Tanja, Looks like you're branching out a bit. What took you in this direction? Inquiring minds want to know!
Comments: For me, the door shots suffer from shooting from too low of an angle. They are leaning over just a bit too much. Other than that, they are very nice. Seems that someone looking for stock photos of old doors would want the vertical lines to be a bit more parallel. I would go back and do some more with that subject. I really like the shot of the sandals with the shadows. I can see someone wanting to use that in some illustration. The B&W fence with your hand is great. I would probably go back and do some more experiments with it. I don't care for the color fence though. I can see where you're headed with the trail of rose petals - not quite there yet. Don't know exactly what, but you are on the right trail. B&W also looks better on that. Of the flowers, 21 & 22 I like the best. Partly because they are unusual views - they challenge me a bit more. When I submitted stuff for stock, it was very difficult to figure out what they would like best. Sometimes, just simple straight shots were chosen over more artistic renderings. I assume the stock houses knew their clientele a bit better than I did. I say that because several of the flower shots they may rather like over others - hard to tell. Side note: I rather like 26 as well. Thanks for sharing and showing yet another side of your talent. Nice work! Bruce Thursday, July 22, 2004, 4:16:42 PM, you wrote: TMP> or whatever you may wish to call it.... TMP> Anyways, at the risk of being in lots of trouble from the COF's for my TMP> prattling this morning, I thought I'd better show that I actually do take TMP> the odd photo now and again too... and, whoa, i even used pentax equipment! TMP> woohoo! TMP> I have been studiously watching the stock photography sites for sometime TMP> now, and noticed that most images are posted in groups pertaining to a TMP> certain theme and/or variations on it. I wanted to do some funky looking TMP> stuff, so that they aren't just "boring, old, flower pics", hence the colour TMP> shifts etc. TMP> So, here's the link to the gallery: TMP> http://www.tanyamayer.com/stock22july04/ TMP> And this one is my undisputed favourite from the day, and has no TMP> manipulation at all, this is straight from the camera: TMP> http://www.tanyamayer.com/stock22july04/22.htm TMP> So, when I was shooting my beloved lavender yesterday, I thought I'd have a TMP> play with some different techniques. Most of these have been manipulated TMP> using levels/colour balance in the Pentax RAW converter, however all are the TMP> original crops/compositions etc. God only knows what anyone would ever want TMP> to buy/use them for, but I guess it can't hurt to try! TMP> All shot with *istD, and Tokina 28-70/2.8 atx pro, tamron AF 2x TMP> teleconverter, AF-500ftz, and Lumiquest Promax Softbox. Oh, except for the TMP> ones that are obviously wide, which were shot using the FAJ 18-35. All TMP> hand-held, various exposures due to changes in depth of field etc, and TMP> varied from 1/30th (for the blurred ones, and those with movement in them. TMP> btw, if they have movement/blur in them, it *was* intentional, lol!) to TMP> around 1/150th, and between f3.5-f11. TMP> And while we're on the subject, any ideas which would be the best agency TMP> that I should approach? TMP> thanks! TMP> tan.
