by Sherri on May 15, 2007
Are you planning on traveling to Auburn for this big event? If you are looking for other things to do while in the area, visit our Auburn Resource links for information on the area. There is lot’s to do here. If you like to hike, bike, run, whitewater raft, antique shop, pan for gold, canoe, kayak or hang out at the American River to name just a few, then you may just want to plan your summer vacation around the Western States 100.
If you would like to order fine art prints of the Auburn area, please visit our Auburn Gallery. We will be adding photos to this gallery on a regular basis, so please check back often.
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Photo – Cabo San Lucas, Baja, California
Ola! We have just returned from an awesome trip to Cabo San Lucas in beautiful Baja, California. In just 1 week, we managed to squeeze in just about everything we set out to do and a few things we didn’t have on the agenda.
In the coming weeks, we will be featuring some of the photographs we captured during our visit to Cabo. We will also publish an article about our trip which will include tips for traveling in Baja.
The photo above is an artistic rendition created from an original photograph taken during our trip. It will be one of many photos available for purchase as high-resolution, rights-managed downloads or as fine art prints in our new digital art gallery coming soon.
Please check back often to see what’s new.
by Sherri on April 19, 2007
Those of us who have had our photographic work published, know how good it feels to see our work in print. Unfortunately, photo buyers know that too! This is becoming a real problem in todays market, as young photographers are giving their work away for low or no pay, or for a photo credit only. This hurts us all in the end.
Start today by charging what you are worth, not what the photo buyer wants to pay. When you go to the grocery store do you tell the store clerk what you are willing to pay for something? Or do you pay the asking price? Well, then, why should it be any different when marketing your images? Should photographers have to give their work away just because they are passionate about what they are doing? I don’t believe so and I hope you don’t either.
Two very good articles on this subject have just been published. They are HOT, must reads for anyone who is serious about running a profitable photography business. Although the articles are geared toward assignment photography, the same principles apply to marketing stock photos.  The first one is from Mark Loundy’s monthly column and the second one is from John Harrington’s Photo Business Blog.
I hope you find these articles useful and you will share them with your photographer friends.
by Sherri on April 3, 2007
by Sherri on March 21, 2007
The famous No Hands Bridge, Auburn, California.
This photo is one of several new images that will be available soon in our Auburn Gallery.
by Sherri on March 16, 2007
Photo – The Confluence of the American River, Auburn, California
This photo of the week is available in our Auburn Gallery as a fine art print and as a rights-managed image.
For information on how to order visit our Ordering Info page.
by Sherri on March 9, 2007
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Photo – mountain biking in rural Auburn, in California’s Gold CountryÂ
This photo of the week is one of our most popular images. This image is available for rights-managed licensing, or it can be purchased as a print. You can view this image in our Auburn Gallery.
For more information on ordering, visit our Ordering Info page.
by Sherri on March 6, 2007
Are you having a hard time deciding on whether or not to go digital? I did. Why? Because, I loved looking at my slides on a slide sorter. I loved my Nikon N90s. I didn’t want to purchase another camera. And I didn’t want to endure the digital learning curve. But, the truth is, there are more reasons to go digital than there are not to. Here are 5 top reasons to jump on the digital bandwagon.Â
- Instant feedback. You can view your images as you shoot, enabling you to become a better photographer quicker.
- Delete as you go. Unlike shooting with film, you can delete the obvious bad images as you shoot.
- More affordable. Once your purchase your camera and lenses, your expenses are minimal. I purchased a digital SLR that was compatable with my N90s lenses, which also kept the costs down a bunch. Check out dpreview.com for digial camera reviews.
- Many ISO settings to choose from. You don’t have to buy different types of film for different shooting situations.
- Shooting data recorded. No more writing down what you did to capure your images. The data is recorded as you shoot.
There are many more benefits to shooting digital. But, hopefully, this partial list will jumpstart your decision making process!
by Sherri on March 3, 2007
Got 10 minutes? Sometimes that’s all the time we have for certain things. You have probably heard of the 10 minute exercise workout and the 10 minute meditation right? Well, now there is the 10 minute photo shoot!
One day, when I needed to try out a feature on my camera in a hurry, download the images and perform a critique on what I had done, I came up with the idea of a 10 minue photo shoot. My goal was to shoot for 10 minues only and to create as good of images in a hurry as I could. It worked and it was fun! It forced me to take a closer look at my home environment. I saw things to photograph that I never noticed before, learned a new feature of my camera and satisfied my need for taking a few photos.
So, if you are feeling the need to photograph and you only have 10 minues give it a shot!
by Sherri on March 2, 2007
Has this ever happened to you? You daydream about all the places you would like to travel to. You think you haven’t been to very many places, that is until you look at your photos.Â
That happened to me recently. I was showing some of my photos to a couple of friends, when suddenly I had an “ah ha” moment. I realized that in order to have captured those images, that meant I must have been there! Â
