So shooting stock full-time is an interesting way to live!!! Having a goal of producing about 100 fresh images per day is a challenge make no mistake, but at the moment, a fun one! The aim is to have a constant source of income from DREAMSTIME by having images being added regularly to my portfolio. I get paid a small amount for every images accepted so once I have a regular number of images going in...I have a regular income coming out...on top of this of course are image sales plus other bookings that come in...it is hard work as I said before...but hey...let's give it a go...This week I have managed to keep up with the target and as the weather and seasons progress I hope it will become progressively easier to do this.
As well as shooting stock this week I have had a couple of insurance shoots (damaged cars for the insurance companies) and a staff portrait session at a local school...The Nikons have been hot this week!!
As far as images are concerned...well I have managed a couple of trips to Wicken Fen, plus some hours spent around Ely...
dew is always a winner with low sun...
a sure sign of spring...elder leaves just beginning to sprout...
ivy berries...a good source of food at this barren time of year...
large impressive bracket fungi...
stinking iris seed pod...plant so called because when it is crushed it smells of roast beef (or in some people's opinion beef crisps)...
clematis seed pods...old man's beard or travellers joy...
The week started with a trip to Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast...I managed two hours work...the result included...
cord grass...
saltmarsh...
An enjoyable day...and some cool images...
Now, to continue the gear section...we come to the lens that everyone should have...
The Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AFD - or whatever your manufacturer makes of a similar ilk... the so called "nifty fifty" (for those of you who like naff sound bites). As far as value for money is concerned this is probably the best out there...for about UK£100 you get superbly sharp lens, small, light-weight and offering an angle of view similar to the human eye...it records what you see... Before the advent of standard zooms this was the lens that was packaged with all cameras...known as the Standard lens - technical details are found here...about half way down...
I use mine for portraits, street work, candids; landscapes...you name it I can and do use my 50mm lens for it...small enough to fit in a pocket it is a great lens...if you don't have one I would recommend tracking one down and using it...
And that about wraps it up for this week...half term is upon us and my wife and son have gone off to Wales for a day or so...which means I am free to shoot as much as I can!!!! Yay me!!! My plan is to spend the whole of Monday at Wicken Fen (dawn - dusk) and see what I can find (I bet the weather will let me down...) and then of course processing etc on Tuesday...who knows what then... Slowly the business is picking up although some more bookings would be welcome...
Keep checking my work on Facebook or on Flickr and I shall leave you with a couple of my favourite shots of the week...
well three...!
brown rat...
reed stem by moonlight...
TTFN
As well as shooting stock this week I have had a couple of insurance shoots (damaged cars for the insurance companies) and a staff portrait session at a local school...The Nikons have been hot this week!!
As far as images are concerned...well I have managed a couple of trips to Wicken Fen, plus some hours spent around Ely...
dew is always a winner with low sun...
a sure sign of spring...elder leaves just beginning to sprout...
ivy berries...a good source of food at this barren time of year...
large impressive bracket fungi...
stinking iris seed pod...plant so called because when it is crushed it smells of roast beef (or in some people's opinion beef crisps)...
clematis seed pods...old man's beard or travellers joy...
The week started with a trip to Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast...I managed two hours work...the result included...
cord grass...
saltmarsh...
An enjoyable day...and some cool images...
Now, to continue the gear section...we come to the lens that everyone should have...
The Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AFD - or whatever your manufacturer makes of a similar ilk... the so called "nifty fifty" (for those of you who like naff sound bites). As far as value for money is concerned this is probably the best out there...for about UK£100 you get superbly sharp lens, small, light-weight and offering an angle of view similar to the human eye...it records what you see... Before the advent of standard zooms this was the lens that was packaged with all cameras...known as the Standard lens - technical details are found here...about half way down...
I use mine for portraits, street work, candids; landscapes...you name it I can and do use my 50mm lens for it...small enough to fit in a pocket it is a great lens...if you don't have one I would recommend tracking one down and using it...
And that about wraps it up for this week...half term is upon us and my wife and son have gone off to Wales for a day or so...which means I am free to shoot as much as I can!!!! Yay me!!! My plan is to spend the whole of Monday at Wicken Fen (dawn - dusk) and see what I can find (I bet the weather will let me down...) and then of course processing etc on Tuesday...who knows what then... Slowly the business is picking up although some more bookings would be welcome...
Keep checking my work on Facebook or on Flickr and I shall leave you with a couple of my favourite shots of the week...
well three...!
brown rat...
reed stem by moonlight...
TTFN
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