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I saw Richard St. John's video on TED.com today, where he talked about eight secrets of success. This talk is from 2005, but nothing seems to be changed in those 3 years. :) St. John mentioned 8 traits, what help us to succeed in our lives. And I think they apply to stock photography as well, or even best. So I wanted to share them with you. 1. PASSION I have ever met a passionless photographer, not a professional, and much less a hobbyist. So it's easy to keep passion about photography alive when there's so much beauty around us and interesting subjects and lot of techniques to explore and develop. Maybe you need to find your passion among different genres or ... [ Read more... ]
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You must be a good teacher. Thanks for your comment! - posted by
Maigi
on October 03, 2008 |
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Great blog Maigi! I particularly agree with what you say about mistakes. As a teacher I keep saying the same to my students: mistakes are our only way to learn if we accept them and try to improve. - posted by
Valeria73
on October 03, 2008 |
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Mail is on its way. Hope I could help. Good luck with editorials! - posted by
Maigi
on October 02, 2008 |
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... the Sun. Are you living in Arctic Canada, Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Central Russia, China or Mongolia? If yes, then you have a great chance to follow the total eclipse of the Sun on August 1st, 2008! All others of us, in northeastern North America, Europe and Asia can admire this wonder only partially. So, what to do to be prepared? 1. Check times and locations If you are living some kilometers away from eclipse path, make a jaunt with friends or family to see the full performance. 2. Prepare your camera Use the longest telephoto lens you have, find or rent a tele-converter. If you can achieve 1000 mm focal length, it's good. 2000 mm would be better :). Do some test photosessions. Don't forget your tripod! A ... [ Read more... ]
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Sad to hear, Pete, you had such a bad experience. :( But it's so true, that animals can't appreciate the beauty of total eclipse, but instead go panic, cause something is totally different from what they have used to see. Just like we, humans... when something is very different than we have used to think or see, we start to feel endangered. But maybe that's the good quality. Sustaining at least... :) Hey, thanks for your good wishes. Can't wait tomorrow... - posted by
Maigi
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Looking at sun the through my special glasses I missed my dog who was in a panic at the eclipse and she ran into my tripod and down we all went. The fun side of photography I don't think, best of luck with your eclipse. Pete - posted by
Hornpipe
on July 30, 2008 |
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:) No, Linqong, I'm not an astronomer. I just love to follow astronomical phenomenons - they are very interesting. And they give a great proof of how brilliantly our life system is designed. My favorite astronomical phenomenons are sunsets. :) Yeah, just sunsets, which occur every day, but which are also different every day. So, they are really not JUST sunsets... :) Well, Linqong, I do envy you a little bit. ;) I would love to be in China on Friday... So, let us know, when your photos are ready! :) - posted by
Maigi
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"It's raining... Again... Every time I have a little spare time, the weather decides not to cooperate and turns against me. What can I do?! All my plans for a whole day shooting ended up in smoke (or rain?)... Life sucks..." Have you ever thought such thoughts? Have you been unhappy when it has been raining cats and dogs, while you have planned a sunny day photosession? If yes, then it shouldn't be that you just let the unpredictable weather to ruin your happy moments with your camera. How not to let that happen? There might be some ideas for you. 1. Go out, find a lobby or carport or some other dry place and take rainy day photos, people with umbrellas, struggling with their everyday life, rushing across the street. ... [ Read more... ]
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Thanks! Glad to hear. Hope everything is okay with you. - posted by
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on October 02, 2008 |
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some excellent ideas - enjoyed reading this blog - posted by
Loongirl
on October 02, 2008 |
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:) That's great. - posted by
Maigi
on September 30, 2008 |
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I have to start with an observation about complaints what occur occasionally on stock photography sites: "Somebody stoled my keywords - please, stop it!", "How can I prevent others from copying my keywords?", "Keywords copied - is it right?!" Well, from legal wiewpoint - there's no law about words copyright. "Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents" are NOT eligible for federal copyright protection, stands on webpage of the U.S. Copyright Office. (http://www.copyright.gov) You can't own keywords, you can't copyright them, so there's no legal base for punish ... [ Read more... ]
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the problem of keywords are matter,thanks. - posted by
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Hdanne, Likakoyn, thanks for your comments! Good things is that as time goes buy, keywording gets more and more easier. Keymasters program is a pretty good learning aid too. Good luck with your keywording! - posted by
Maigi
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I do not know English enough. And when I select keywords I look similar images. I never copy everything but so I study English that in the future to not address any more to search. Because very difficultly not knowing it is very good English to pick up keywords. Itself I can pick up no more than 8 words. And in general if copy work very good means. In fact great artists are copied much also by them do not take offence. Always it is necessary to think the head. To study at others, instead of to copy. - posted by
Likakoyn
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On May 2nd, 2008 Internet newsfeeds asked: What do Estonian Tech Millionaires do for Fun? The answer was: They find and digitally map 10,000 tons of garbage. Then they get 40,000 of their closest friends to clean it all up in one single day. On Saturday, May 3rd all of that came into reality - Estonians joined forces in an effort to clean up the 45,227 km² country from illegally dumped or littered waste. 50,000 volunteers, which is about 3.8% of population of Estonia, gave their hands and gathered thousands of tons of garbage. Clean-up campaign "Teeme ära!" (Let's Do It!) was led by one of the Skype inventors, Ahti Heinla, and the founder of Microlink and Delfi, Rainer Nõlvak, who used own-created innovative software based on Google ... [ Read more... ]
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Excellent...I'd like to see that more often everywhere... good shot - posted by
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Yes, it was a great day. Thanks, guys, for your comments!
Cristea, your Carpathian mountains are wonderful, definitely worth to care about. Wish I could visit one day. :) - posted by
Maigi
on May 05, 2008 |
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Great movement, superbe effort! Thanks for sharing, Mailis! :O) - posted by
Cathysbelleimage
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In March 2007 DT introduced new subscription plans for buyers and credits for contributors (Price updates and strategy for 2007). It has been a widely discussed topic since then how $0.25 sales affect contributors. Today I noticed a nice column on my statistics page, which shows, how my revenue per download has changed during those months. I thought I'd share this stats with you. September 2005 $0.50 October 2005 $0.50 November 2005 $0.53 December 2005 $0.55 January 2006 $0.50 February 2006 $0.51 March 2006 $0.55 April 2006 $0.69 May 2006 $0.66 June 2006 $0.66 July 2006 $0.70 August 2006 $0.71... [ Read more... ]
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Mine
March 2006 $0.57
April 2006 $0.72
May 2006 $0.62
June 2006 $0.87
July 2006 $1.03
August 2006 $0.70
September 2006 $0.81
October 2006 $0.79
November 2006 $0.82
December 2006 $0.73
January 2007 $0.86
February 2007 $0.74
March 2007 $0.79
April 2007 $0.96
May 2007 $0.73
June 2007 $1.02
July 2007 $0.92
August 2007 $1.00
September 2007 $0.97
October 2007 $0.94
November 2007 $1.23
December 2007 $0.92
January 2008 $0.97
February 2008 $0.96
March 2008 $1.22
April 2008 $1.63 - posted by
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Of course, between Feb 2006 and Feb 2008 were couple price increases and change of image Levels structure. - posted by
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I can only agree with this observation of increasing RPD:
Feb. 2006: $0.50 av.
Jan. 2008: >$1.00 av.
Cheers to all - posted by
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They say: "Photography is all about lighting". And it's true. How many times I have experienced truth of the words "No light - no photo". But... is there any place in the world, were at some moment is absolutely no light? Maybe only if you lock yourself in some airtight, crackless room. But usually there's always light. Maybe sometimes just too little, but it is. So... where's light, there can be a photo. I discovered a site what unites nocturnal photographers from all around the world. It calls The Nocturnes: www.thenocturnes.com There are fantastic galleries with nocturnal photos and lot of tips for night photography. ... [ Read more... ]
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Glad you like it. :) All the best to you! - posted by
Maigi
on March 01, 2008 |
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There are many beautiful photos up in this blog! Thanks for interesting link! - posted by
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on March 01, 2008 |
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You are welcome. :) - posted by
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It's official now - PayPal works in Estonia! In September 2007 PayPal announced that PayPal started to offer account balance withdrawals to Visa-branded credit, debit, or prepaid cards in 26 international markets. Listed new countries were: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Cyprus, Estonia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Indonesia, India, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Philippines, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, UAE, and Uruguay. Yesterday I received my first payment via PayPal. Due to my ignorance it took almost 3 weeks, but after discussing with my local bank office and clarifying needed procedures, next time it will be couple of days, like it should be. ... [ Read more... ]
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:) You are welcome, Marko. Yes it is a big deal, but as you can see from my post, I learned it too 4 long months after the launch... :) But I still prefer to use MB as long as DT supports their service. So far MB is the best and fastest for me. - posted by
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It is really good that you mentioned this Maigi! I have waited for this for a long time :) It is strange that i haven´t heard about this in the news. It is a big thing! - posted by
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Yes, it's good to have choices. J'ai vue, que tu as une merveilleux site. Est ce que se sont toute ta photos là? J'aime ce photo de la Tour Eiffel, très originale! :) Salut! - posted by
Maigi
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I'll be with my family in Gran Canaria next month and I was wondering maybe someone can suggest me some great nature locations in the southern part of the island? Some great tips what to pay attention when shooting on sandy beaches would be useful too. How to protect camera? Any suggestions? Or location hints? I hope there will be good weather then, not too hot I guess. How to avoid harsh shadows, when sun is always brightly shining? But mostly would love to hear about some beautiful nature spots where you never get with the tourist guide. Any locals here? Or stationary visitors? Can't wait to get away from that dark winter... ... [ Read more... ]
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Well, we are back from that beautiful-beautiful iceland and I have managed to review those 2500 photos I took during our trip... Huh... I have to stop that constant shooting habit :)) But this lovely and scenic iceland with its mountains and beaches and warm friendly people, is a place definitely worth to visit. - posted by
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Thanks, Richard, for your kind offer, I'll contact you soon. BTW you profile image, not image, but comment, is hilarious... LOL - posted by
Maigi
on January 01, 2008 |
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Hi, there are loads of places to get great photos in Gran Canaria. What are you looking for? Beach, dunes, mountains, old architecture, surfing ...? Let me know what type of photography you are into and I can direct you to some places. I have lived here for 7 years so I know my way around a bit. It's probably best if you email me directly as I don't often check this blog. richardmclarke@gmail.com . Have a great time here, it's a beautiful place,
Richard - posted by
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I think this photo should be a cover photo candidate of a catering or cooking magazine. It has so many qualities that makes a cover photo. It's eye catching, it's funny and smart, it has great colors, lovely lighting. It is clear and simple, but not too much. It has selective focus. It tells a story. It has copy space for text. It is with portrait orientation. It missed some keywords, but now they are added. I just can imagine it on some magazine's front page. How it comes that it has over 6000 views, but not a single download?
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Eti, I am grateful you gave that explanation! To pay attention to work ethics (if this is a right word in English) didn't came to my mind. I just thought it's a great ACTION shot - you can see how chef is struggling to get dinner ready, great expression on his face. And I like the angle of camera very much. That didn't came to my mind to pay attention on other details you brought up. Great lesson for me - to be precise in small details, what seem to be unimportant, but are important enough to influence aesthetic appeal of a photo. Thank you very much! - posted by
Maigi
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EVEN though you don't need an explaination... I must. I think the image is excellent for all the right photographic reasons but my first impression of the person wiping their hands on their head while preparing a bird, is .... well it just isn't appealing. For me it is an image for what not to do when cooking. I work at a school that has a culinary department if that helps with where my perspective comes from. - posted by
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Good point, I had something similar in mind. Magazines or brochures about cooking techniques or something. I liked your "usually cooked food is more appetizing" remark... :) good one! :D - posted by
Maigi
on December 13, 2007 |
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