Thanks Don! That is my grubby little hand you see there, and eek, I just realised that I am still wearing my wedding ring....
Funny how that one came about actually, I was shooting the fence on its own, and tripped on a rose bush. Put my hand on the fence to steady myself and thought, "hey, that'd be a cool pic". lol. Anyways, I don't know why, but I love that one too - i was thinking that maybe it could be used in some women's magazine illustrating one of those 5 minute fiction stories, maybe about someone trying to escape or something... I dunno, but thanks heaps for taking the time to view them and to comment! There are a few shots there that I think I should probably edit out as they aren't as strong as others, but its so hard to know as one shot may be total crap to be used in a certain context but perfect in another. Hmmm, I guess that's what "stock" photography is all about. Bit like a lottery really... :-) tan. -----Original Message----- From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 July 2004 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Tan's foray into stock photography.... The shot with the fence and hand is a very powerful image. I think B&W was perfect for it. Brought all kinds of thoughts to mind. It's my favorite because it keeps making me go back and look again. Some very nice work tan. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Tan's foray into stock photography.... > > > ooops, I just realised that I lied in my previous post! I did a litle more > manipulation to some of the shots than I said - ie. cloned out the dust > spots from my grubby sensor, and also vignetted a couple of them. Oh, and > also, the shots of the fence have been manipulated further again > - I had to > clone out the bird poo that was all over it! hehe. > > Oh, and yes, before anyone asks, I most certainly *do* have a pink and > purple fence - I mean what other colour fence do you think *I* > would have?!? > > ;-) > > tan. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 23 July 2004 9:17 AM > To: Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tan's foray into stock photography.... > > > > or whatever you may wish to call it.... > > Anyways, at the risk of being in lots of trouble from the COF's for my > prattling this morning, I thought I'd better show that I actually do take > the odd photo now and again too... and, whoa, i even used pentax > equipment! > woohoo! > > I have been studiously watching the stock photography sites for sometime > now, and noticed that most images are posted in groups pertaining to a > certain theme and/or variations on it. I wanted to do some funky looking > stuff, so that they aren't just "boring, old, flower pics", hence > the colour > shifts etc. > > So, here's the link to the gallery: > > http://www.tanyamayer.com/stock22july04/ > > And this one is my undisputed favourite from the day, and has no > manipulation at all, this is straight from the camera: > > http://www.tanyamayer.com/stock22july04/22.htm > > So, when I was shooting my beloved lavender yesterday, I thought > I'd have a > play with some different techniques. Most of these have been manipulated > using levels/colour balance in the Pentax RAW converter, however > all are the > original crops/compositions etc. God only knows what anyone > would ever want > to buy/use them for, but I guess it can't hurt to try! > > All shot with *istD, and Tokina 28-70/2.8 atx pro, tamron AF 2x > teleconverter, AF-500ftz, and Lumiquest Promax Softbox. Oh, > except for the > ones that are obviously wide, which were shot using the FAJ 18-35. All > hand-held, various exposures due to changes in depth of field etc, and > varied from 1/30th (for the blurred ones, and those with movement in them. > btw, if they have movement/blur in them, it *was* intentional, lol!) to > around 1/150th, and between f3.5-f11. > > And while we're on the subject, any ideas which would be the best agency > that I should approach? > > thanks! > > tan. > >
