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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Spent the day yesterday hiking around parts of Lake Tahoe. This weekend was beautiful and at this time of the year the state and national parks are not open for business for another week on Memorial Day. The temp at the lake which is 6,000 feet above sea level was in the 70's but the snow pack has not completely melted on the mountains surrounding the lake, The views are just breathtaking and it has to be one of the most beautiful spots in America. I had the camera with me and will be posting some of the photos I took once I have a chance to go through them. Nature is just so beautiful and to be outside was wonderful. I hope all of you had a great weekend also!
Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Learning About Thrift Stores Today
Now that I am unemployed and on a super tight budget I decided to go see what Thrift Stores offer. My first stop was at a Goodwill Outlet where everything gets dumped into bins and is sold by the pound. I found 3 bins full of picture frames and chose 5 made from wood in various sizes and one was silver with a beautiful design on it. A few of them had pretty expensive matting in them that I can use again. My price for these ended up being $2.49 cents and even with the paint I will use for some of them there is no way I could beat this price any where. Glass was intact with all of them. I plan in the future to have two of my photos printed on canvas in a larger size and I found stacked along a wall there where some larger wood frames. I will definitely be looking for those frames when I need them back at the Goodwill Outlet.
The second Thrift Store I went to was pretty well organized by sections so I went up and down the wood aisle and there I found a wooden shelf in perfect shape that is about 2 feet long. I had been looking at shelves to place smaller frames on and I found one for $1.50. Not sure why I did not try this Thrift Store thing before and plan on learning about a few others in the area.
The second Thrift Store I went to was pretty well organized by sections so I went up and down the wood aisle and there I found a wooden shelf in perfect shape that is about 2 feet long. I had been looking at shelves to place smaller frames on and I found one for $1.50. Not sure why I did not try this Thrift Store thing before and plan on learning about a few others in the area.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Do not See Photography as a Revenue Generator
I spent a few hours yesterday reviewing how people make revenue on line with their photography. My findings are that there really is not a way to generate any amount of money with the amount of competition unless you are a professional on assignment. I looked at sites where you set up a store front and there are all levels of photography on there but I found very few that have made much money at this and feedback on most of them was only 1-2 people. The amount of feedback predicts that volume is very low. I went to the stock photo sites and found that there are different ways to handle your pictures and copyright but none are great revenue sources. So back to the drawing board to review this process. In the mean time I will share my work on here for others to enjoy.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Learning Step by Step
Well today I started connecting my blog to my social network on Facebook and on Google+. I have also tweeted some of the information to my twitter account. I am now systematically going through each of my photos and placing a digital watermark on them. Then removing ones I had already posted on sites like Pinterest and replacing them with ones connected to my blog and digitally watermarked.
Now I am keeping my fingers crossed that all of this aids in protecting my photos from users that want to use them without my permission.
I am sure I am pretty annoying to Pinterest people that have liked or re pinned some of my photos already.
Now I am keeping my fingers crossed that all of this aids in protecting my photos from users that want to use them without my permission.
I am sure I am pretty annoying to Pinterest people that have liked or re pinned some of my photos already.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Trying to figure it all out?
Okay I have posted my first photograph which has a digital watermark. I am uneasy with other people using my photographs as an icon to link to their web pages especially since it looks like I am endorsing their content. At the same time I like showing off my photography and am not sure how I can protect it from it being used incorrectly. I will be using a digital watermark going forward on all pictures posted.
Well I sure do have a lot to learn about blogging and how to market your photos for revenue. I am not even sure if my work is good enough for any revenue value or even how much the going price is for photography. I am a little overwhelmed with all the knowledge I want to learn and not even sure where to start.
Well I sure do have a lot to learn about blogging and how to market your photos for revenue. I am not even sure if my work is good enough for any revenue value or even how much the going price is for photography. I am a little overwhelmed with all the knowledge I want to learn and not even sure where to start.
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