Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Picture: Bidwell Mansion, Chico, California
I tended to include “No HDR” with many of my landscape images posted online. I heard too many people say, “great use of HDR” at a time when I never used any automated HDR process on my images. Not long ago, I finally experimented with a few HDR shots. The [...]

Picture(s): Lava Tube Cave Entrance, Lava Beds National Monument, Modoc County, California.

Those people that know me and have seen my image postings around the internet may have seen many of my postings contain the phrase, “No HDR”. The only reason I posted that, and have mentioned before, is that I’d get so many comments [...]

Picture: Early evening light over Mount Diablo from Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California

Two great tests today. The first is this test of the hosted embed widget from my PhotoShelter Archive. (It works.)
The second, and much more significant venture, is more akin to that Anakin Skywalker’s trek over to the Dark Side. This is [...]

I’m getting into a busy season again after a spring of no work, and a summer of little work. Not from the economy, but from my accident & kids home from school. I’m still interested in sharing these business links that catch my attention, but I can’t keep up the pace of doing them weekly [...]

Since I was gone for a week, there are a few extra links to explore, as a few are slightly older posts or ones that I found before I left town. I hope you enjoy them.
From Black Star Rising: 18 Tips for Being a Photography Original – With the premise that “the future of photography [...]

Picture: Elk in river during wildfire, Bitterroot National Forest in Montana; credit: John McColgan / Alaska Fire Service

Several times in the last few weeks, I’ve watched as photos have gone ‘viral’. In the Internet age, that means that photos receive immediate and widespread recognition and distribution on web sites across the globe. If you’re a [...]

From MicrostockGroup.com: Sad day for photographers. This is a thread started by a photographer who, after seeing one of his quite sellable images get rejected by one of his agents, begins a heartfelt rant against the devaluation of photography. It’s an interesting read, but I would caution against going deep into the thread unless you [...]

Note: I was recently asked if I would allow someone to write a Guest Weblog post. Since I hadn’t been asked before, I thought, “Sure, why not. Let’s see how it goes.” So without further delay:
When a Formal Photography Education Is a Disadvantage
If you take a look at most of the photography forums, [...]

From Model Mayhem: My stock photo on Time magazine cover. An interesting discussion on the value vs. exposure of photography when a photographer discovers that his photo has been used on the cover of Time Magazine. What prompts the discussion? The photographer got the princely sum of $30.00 for his small percentage sales commission. Is [...]

Picture: Overlooking the coastal hills and coastline between Cambria and San Simeon, Central Coast, San Luis Obispo Co., California

Those who know me and my previous experience managing a niche stock agency for a famous photographer might also know that I’ve continued to offer my services on occasional freelance photo editing and photo research gigs. To [...]