Microstock Photography

Vote for the photography forum best images of the month and learn more about what other micro stock picture taker s are doing.

There is no rule in photography that your constant angle is the best one. Lighting settings on cameras and the diffudion and shadows cast by light change as the angle to the lens, mirrors, and camera changes. Work the difference to grab the shot. Find ways to alter camera setting, angle, and shutter speed to provide options.

Photofunia.com is a site whch uses uploaded pictures to include in set feature templates of larger images. But this time I had a lot of specialized custom product images to use. These made amusing and captivating slideshow fodder. Does photofunia have a way to upload the one image and get the slideshow of all the images? That would be a script worth buying.

Ever feel like a little kid with all the new technology out there? Camera gear and computer doodads can make the most tech-friendly of us recall nostalgically the 1970’s days of gummy peelback Polaroids. Well, it’s 2009 now, and the desktop capability and portable computing and camera editing power would pop out the eyes of those bearded 1970′ hipsters and their intimidating knob shaped camera bags and flashcube towers on their behinds.

One site that caught this reader’s eye was Photo Business News (not a Forum) online. The business side of image licensing that leans well on the side of the photographer fights for a common cause. News worthy events were Stephen Colbert claiming image licensing was passe, and that a major magazine had finally credited images correctly.