Gear I Regret Buying and Things I Really Love
Posted on: November 30, 2008 (50) CommentsThis is the don’t-make-the-same-mistakes-I-did post. Enjoy.
Things I Recommend you Don’t Buy
1. Don’t buy at Canon 1Ds Mark lll
Don’t buy a Canon 1Ds Mark lll. Buy the new 5D instead and wait for whatever is around the corner coming from Nikon. It just so happens that I have bought my staff three of these cameras, so I guess I kind of regret that…Doh! Canon is for sure going to launch a bigger sensor camera that will top the mark III and my guess is that they will do so within the next six months. It will probably also have a slightly bigger sensor than the full-frame.
Episode 3 - Instructing the model, part 2
Posted on: November 4, 2008 (13) Comments
This an instructional video about how to work with models on the set. The video goes through:
1. Two basic smiles: Full smile and Laughing Smile.
2. Instruct the model to freeze between shots to get sharp images.
3. Working with a second shooter.
Episode 2 - Instructing the Model, part 1
Posted on: October 20, 2008 (18) CommentsThis an instructional video about how to work with models on the set. The video goes through:
1. What models to choose and what models will sell well as stock and normally be liked by your clients.
2. How to give easy instructions to you models when wanting small changes in position.
3. How to teach the model to "free pose".
Advanced Stock Photography Terminology- for Photographers
Posted on: September 19, 2008 (28) Comments
This guide is about the tools I use on a daily basis to make decisions about the distribution of my images. The concepts described here are powerful tools that enable you to get your thoughts and concerns about your stock income boiled down into precise and comparable numbers. Knowing your RPI, Half-Life and MPM is lifesaving!
Return per image (RPI)
Inventor: Tom Grill
Basic Stock Photography Terminology - for Photographers
Posted on: September 11, 2008 (6) Comments
When talking about stock photography there are a few concepts and terms that help to clarify the discussion. Here I have tried to put together the concepts and tools I use when talking about stock among other stock professionals. A lot of the concepts here are unfortunately unknown to a lot of photographers in both micro and macro but are used often at conferences and in talking about stock in general. If you are a professional stock photographer perhaps you should read the "advanced stock theory" instead.
Microstock
