learning about the celebrations at school and convinced us to go and check them out (it didn’t take that much convincing really). We check out the Chinese New Year Market Day and the Auckland Lantern Festival. Here’s just a few shots from what we saw. Continue reading
We each have our own unique creativity within. Once you have found your passion, use that as an outlet to share it with the world. – Bernadette Fastnedge
To be honest at times I have struggled and felt I will never be a great photographer, I can’t challenge all that great competition out there. But if I think about what my photography looked like just a year ago compared to now it has definitely developed. I am learning to create, refine and focus my style around the joys and passions in my life. Continue reading
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