How to fill in harsh shadows when shooting in broad daylight?
You’ve got a perfect clear blue sky but your photo shoot is around midday and the lighting on the model’s face just looks harsh. What do you do? you use a light reflector. This...
Monthly Archive: February 2014
How to fix distorted pixels and poor optical performance for stock photography
If you dipped your toe in the stock photography world you have probably seen these refusal reasons a few times. Let’s see what they mean and how you can avoid them Distorted pixels and...
A month in Thailand – some sleeping and the first amazing sunset
Jet lag, a year at work and the commotion of the last few days had finally caught up with me and I slept like a baby. Woke up for some food and a bit...
Stock photography – your weekend photo shoots
Now that the weekend is just around the corner and you’ll have a bit of free time here are some ideas that will make you want to take your camera with you when leaving...
The ghost of a memory
You turn your head to catch a glimpse of it but it’s gone and only the ghost of a memory remains. It’s a feeling that follows you around, walks with you, sleeps with...
Shooting winter stock photos
Winter is great time to shoot images for stock. The snow is pure white and diffuses the light, making everything look like magic. Winter images can be fun to shoot and can become great...
A month in Thailand – relaxing on Koh Tao
Diving didn’t work out for me so it was time for some relaxing to happen. Since we left Bucharest we did a lot of visiting Bangkok, train, boat, learning, boat, diving, boat. I was...
My life as a stock photo
My name is Magical Sunset and I am a stock photo. I was born on a beautiful September evening when a photographer pressed the button on her camera. That is when I appeared. I...
Between fragile, playful, joyous, fit and strong
For my latest photo shoot, with my friend and Kempo trainer, we had a lot of fun, did a lot jumping, kicking and I put to good use my Elinchrome set of lights. Here’s...
Why aren’t my stock photos selling yet?
You’ve uploaded your first batch of images and they have been online for a week now. You keep clicking for the first button waiting to see that first sale showing up in your earnings...