My Nephew

I met my nephew for the first time this weekend. He's 6 months old,
this was an early morning exploration on the room.

Now serving Dogs!!

New Year Sunset

While my broken thumb is making it difficult to take pictures, a
beautiful sunset is hopefully telling of a better year to come!

Post Wedding Reflection

Kids

Monkey in an Archway

Sitting Monkey at Bhuvanagiri Fort

Golcanda Palace

Golcanda criminal court at Dusk

The same view, about 20 minutes earlier. This was 25 seconds at f/11, ISO 100.

Golcanda criminal court at night

I went back to Golcanda to pass the time, and while I was doing some long exposures in the criminal court hall, it became late enough that they turned on the lights. The harsh Mercury Vapors, and of course two types, made the color hard, but this was a 20 second exposure at f/11, ISO 100. There was a continuous flow of people, so anything fast than 15-20 seconds, people would continuously show up in the shot.

Inspiration

I went to a Joe McNally Lighting class through Kelby training on Friday, which inspired me to Lash my Camera to my handlebars, throw my dog in the basket and try to take some pictures!! While I am not 100% pleased with the results, I need to rework my rig a little bit to be able to have a little more control, I got a couple of pictures that worked out okay. At least no equipment was dropped and no one got hurt! I will revisit these photos again, but unfortunately I crashed my bike yesterday, so it will be a while before I am ready to risk my gear and dog!

Old Photos II

I was scrolling through my photo library and came across some of these older photos of my niece and nephew. I always enjoyed this one of my Niece Jade and my brother Travis from my other Brother's wedding in Vermont, however I wish there was a little more space on the side to adjust the crop, I haven't found a crop that sits well with me yet. This is the full frame image.
For a bit of contrast, this is Jade's brother Sage at my sister's wedding a few years later... I have been going back and forth between the wider crop showing the other kid and the tighter crop of just Sage.

The Fickle world of Stock.

It has been hard to guess what is accepted at one stock agency versus another. The photo from the previous post with the empty Piggy Bank & coin jar juxtaposed across from the fat wallet, was rejected at half of the stock sites, yet I have had up for only a two days at another, and I have already sold a few, including today with an "On Demand" download (which means more $$$!) I guess it is just hard to predict, what one site feels is a lack of composition, another site seems to think it is just fine. I'm currently on 5 sites with Shutterstock being the best so far with 130 photos in my portfolio, BigStockPhoto is next with 48 photos in my portfolio, then Dreamstime with 42, Fotolia with 37, and iStock with 28. However different photos are selling on different sites, so I never know what is really going to sell...

Stock Photo Shoot