I’m finally feeling caught up with myself, so I thought today should be a 2 post day. Wow, haven’t had one of those in a while.
This morning I found myself going through hundreds and hundreds of photos. Mostly the photos were of the climbs we did this weekend. I tend to shoot a lot just to find a gem or two. But today I found so many gems. Hard to pick between the best when so many are that good. That’s a nice problem to have if you ask me!
Over the past few months I’ve read a lot about photography, stock photography, working with photos, etc. My head is full of ideas for shots, and ideas about the shots I take. Included in the pack of ideas is the concept that you might get 2 or 3 good ones for every 100. Normally that seems to be true!
But as I looked through this weekend’s batch I found myself saying, “Keep that one too, it’s a 4 star easy.” I had the urge to pick some and declare them “not good enough” but I pushed through that urge. If 400 out of 500 shots are really cool, so be it!
Even while I was being so extra kind to all of my photos I did have to eventually pick the best of the best to post at the stock photo site I’m using. That was hard. Actually it consumed hours, and only an interview broke me from the “photo daze” I’ve been in all day.
And yes, it seems these photos are getting to be a lot of work. But I’ll tell you, it’s fun work. I’d love to someday have a large enough portfolio to make a go of a stock photography business. Maybe I will, but until then I’ll keep sorting, shooting, and sorting some more.
If you’ve ever got the time, and have a favorite subject I’d suggest giving it a whirl as well. Like climbing, taking great pictures is one of those “you against yourself” projects where you keep trying to get yourself to improve. I’m going to keep working on both (until one of these interviews pans out, then I’ll just work on this stuff less often). 
By the way, when I’m on the rock and not shooting Brooke takes over for me (she knows how to manage a camera and lens cap…..). And she’s gotten some great shots as well. Hopefully she’ll be posting some at Dreamstime in the near future as well!
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All the photos look great Rich! I popped over to Dreamstime too…and your portfolio is looking super impressive. I told you, you were good (although after looking at all the photos from your past too, I think you may have already known that…)
like the pic rich. it looks really nice. i love rock climbing. i think its a good idea to start a stock photo website, seems like a lucrative business. if you are serious about making one you should try to make yours look like http://www.glowimages.com/
i have been using them for a long time and they have great quality stock photos. good look with your ventures.