New Canada Photos Gallery

After two months worth of blog posts, I have finally finished processing my photos from Canada and added them to my website. Feel free to take a look at my Canada pictures gallery which includes sub-galleries for Vancouver and Victoria as well. I will also eventually be adding a few of my mom’s pictures when [...]

Canon 5D Mark II Wide Angle Lens Test

Most camera and lens tests you see on the internet or in magazines are set up indoor shots in controlled conditions. While nice, it really has little relevance with “real world” photography so that is why I decided to publish this Canon 5D Mark II wide angle lens test between the highly-regarded but expensive and [...]

Minor League Baseball Game Photo

It’s not often that I go back and post older photos on my blog but I haven’t been able to get this photo off my mind. The funny thing is that when I lived in Kentucky, this photo really didn’t strike me as being one of my better photos from my time there. However I [...]

Original Transformers: Soundwave

As I was digging some paper out of the cabinet for my copy machine, an old Transformers poster just kind of popped out of nowhere. So I got this crazy idea that I’d photograph as many vintage Transformers toys as I could and make a gallery for these pictures on my site. These toys are [...]

Couple Enjoying View of San Diego Skyline, Coronado Island

Baby Boomer Couple Enjoying View of Downtown San Diego Skyline While Seated at Waterfront Park, Coronado Island, California
What caught my eye about this scene is that it could work well for magazine and travel guide covers. While not a photo I’d likely hang on my wall, publishing has different needs such as space for [...]

New Blog: The Non-Glamorous Side of Photography

Starting today, The Field Report: The Non-Glamorous Side of Photography will compliment this blog, In The Field, by featuring weekly links from the photography world that I think are worthwhile to read along with my digital imaging workflow, photo business-related news, and email interviews with photographers / creative industry professionals that I respect. A few [...]

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood

Picture: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California
If I didn’t shoot pictures for stock, then I would probably do nearly 100% scenic landscape photography. Maybe someday I will get there, but for now I also have to photograph a fair amount of material for marketability purposes. Despite the millions of snapshots taken from these places, iconic [...]

More on Photoshelter Archive, Bandwidth Costs and Other Stuff Only Web Geek Photographers Would Enjoy

Last summer I wrote about upgrading my website with a photo search feature and weighed the pros & cons of going with PhotoShelter Archive, Digital Railroad, or Lightbox Photo. After reading Ron Niebrugge’s blog post today about high server bandwidth costs, “I could make payments on a very fancy car for what this thing will [...]

My First YouTube Video – Landscape Photography Slideshow

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I took it upon myself to scribble down a few chord changes and then record my own background track last night. I picked up an effects pedal from Guitar Center the other day and recorded this while plugged directly into the computer. I’m still trying to figure out how to cut out the silent part [...]

Cats

Picture: Orange Cat
I like cats. I think they’re funny. I can’t own them though because I am allergic to cat fur. So having a stray hangout in my backyard is the next best thing! I don’t know the cat’s real name so her new name is “Orangeade.” It pretty much spends all day in [...]

Photo Contests “Rights Grab”

My friend, Jim Goldstein has written a very important blog posting regarding submitting to photo contests and even uploading your images to social media sites like Facebook. If you are a photographer of any sorts, pro or hobbyist, I recommend reading this at the least to remind you to read the fine print.
Here is the [...]

Digital Photography Workflow: Have a Good Filing System

Digital workflow is a seldom discussed topic on photo blogs but it also happens to be one of the most important aspects for a professional photographer to be proficient at. Without a good workflow it would be difficult to locate images quickly, you’d be doing the same tasks repeatedly, and just a total waste of [...]

Shooting Pictures by Season

One way to attract more people to your website is to have photos of the various seasonal events during the course of the year. People are likely to want to do picture or travel research anywhere from several months ahead of time to the month of the event. So if you are known as a [...]

inga spence: Agriculture Photographer

inga spence is one of the most prolific agriculture photographers in the stock photography industry. She has been photographing agricultural subjects such as wheat harvests, obscure vegetables, and field workers professionally for over 25 years. A Nevada-based photographer, the primary agricultural regions that she focuses on are located in the California Central Valley, Northern California [...]

Photo Keywording Strategy

Stock photographers complain all the time about how dreadful keywording is and how it is the worst aspect of the profession. Well this article is not about that. I actually kind of enjoy keywording. Coming up with a sufficient amount of relevant keywords per image requires some creative thinking (apparently going to school does pay [...]

Living the California Dream

A week from now I will be driving up to Monterey. The campgrounds at Morro Bay State Park and Samuel Taylor State Park are filled up for the summer (unless you are disabled) so I have to skip Morro Bay for this season since their motel rates are quite pricey during travel season. Morro Bay [...]

When you’re at the mercy of your camera gear.

If you recall my “Surf City USA” post, I mentioned that my camera went for a swim in the Pacific Ocean two weeks ago. Well it had started to fully function again last week so on Saturday I took it for a test run at none other than Huntington Beach Pier! Two weeks ago I [...]

PhotoShelter Part III: What Else is Out There?

Right now I really want to be at Huntington Beach to see the traveling action photo exhibit on the beach tonight and photograph the pier but I need to get the rest of my car repaired on Monday before going anywhere. This fuel injection system is clogged up and caused some electronics in my car [...]

My Fully Customized Photography Archive Site

I bit the bullet this afternoon and upgraded my PhotoShelter account to “Standard”. I am still technically on a trial account but I don’t see myself cancelling anytime soon. I’ll probably have to remove another element from my marketing equation to make up the difference in costs because I am all about balanced budgets and [...]

PhotoShelter Amendment & Floral Arrangements

So I was a little out of date regarding the Digital Railroad Marketplace v.s. PhotoShelter comparisons. Previously when I had looked at PhotoShelter last year they didn’t have a marketplace stock agency feature so I assumed that only DRR had one. Well I was wrong. PhotoShelter has a marketplace as well, it’s on their first [...]

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