Return to Harlaw

Went back up to Harlaw today in the Pentland Hills.Not a great day for photography at all, windy, raining with only very brief moments of sunshine. Had some time to experiment with my new filters, mainly a circular polariser and and Cokin P grad filter. Not quite got...

T-Shirt Empire

I was reminded recently of CafePress which led me to remember I set up a shop on there once. The idea was to have T-Shirts with eye charts on them that were actually sayings/slogans. Obviously, being me, I did one design (and some people got them for Xmas) and forgot...

Photo Usage

Going to start blogging the places that my photos turn up. Not going to go back and list all the previous uses, but here are some recent/interesting ones. It is amazing where your photos end up when you give them away for free.A German Personalised CalendarA Menu on a...

Photo Blog #2

Shot some fabric close-ups for Time To Change Fabrics. Good fun, lots of great colours, tartan seemed to come out the best.Then used some great red fleece I got from the site as a backdrop for my first attempt and some Christmas stock shots. Nothing great yet, just...

Photo Blog #1

Had a couple of hours in Edinburgh yesterday to run around with the camera. It was generally too bright ( between 2pm – 4pm ) so it wasn’t very good light at all. That combined with there being lots of people about made it quite tricky. Was up Calton Hill...

Some thoughts on the stock photo business

This is a post I submitted to the MicroStockPix forums. Seemed worthwhile to replay it here.Have you ever asked yourself “What is a stock site?”. Let’s break it down to the basics. It’s a website that sells stuff. It has no supply chain issues and pays simple, minimal...