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Portfolio Update

In case you missed it, we elected a new President, and he took office last month.  Well, guess who stopped by the studio the other day? Ok, it’s not really him, but a whole anonymous concept series on the President of the USA.  Various objects and poses.  Should be fun to use.  Also, a slightly late Valentine’s Day series, including the new model from above… Also, don’t forget, all your “Pot of Gold” needs, for St. Patrick’s Day.  New images, […]

Occupation Series

About two years ago, I did a series with 5 persons dressed in various occupations.  With my 1dsMk3 high resolution camera, and a set of different models (and some different occupations), I revisited this theme.  Hopefully, these will be useful for things like Human Resources media, or job fairs. I also have a variety of Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Images online, or in the queue.

User Generated Conference Expo

Just to get out and network a bit, I’m heading off to the UGCX conference next month.  The courses on the Photography track sound interesting, and hosted by a few peeps I know.  Hopefully, the track will stimulate a few brain cells that aren’t currently active, and get me thinking in new directions.  And it should be fun!  Let me know if you’re going as well.

Why Contributors’ Expensive Equipment is Good For You

So, you may have noticed as part of last week’s iStockphoto.com big announcements, there was included a per credit price increase of $1 for a package of 10 credits, and a smaller amount as amount purchased increases.  There was also the introduction of the new Value collection, with lower credits per image prices (to be introduced early 2009 with 200,000 images) and the Premiere Collection with offering the bestest of the bestest at a higher cost.  Additionally, the Standard collection […]

Happy Thanksgiving

To all my friends and readers in the United States, have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.  Enjoy a day off from the craziness 🙂 .

Portfolio Update

Today’s portfolio update is to introduce my new massage series, including couple’s massage images.  This series was done with two real massage therapists to lend it authenticity.  I’ll tell you, the models never had to work so hard! 🙂  Another note, I tried to keep it light and bright, with accents of turquoise and brown, the hot colors this season. You can see more of the series by clicking here for a search in my portfolio. Thanks and have a […]

2009 Birthday Cake

A quick portfolio update to go along with today’s article . I’ve got up a new series of one of my more popular models with a birthday cake celebrating the upcoming new year.  It was shot on purple, with some added flair to stand out a bit from the crowd. I even did a few with a regular birthday cake, which provided some nice concept pieces with copy space, or easily added copy space. In addition to my photo work, […]

Signs of the Season

Just wanted to do a small portfolio update, to let you know some of the content coming into my portfolio at iStockphoto.com . In the next day or so, you’ll see a series coming through about a group of friends out in the park playing football.  It was a beautiful day in St. Louis.  Unlike today when it is 50 and cloudy with frost tonight. I’ve decided to fill in my Hanukkah themed portfolio selection with some new family shots.  […]

Bridal and Baby Showers

Just a portfolio update, and then I’m out of town for the weekend for my 20th High School Reunion.  Whew! This new series illustrates a Baby Shower and, separately, a Bridal Shower.  It includes some games, present opening and other related activities in a home interior.

Clipping Paths

In photoshop, a path is a vector that you can use to select an area of the content you are working with.  It isn’t a raster selection representation, like when you use an opacity mask on a layer (see below). The black/white opacity mask above represents the selection that the saturation layer is acting upon, and it is actually a black and white “image”, if you will.  And that isn’t what a clipping path is. For the purposes of this […]

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