Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

This week it’s my Birthday. While playing some soccer with my kids last Friday, I was feeling younger than my years. Then when I woke up the next morning, the muscle aches reminded that feeling old is physical, while feeling young is mental. C’est la vie.
As a nice Birthday present, last week I signed a [...]

Ever wonder how the truly gifted photographers get that special shot? Well take a look at these enlightened shots, many revealing the tools and techniques needed to “bag that shot”.

Picture: Women backpackers camping in Desolation Wilderness, near Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California
I’ve been really itching to get up to the wilderness this year, and now the itch seems worse than ever. One problem I have is that I almost need many many more ‘fixes’ of getting into the wilderness than I’m able to [...]

Over on a microstock newsgroup, someone posted link to an interview with a pro photographer at ASSIGNMENT ZERO. Never heard of them? A place where amateurs write “news” stories and interviews, which are then edited, published, and used on the Assignment zero web site, and the original writers happily accept ‘ZERO’ dollars in fiscal compensation.
Let’s [...]

Picture: Moray Eels on exhibit in aquarium tank at SeaWorld, Mission Bay, San Diego County Coast, California
This is just one of those images that caught my attention as I was cruising through some photo files. I’d thought I’d share a little technique I use at times to get photos like this one. It’s called, “Play [...]

Enjoy the Game, do your Job, but remember – we own your a$$. This seems to be the sentiment passed along from major league teams of the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), and many other national sports organizations. And if you’re a photographer, videographer, or reporter working for a media outlet or [...]

I just need to share this; It’s finally done. My summertime backyard make-over. As of 7:30 this evening, the last plant has been planted, the last bag of dirt has been put away, the wheelbarrow is propped up against the last section of new fence, (which was installed on Tuesday), and every tool has again [...]

Picture: Young boy playing with stick next to dog and stream at Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, Monterey County Coast, California

This image comes from my most recently keyworded batch of photos that I downloaded last night. Here is a sample of the keywords for this image, which will eventually make its way into a searchable database.
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If you ever find someone using one of your photos (or writings, drawings, music, animation, movie, etc.) without your permission, and you want them to stop, you need to know what to say, and to whom to say it. Plagiarism Today has stock sample Cease & Desist Letters that you can adapt for your own [...]

There’s so much talk about how hard it is to be a professional photographer these days, especially if you rely on income from stock photo sales for a living. To be honest, there’s a lot to be said for the difficulties of being in this industry, watching supply soar and thanks to the profusion of [...]