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Photo of the day December 2014

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to MacRumors Photographers

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Ish said:
They just get better and better VR :)
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the-oz-man said:
I'm learning a lot about my weakness in night photography from your pictures/posts. Please keep them coming!
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Melizard said:
For the record, this is my favorite light-trail shot of all time.
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Thanks everyone! It's good to be posting here again after a long hiatus. This will be my last post until the new year, as I'm off on vacation but I hope to be a regular here again next year.

5DM37447 by Chris-VirtualRain, on Flickr
 
zagato27 said:
When you strike out on your own and start selling calendars, I'm in. I'm sure you'll set up a website, please let us know. I love your pictures! Cheers


Oh yeah, try and convince Joe King to join you:)
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Thank you very much zagato27...I've got you marked you down for a 2018 calendar. ;)

Apple fanboy said:
Have you ever submitted any photos to those said magazines? I'm sure you would peak their interest.
Agree that selling photos for a liveable wage is a saturated market. The key is finding a niche that is not too popular. Designing your own website (although useful as a tool) is only half the issue. Getting people to see it means you need a good understanding of Google ad words and pay per click etc.
Then the other options are being paid to take photos. If you don't really shoot people like me, that leaves limited opportunities. I've been thinking of moving job, and would really like to do something around photography. However unless you go it alone, all the wages I've seen are pretty much just above minimum. I couldn't support a family on that.
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Ish said:
As AFB suggested, you should submit some photos to them. You never know until you try!
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I have tried but you can't just submit a photo to a publication. You have to do it under their terms and conditions. This typically means entering a contest or uploading to some type of photo club. I've done this carefully and selectively as I won't, without compensation, fully give up rights and ownership to any image. Still no bites but I'll continue learning, keep trying and I'll enjoy myself every step along the way.

Cheers,
Peter
 
Cheese&Apple said:
What a nice compliment...thank you Ish. However, I'm sure that Doylem is right. The stock images that sell are the type we purchase at work. You know...family sitting on lawn in front of 2 storey house type thing. For that we purchase an unlimited licence for about $20.

What would thrill me is having an image published in one of Canada's outstanding wildlife/naturalist publications. I'm also thinking ahead to my early retirement in a few years when I'll consider doing the craft show circuit with prints and maybe calendars and gift cards. I'm not sure about that idea as it's a saturated market that will require a certain marketing flair that I haven't figured out yet.

Thanks again Ish.

~ Peter
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Here is a look at the competition.

National Wildlife Federation 44th. Annual Photo Contest Winners

Check out second place in Birds...

I would encourage you to enter this next year.

Dale
 
So I had this idea.

I was going to undertake a 12 days of Christmas photography project, basically take one portrait a day for the 12 days of Christmas.

Put out a casting call of sorts via social media and well...well it kinda grew out of all proportion. I've been inundated with volunteers and have been averaging 5 sessions a day.

Camera and lens settings are always the same, light setup is always the same (5 light setup). Rules are 5 shots with in five minutes. No real direction from me, just play up to the camera if you're comfortable with that.

If you like 'em, I'll keep postin' 'em.


Face of Christmas #1 by Adam_Campbell, on Flickr
 
Cheese&Apple said:
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Right back at you, Peter and to all DP viewer and contributors

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VirtualRain said:
Thanks everyone! It's good to be posting here again after a long hiatus. This will be my last post until the new year, as I'm off on vacation but I hope to be a regular here again next year.

5DM37447 by Chris-VirtualRain, on Flickr
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Nice series of pix, Virtual. Somehow I lost the TIMG extension with all the updates so I am also testing it out now that I think I reinstalled it.
 
The Bad Guy said:
So I had this idea.

I was going to undertake a 12 days of Christmas photography project, basically take one portrait a day for the 12 days of Christmas.

Put out a casting call of sorts via social media and well...well it kinda grew out of all proportion. I've been inundated with volunteers and have been averaging 5 sessions a day.

Camera and lens settings are always the same, light setup is always the same (5 light setup). Rules are 5 shots with in five minutes. No real direction from me, just play up to the camera if you're comfortable with that.

If you like 'em, I'll keep postin' 'em.

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Face of Christmas #1 by Adam_Campbell, on Flickr
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Interesting idea. Do you sell the pictures to the models or is it just for fun?
 
The Bad Guy said:
Actually, I'll just keep posting them anyway.

These are all from different days, I don't post regularly so I must be in credit and well, I'm The Bad Guy...your rules don't apply to me. :cool:
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I guess little Adam won't get a visit from Santa this year...
 
Re stock photography... This is the kind of pic I shoot for stock sales: simple compositions (clients view pix, in the first instance, as thumbnails) that might illustrate a point. Not terribly interesting, visually, but saleable...

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Doylem said:
Re stock photography... This is the kind of pic I shoot for stock sales: simple compositions (clients view pix, in the first instance, as thumbnails) that might illustrate a point. Not terribly interesting, visually, but saleable...

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Interesting. I'd assumed that someone like Tesco would employ a full time photographer or two.
 
Went and visited some old friends in the hospital tonight and made a new one while I was at it.

 
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