So I made a DIY table top studio. Actually, it was a big, clear sided storage bin. And I tried my hand at some "isolated" shots. I guess the idea behind these shots are that the buyer can easily crop the white area and drop the picture into their product as appropriate.
This statue of Anubis is one of the first I took. Just to prove how fickle the sites are, Fotolia turned it down and 123RF approved it. It was another of my shot down pictures from Shutterstock.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Microstock Photography
There's already a couple other microstock blogs out there. Not gonna try and compete with them either. What I am going to do is just track my own progress. For example. This shot was playing around with specular highlights ala strobist and an attempt at stock photography.
As of this writing, this image, which I do consider a little flat and has a bit too shallow a depth of field, has been accepted at 123RF. Fotolia has turned it down, it didn't make it for my first submission at Shutterstock and the other sites are having a much slower review cycle so it's still pending at several others.
Anyway, I'm not hoping to strike it rich with microstock, but it'd be interesting if I could pull in a few hundred dollars a month. I'll track my progress here.
As of this writing, this image, which I do consider a little flat and has a bit too shallow a depth of field, has been accepted at 123RF. Fotolia has turned it down, it didn't make it for my first submission at Shutterstock and the other sites are having a much slower review cycle so it's still pending at several others.
Anyway, I'm not hoping to strike it rich with microstock, but it'd be interesting if I could pull in a few hundred dollars a month. I'll track my progress here.
So it starts...
I'm starting a blog. I've already done this sort of thing, erraticly, on my "personal" site, http://www.punkdork.net. I'm really doing this for myself to follow my own progress as I attempt to become a somewhat competent photographer.
Two things that have really piqued my interest in photography are my son, Carter and Strobist. Strobist is a website all about lighting and photography written by David Hobby. He's got an amazing writting style that has really helped me to understand the techniques and benefits to getting the flash off the camera.
There's so much a flash can add to a picture but when its sitting on top of the camera typically everything ends up flat, burned out and red-eyed. I'm not going to try and duplicate the lessons and information he has on his site, I'd be wasting my time (and yours if anyone reads this). What I will do is log my own experiences as I learn through reading and playing around with my camera.
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