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Weekend portfolio case study #1

posted on 5th of may, 2013

>I study a portfolio every weekend and I thought I'd share what I study. Not all of it, only some parts of it. I don't pick up images or artists from the editor's choice collection of featured photographers collection either....which means that the portfolios I pick are one of the least likely ones to be noticed by us contributors but they do have a crazy number of sales. Some of you may find this useful.

I choose portfolios based on these points:
- Artists with no message board activity
- With weird photos having unexpectedly high sales
- Artists who didn't use million dollar equipment to shoot their best sellers.

If this helps you, read on...

I studied this portfolio this weekend: Raman Maisei - Portfolio

600 uploads and 11,500+ sales...

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Tags: bestseller good portfolio study tips

Comments (21)

	Posted by Robinstockphotos on May 23, 2013 That's all done with some 3D modeller. I don't think many people could do it. I tried it already long back. Very difficult. Weekend studies later....maybe from Next month. I'm very busy right now. Exams, exams and exams.... :/
	Posted by Lenutaidi on May 23, 2013 For this weekend:Kounas portofolio
	Posted by Positiveflash on May 19, 2013 I guess I don't understand why the layout would be different for certain users. This could be a test and they are only rolling it out for some users. Either way I hope they get this fixed or let us know what's going on.

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Process a JPEG as good as RAW!

posted on 10th of may, 2013

Newbies: Please skip the article if it scares you. If you are in doubt about WB or exposure, ALWAYS shoot in RAW.

The photographers of advanced levels of knowledge about color representation and compression surely know that RAW files contain a huge amount of additional useful data as compared to a JPEG. A RAW may contain 14 or 16 or sometimes 32 bits of data per color channel. A 16 bit TIFF contained from a RAW of equal bit depth would give you (2^16)(2^16)(2^16) unique colors and intensities. An 8 bit JPEG would give you a few million times smaller color depth.

The result?

A RAW contains a higher "dynamic range" of data. Just like your eyes see both shadows and lights but a camera doesn't see both at the same time...but it still retains fine detail in shadow regions...

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Tags: jpeg post processing raw technical

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	Posted by Infokus408 on May 16, 2013 cool article. thanks for sharing. "A photographer must always try to be equally good without depending on anything else." i agree. master the basics first.
	Posted by Robinstockphotos on May 15, 2013 Haha I always write boring stuff that's why. ;) Harsh, RAW makes you deadly casual if you're just starting out. It burns the "I can fix it" into your mind. Very dangerous idea. A photographer must always try to be equally good without depending on anything else.
	Posted by Parkinsonsniper on May 15, 2013 I don't know why, but I knew it was "you" when I first saw the title :) nice article, keep them coming...

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Finally, my own independent blog!

posted on 18th of may, 2013

>I have been writing a lot of articles here and many don't really show up high on Google search results. And those who aren't members cannot follow me. I cannot post images not yet approved by Dreamstime for sale.

So here goes my new blog RobinStockPhotos on WordPress
Excited about this one! :)

I'd be posting there most of the time now and I would post a copy here for everyone or a link to the original WordPress blog.
The good thing is you may enjoy some of my latest photography. The photos on Dreamstime portfolio are very old. Around 6 months old, most of them. But the new blog doesn't need approval and would have the latest photos, in case you are interested. You'd find there romantic lizards having dinner and professor lizard studying geographic....

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Tags: blog blogging personal photography wordpress

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	Posted by Shopartgallerycom on May 22, 2013 Lovely blog Pratik!
	Posted by Mike2focus on May 21, 2013 Very cool, Pratik! Your passion is going to carry you very far in photography and in life. Well done!
	Posted by Robinstockphotos on May 21, 2013 What's coming will make you guys roll around laughing. The lizard and I did some great shooting session. Just wait till next month end. Then check my portfolio. Haha!