Stock Photography – Is it a numbers game?
The common wisdom for contributing images to stock photography libraries is that it is a ‘numbers game’. Simply put, the more images that you have represented by a library will produce the greatest return on your investment. After ten years of contributing images to a number of libraries, and some 6000 images later, I have [...]
Picture of the month | March 2011
March arrived with a distinct feeling of spring being just around the corner. To many photographers this brings fresh opportunities after the long winter months. For me it was a case of digging out my macro gear and heading out to the local woodlands, as well as revisiting locations that I have photographed during the [...]
Plan B
One thing that I have learnt over the last 10 years of pursuing photography as both a hobby and an income (has it really been 10 years since I had my first ever image published?), is that you should approach each shoot with an open mind and a willingness to employ a flexible approach to [...]
Blackpool Rocks
I have recently been on a stock photography trip to the north-west coast of England to capture images of a stereotypical seaside resort. The destination? Blackpool of course! I timed my trip to coincide with the annual Blackpool Illuminations display, an event which would excite any photographer who enjoys capturing images during the hours of [...]
Highlands Revisited
It has been nearly a year since Lynette and myself braved the wet Scottish weather to walk the West Highland Way. We vowed to never visit the West Highlands during the autumn months again… but you know what they say – Never say never! So we have just returned from a family trip to the [...]
Magic Happens
Dramatic sky and Mount Oakleigh seen from New Pelion Hut on the Overland Track, Tasmania. This image is just one of a sequence that I captured whilst hiking The Overland Track in Tasmania, Australia, in the spring of 2007. I am ashamed to admit that this image has remained as an unprocessed RAW file for [...]
The Wet Highland Way
I have just returned from nine days north of the border with my wife, Lynette, in bonnie Scotland. The plan was to capture some autumnal images whilst walking the West Highland Way – An official UK long distance walking track covering some 95 miles from Milngavie in Glasgow to Fort William in the Highlands. I [...]
One year on – Images from the Dusky!
Wow. It is hard to believe but it is a year to the day that Lynette and myself finished the grueling Dusky Track. Traversing a distance of 84 kilometres through a remote area of the Fiordland National Park, part of the Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand World heritage Area, the Dusky track has [...]