In the summer of 2009 Lian and I took a short trip to Tombstone. Its only a short drive from Tucson, and I thought it could be a fun photographic adventure.
I took a lot of HDR images whilst I was there, I was playing around with the technology. Some of the photos I liked, others, [...]
Before attempting microstock photography I’d only ever worked with ambient light (aside from the occasional horrible on-camera flash), and for the first few months attempted to make stock images with only ambient light.
My consistent rejections for ‘poor lighting’ or more commonly ‘not stock material’ were frustrating, and the lengthening delays before being able to re-submit [...]
The lure of a passive income, and the chance to do something I really enjoy for a living were enough to capture my interest in MicroStock. From deciding to ‘have a go’ to actually selling images was quite a journey, and one more and more of us are taking.
Before considering making money from photography I [...]
It’s hard to emphasize just how ill prepared Lian and I were for our trip to Monument Valley. We put this ineptitude down to a number of factors:
The hike that takes us down to the canyon floor takes us to arguably the most famous of the ruins: The White House.
We arrived in Death Valley just before sunset, on a dusty road off the 178 highway