James Staddon

Loved looking through the collection! There’s one thing that influences my decisions in this sort of scenario where multiple pictures will be used in one product: how do they look all together? Let’s say 3 of the 6 cards are dominated by a yellow color, and they are arranged/advertised/stacked in such a way that the yellow ones are the first…[Read more]

I really enjoyed this one! Despite not having actual sunlight on the path, it was fun to try and add my own. I’ll be keeping my eye open for “real” sunlit paths over the next couple of weeks though. 🙂

Here’s the link to a replay of the webinar for Lenspiration members. Discussion on these particular photos began at around 36:26. https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar48/

And for anyone who would like to rewatch the webinar to listen to the critique of the other photos, here’s the link! https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar48/

And since I didn’t announce the winners during the webinar, I suppose I should do that here!

It was great fun to silently watch the panel discuss which photo should be the winner. The individuals on the panel had artistic and graphic design experience on both sides of the stock photography machine, both in selling stock as well as in buying…[Read more]

Wow, big difference between with the window closed and open. If opening the window is not an option, at least compensate for it by creating the correct exposure contrast in post processing. How I would do that with this photo is by setting the black and white points, usually with the Black and White sliders in Lightroom, keeping my eye on the…[Read more]

Hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to submit some photos! Hope you had a great Christmas and New Years. I was down in Texas visiting family and you can’t beat 75 degrees for outdoor people photography!

@ernestf-lloyd, I do believe those kind of photos are exactly what Lightstock was looking for!

@bennett-family, great photos and haha,…[Read more]

I suppose everyone’s pretty busy with their own secret Christmas plans! 🙂

I did a proposal this past summer that was a huge challenge. It was at dusk (almost dark) and happening on the porch of an old cabin lit only by candle/lantern light and Christmas lights! The only place to “hide” was behind a trailer quite a ways away so really the only…[Read more]

Here are a couple photos from my shoot with Grandpa. Sorry they’re not epic . . . just remember I had to shoot something before the holidays. 🙂

Well folks, to get the best rundown of what I (and the publishers) thought of your pictures, you can watch the replay here! https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar47/

In a nutshell, the Ziesemers loved the bright and clean look of @momparfitt‘s photos. They hesitate to use them due to elements in the photos that would potentially make the…[Read more]

You guys are SO AMAZING!! Can’t wait to comment on these tomorrow at 7pm! https://www.lenspiration.com/webinar/photo-critique-47/

Great question, @elmullet! 3456px longest edge is close enough.

We get the 3600px number by multiplying the number of inches we want to print (12 inches) by the density of pixels per inch that’s best for viewing a printed image (300 pixels per inch). However, it could be that the designer may not actually end up using the photo to cover the…[Read more]

That is a beautiful little grand piano @greta-kennedy! Couple questions….. Could you try shooting without flash, and use instead a tripod and a long shutter speed? Do you have a very powerful flashlight? Are there white ceilings? Also, could you shoot it at the piano’s “eye level”, instead of shooting down on it? Are you able to step back and…[Read more]

I do not have any personal experience with either of these lenses, but in terms of construction, durability, and quality, they seem to be quite similar. They say they are some of the best Tamron lenses.

For portraiture, I’d go with the 28-75mm. 17mm is just too wide for faces, and when I use my Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 lens for portraiture, I find…[Read more]

Hey, thanks for letting us know about this!

I use the All Apps Plan because I do more than just photography. In addition to Lightroom and Photoshop (which is what the Photography Plan has), the All Apps Plan has many other powerful and useful programs that I use fairly regularly:

Premier Pro (like you mentioned) – a video editing…

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I currently use Zenfolio but there are various reasons why I’d like to move on to something else. I know Lightroom comes with some mobile options but there are limitations there also for a full fledged portfolio. So, at this point I don’t know, but I think I’ll make it the theme of the next Premium Training so I’ll be doing some research for you!

Ok @elianafranzenburg, we’ve got an answer from the Ziesemers!

“I don’t think that we would choose a black and white photo for the front cover of the book.

Music on the piano might work. I think that if we did that it should be a hymnal and also it would be better not to be able to see what parti piece or hymnal it was.

I don’t think that we…[Read more]

Hi @thekarrzgmail-com, it doesn’t look like your photos completed uploading. If you can not get small JPGs to upload here on the forum, feel free to use this link to share them with me.

Yes, it is true that the designer could use a horizontal image when designing a vertical cover. They may not choose to use the photo to cover the entire…[Read more]

Hi @elianafranzenburg, I’ll pass these questions on the ZFP and reply back here!