September 16th, 2007 by Rasmus | 8 Comments
Shooting stock comes with its own set of rules, and while rules are indeed meant to be broken, it requires that you know what you’re doing, or you might end up getting your images turned down by inspectors such as myself and my colleagues on iStockphoto. In the following, I will list 10 of the [...]
July 25th, 2007 by Rasmus | 3 Comments
When you’re first starting out as a microstock photographer, chances are that you will want to experiment with different styles and genres of photography. Whether you end up shooting models or still life, props and costumes can be a fun addition and help kick your inspiration into gear. As you find your niche, you will [...]
January 9th, 2007 by Rasmus | 2 Comments
Everybody knows that the best pictures are the ones that tell a story or spark the imagination of the person looking at it. I was reading the introduction to Annie Liebovitz’s book A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005, when I noticed her talking about family portraits. How everyone were always supposed to smile in them, which she [...]
November 27th, 2006 by Rasmus | 5 Comments
With this year’s Nanowrimo, I will be finishing the first draft of a novel for the fifth time. It’s a great feeling, to reach that last page and set down that last period. Whenever I’ve done that, I always sit and stare blankly at the screen for a while. In slight disbelief that I did [...]
