The death of Patrick Swayze, Michael Jackson, and others had made me newly aware of the value and career depth of taking portraits and having models sit for studio series of images. Whether or not you ever use the suite of pictures is immaterial, the usage of the shots may one day be relevant. And those shots may establish a career.
The battery life inside a camera is very changeable. At low temperature your camera’s computer brain may not work or render a readable LCD message. The memory stick reader may flub its job. The lens assembly may be sluggish, taxing even more battery power to get it working right. A lot of sludgy cold weather shots come from grudging assembly workings.
How your camera works on two high power super charged double AA or Lithium ion+ at hot temperatures fully juiced is a far cry from the cold snap of dying copper tops languishing in twenty five degree cold with a wind chill factor next to gray water. Rubbing up some frictional heat into those jobbies won’t be fun because your hands will be icy stumps at that point.
The Secret weapon to Microstock photography in this vein is tapping the expert knowledge and talent you may not have to render the shots you need. Keywords like “knittingâ€, and phrases like “hands knitting with needles and yarn†are examples of how to tag typical how-to microstock images. These keyword tags will help hobby site users and webmasters to find the images they need (yours!).