I was thinking one of this days in image archive.

I have a huge number of files, in one trip with my camera, i know that i will have at least more 50 to 100 files to archive. The way i do is, create a new folder with the name of the place or event and put all my files in there.

Then i will choose that photos that i think are good for stock and i work them in photoshop. When they are ok, i save them in one place i have that only had my stock work. In that file I create a new file with the date of that day. Don´t know if is the best way, is my way of work.

And you? How did you archive you portfolio?

Yes is true! Not every day is a good day to stock image.

On sunday i make a visit to a small lost village in the heart off Portugal, the oldest in the country with more that 600 years. You can see some pictures in this site here. At the beginning i was very happy with this trip, was a chance to take great pictures, maybe some of them can be stock pictures. But like i find out, some days are not pictures days.

I don´t know what was wrong with me, every picture that i take in that day i look at and think "my god this is really crap!".

In the end of the day and after i made 500Km i realized that is not the equipment that matters, but the person behind!

Remember, don´t make long trips to take pictures if you don´t feel good inside!

On Saturday I go with some friends to a Canyon to make some canyoning. Of course that my machine (fujifilm 9600) come along, I was a little afraid because electronics and water don´t mix.

That was a great chance to make great pictures. Beautiful landscape, and people doing a strange sport.

Afraid with all that water i put my machine inside a plastic bag, put the program on the machine to auto (don´t want to take the risk of get the machine out of the plastic bag to adjust exposer and so on).

In the end of the day i have 232 images.

When a get home, the first thing that i made, was to take a look to the pictures :(

Result, 226 bad photos, white balance wrong, out of focus, noise, artifacts, and only 6 good pictures.

The only good thin was the ...

Last year i travel to Tunisia in my vacations. At that time i don´t now what stock photos was and don´t have a very good camera to do stock (fuji finepix 5500).

Don´t think in brands, noise, artifact, etc. Was almost point-and-shoot.

The country is great to take nice pictures, lot of warm colors, different people, beautiful landscape.

In my on country i do a lot of canyoning and i see big waterfalls and water.

In Tunisia i remember waking up at 3 in the morning, travel by jeep for miles to see what they call as the "Big waterfall".

At the beginning i have the hope of see a huge waterfall, big that the ones i have in my home country (waterfalls with 100, 130, 160 feet). To my surprise the big waterfall only have 40 feet´s.

But i understand ...