February 9th, 2010 by Rasmus | No Comments
One of the most inspiring things to me, is to connect to other creative people. It doesn’t matter which kind of creativity, really. It’s about the need to make things, tell stories and doing what you love. Another Passion is my latest ongoing project. It’s a collection of mostly interviews with diversely talented people who [...]
August 15th, 2009 by Rasmus | 2 Comments
I am a man of many projects. As discussed before, I fully plan for most of my projects to either fizzle out or downright fail. One in ten is my personal success ratio, but instead of talking about the projects I have let go or failed on, I want to talk about what is going [...]
July 27th, 2009 by Rasmus | 6 Comments
Microstock lures people in with the promise of easy money, but the exact amount you will be making very much depends on your approach. One of the greatest things about microstock photography, is that it is open to everyone with a camera. With minimal work, even your grandmother could get a portfolio started. However, there [...]
May 19th, 2009 by Rasmus | 3 Comments
I recently asked you, my readers, to tell me what you want to see on the blog. Partly to get some inspiration, partly to get a feel for who my readers are. A total of 39 people took the time to rate 13 different post types. In retrospect, I should have included a 14th [...]
April 6th, 2009 by Rasmus | 1 Comment
This came up during a portfolio consultation I did, where the photographer had a background in journalism and documentation, and so was in need of a tool to help with pre-planning. This is something any commercial photographer should be familiar with, including part-time microstock contributors.
I recommend a simple scripting method. Even without any actual planning, [...]
March 5th, 2009 by Rasmus | 2 Comments
It was Kelly who suggested I create a retrospective photobook, centered around my arrival and settling in the United States of America, more specifically Seattle. I am already working on another Seattle based book, but that one is taking longer than anticipated, so I thought I might take a look at her idea in the [...]