It’s the Business that Counts
Dandelion Clock
Some time ago I promised to come back to what you might call the non photographic aspects of photography – particularly Stock Photography.
Perhaps looking at some of the wider issue such as a workflow involving computers and computer programmes, storage and websites, Stock Agencies and so on.
As this is a photo site I decided when writing this sort of post that a good idea might be to start with a picture of a successful Stock Photo and then go on to the post theme.
This post starts with a photo of a Dandelion Clock.
I’ve taken hundreds of dandelion photos over the years but this one shows the influence of digital imaging techniques.
It’s a studio shot taken using electronic flash against a black velvet background.
I used my sensor cleaning blower to puff a little and loosen a couple of spores as I took the picture.
Later I made several layers and created a pattern based on repeating the individual spores.
No point in pretending that this is a straight shot – nevertheless the final image matched very closely the image in my mind’s eye.
And so to the “business” side of Stock Photography.
This was originally inspired by a comment from a reader called Mary – I responded to her personally but it seems to me that her query opens up a number of interesting avenues that I have had to encounter over the years.
One of the main problems is the ever changing nature of photographic practice in a digital age.
I think it’s fair to say that this comment is pretty vague – the expression “sites available” is a bit confusing, perhaps it’s webhosts.
Anyway, I thought it was worth looking into a bit more.
First of all, I think it’s certainly helpful for a photographer to have web presence but exactly what sort needs a bit of thinking about.
If you want to have a presence of your own, you’re going to need to host it somewhere.
So, next time let’s have a look at some hosting options
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