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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/06/2006 08:51:02 PM · #1

I shot some for-stock images today. The cool thing was one set of chinese dishes/accessories and one large collection of seashells were all shot in the same light on the same surface in under two hours. After I thinned them down to keepers and did some dust spot cloning - total time = 4 hours and I have another 80 shots ready to upload. A productive day for me! Here are a few of my favorites:

Any thoughs?

Agaricus

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

11/06/2006 08:54:27 PM · #2

Those are really good Cindi. I especially like the color contrast in the Chinese dishes. Well done!!

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

11/06/2006 09:03:45 PM · #3

Thanks, Michael. I'm not sure if the seashells have any real stock potential, but I love the look of them as a collection. The red/white/black graphic content of the other set is my favorite too. I shot them a few days ago with some sushi, but made a mess of the metering and threw away the whole shoot. lol

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

11/06/2006 09:08:05 PM · #4

I really like the seashel collage. Awesome lighting as always from you.

I am sure there will be some stock use for it.

Nikon D200

11/06/2006 09:17:54 PM · #5

Originally posted by idnic:

... I'm not sure if the seashells have any real stock potential, but I love the look of them as a collection....

Hi Cindi! Crisp clean shots there.

I learned something interesting yesterday when I interviewed Bryan Peterson. He mentioned that 84% of all stock photos sold had a person in the frame.

Good luck!

--L2

Message edited by author 2006-11-06 21:47:35.

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

11/06/2006 09:38:29 PM · #6

LOL My people shots never sell as well, maybe its because I don't have enough uploaded yet! :)

muckpond

Nikon D200

11/06/2006 11:12:57 PM · #7

did you use a light tent for these? what was your setup?

muckpond

Nikon D200

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

11/06/2006 11:13:15 PM · #8

ps -- nice work. :)

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

11/06/2006 11:19:42 PM · #9

Thanks, Rob. No, I didn't use the light tent. I put every single item on my studio floor, sat beside them with camera on tripod, pointing down directly over my "set", AB800 with softbox just above the camera, again pointing straight down, and a reflector opposite the strobe. Then was only a matter of chaging the items out and with the remote release I never had to touch the camera again unless I needed to recompose.

Of course, I metered first. :)

Pixlmaker

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

11/06/2006 11:47:38 PM · #10

If you can get 80 stock-worthy shots in 4 hours, then that was indeed a productive shoot. If you can get 80 pix shot, edited, keyworded, categorized, and uploaded in 4 hours, well, you're amazing! I was happy to get 12 pix done when I got home from work today, and I am SERIOUSLY behind in that regard. I probably have 200 - 300 shots on my hard drive waiting to be edited, tagged, and uploaded.
Now back to your pictures. I really like all of them, but I suspect the Asian dishes will sell much better than the seashells. The only reason being is that I'm sure there are a lot more seashell pix on the stock sites than there are Asian dishes. Funny enough, I recently did a shoot with 2 beautiful Asian-American models, and their pictures are already selling on istock and shutterstock after only being uploaded for a few days. Here's one of them, and a few others are in my port here on DPC:

People pictures definitely sell well, but good, creative shots of almost anything will sell if done right. Once I learn how to be more creative, I'll be well on my way! :o)

So nice job Cindi--first rate as always. Your lighting on these was excellent.

-Don