Tag : stock images

Portfolio Update: At the Market

Today’s portfolio update features a shoot that, once again, was a client request to the Stocksy United contributors.  I love when buyers let us know they are looking for something specific, as it really helps us to hit the mark.  Of course, it’s best when the topic has a wide appeal as well – you don’t want to head out and do a shoot that is too “niche” – it won’t pay off.  However, the theme of “Grocery Shopping” always […]

Portfolio Update: Sushi Restaurant

Most of my new royalty free stock image work has been going to my portfolio at Stocksy United.  One of the things Stocksy has been asking for is authentic people and locations.  They also asked for sushi images.  So, I recently put together a shoot combining all these requests, and have this new series available – “At the Sushi Restaurant”.

Looking For Local Business Photo Locations

For my stock photo portfolio over at Stocksy United, I’m always looking for interesting and new locations to shoot in.  Currently, I’m looking for businesses in the St. Louis/St. Charles area that might be interested in allowing me to come in to their environment and shoot some photos, in return for either cash for the location and participants, or a trade for use of some of the imagery for their business.

iStockphoto Angers Contributors, Confuses Buyers

iStockphoto has recently been dealing with several issues that have impacted both the buyer and contributor side of things.  I guess I can consider myself lucky that I don’t have to deal with these things, since they terminated my agreement back in April for no particularly good reason.  However, these issues are causing contributors and buyers consternation, so today we take a look at the recent collection changes, and “exclusive, not exclusive”.

Portfolio Update: Father’s Day

Back I April, I featured some of my new Mother’s Day images that were shot exclusively for Stocksy, my current favorite royalty free stock image partner.  Well, you can’t have a mother, without having a father as well, at least in some sense.  So today, we’re looking at a new series of Father’s Day images, and a couple of older ones as well.

BBQ Shoot: Behind the Scenes

I had someone ask about the lighting setup in my recent Barbeque Restaurant stock photo shoot.  So I thought today would be a good day for a few behind the scenes images which can better illustrate, than me talking about it.

More Favorite Series in a New Place

Yesterday, I visited some of my popular stock image subjects and themes that buyers have emailed me asking for, since my recent change in distribution.  Today, I’ll point out a few more popular series with links to the new location on Stocksy (the entire “shoot”, which is a nice feature!).

Portfolio: A New Graduation Series

Happy April Fool’s Day!  No fooling around here, though.  A week or so back, I previewed a new “High School/College Graduation” series here on my blog.  This multi-ethnic model group features a large group of teens and their “parents” on graduation day.  They are hanging with their friends, checking out their new diplomas, taking photos to remember the day, and so on.  Since Stocksy is now alive and kicking, I wanted to do a real portfolio update here, with live […]

Airport Preview

The other day, in my behind-the-scenes post about my recent “At the Airport” stock photo session, I mentioned I would put up some preview images this week from this new series.  Below, I present just a few for your approval 🙂 .  I just wanted to point out a new model that participated in this session, who is in the last photo, a pretty young woman with an Indian background.  I hope to include her in more of my future […]

Behind the Scenes of Upcoming Series

I have certainly been busy lately, revisiting the processing and keywording of many of my stock images series, for a transition away from their current home and into some new digs.  That’s just several weeks away and thanks to everyone for their support and suggestions.  However, I’ve got a great new series I can’t wait to turn loose, so today I thought I’d post a few behind the scenes shots from this series “At the Airport”.

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