One of the advantages of being in Northern VA (apart from the earthquakes) is the closeness of all the monuments in Washington DC. So,I got up early this morning to be first in line for a tour of the new Martin Luther King monument that has opened by the side of the Tidal Basin. [...]
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 | Back in April,I mentioned the 123di Digital Photography Course,and gave an overview,gleaned from their web site,of the course contents. It appeared to be a pretty comprehensive computer based training course,but I didn’t have the time,at that stage,to properly review the details. I’ve now spent many hours going through [...] In my various articles and even in my eBook,I rarely talk about Zoonar. This German site originally had a deal with another German agency called Polylooks,where each image uploaded to Zoonar and then accepted by Polylooks earned a small payment. In the end,with some sales with Polylook as well,I earned $136 [...] As a previous post explained,I’ve recently bought the Canon 100mm f2.8L macro lens using my earnings from a great July! I happened to buy it used from a seller on Amazon –I had been following sales on eBay,but then I saw a seller on Amazon offering the lens with an included Canon [...] I recently bought a new macro lens (paid for with an excellent month of sales in July!),and my research identified the real need for a macro focusing rail if I was going to do this properly. The Velbon Super Mag slider was the result. I bought the Canon 100mm f2.8 for two reasons –[...] I have been searching for some time for an easy to use flash diffusion system. I use a white umbrella when I am taking a head and shoulders shot,but for quick use in the studio (ok table top..),the umbrella is a bit big and gets in the way. I’ve been working a lot [...] As a contributor,I rarely follow the approaches that the various stock sites use to market their services. I’m really glad they are doing it,but it doesn’t impact me very much. I was pleasantly surprised to see a new initiative from Fotolia to create a very clear and well put together site to explain [...] With the purchase of my first real macro lens,I have been investigating the world of the small! One of the things I learned in my research is that the depth of focus of macro images is very small,and there is a limit to how much you can increase the depth of focus with [...] I came across this tip on the Microstock Group site as a way to increase revenue from 123RF. The link is a post from one of the 123RF staff,and explains how you can highlight up to 5% of your images as favorites (or “Faves”) and that those images are displayed earlier in the search [...] What a month! After a couple of barren months,July roared back to give me both a best month ever and also I finally broke the magical $1000 earning level. As an earlier post detailed,I had a number of great sales –$118 on Alamy and $100 on Dreamstime,a couple of video sales [...] |
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