richardhobsonphotography.co.uk

Richard Hobson Photography submits stock photography exclusively to www.istockphoto.com

There is now a chart site that shows our position as a photographer on istockphoto.

We’re currently at position 1848 on page 37 of the chart. Now, the idea is of course that we increase our stock portfolio and the quality of it and rise up the charts! (A current drawback of the site is that not all contributors are listed, so in theory we could drop down a little at first but it should become stable soon.)

If you’re looking for a specific image for a publication, advert, report or website then check out our portfolio at www.istockphoto.com/richhobson

If you don’t see what you need then let us know. We may be able to shoot it for you and you’ll only pay istock prices!

www.richardhobsonphotography.co.uk

Wedding, Portrait, Stock Photography. Based in Caerphilly, South Wales, UK.

A podcast aimed at amateur and semi pro photographers, but good listening for pro’s too.

I stumbled across this podcast by listening to the Digital Photography Show - which sadly is no longer with us. They cover interesting subjects from dealing with clients to what happens when equipment goes wrong. They also cover camera gear and other equipment.

A fun show - recommended!

Link - www.cameradojo.com

Richard

www.richardhobsonphotography.co.uk

A big thank you to Hayley who is the latest model to join us in donating her time for our Cancer Research UK 1000 image project.

All the royalties from the images we produce go to Cancer Research UK for 1 year from their upload date.

RIP The Digital Photography Show

Apparently the last recorded episode of The Digital Photography sow will never be aired.

I mailed Scott Sherman on Facebook to offer my support as I’m sure many of the listeners of the podcast have It had a loyal following.

The great news is that Scott and Michael WILL be back with a new podcast. It won’t be called the Digital Photography show but it will be about Digital Photography and it will be a show.

Keep an eye out on Scott’s Blogs for details.

http://www.scottshermanonline.com/this_site/

http://scottsherman.typepad.com/photo/

 Richard

www.richardhobsonphotography.co.uk

I thought I’d share my experience today of shooting “Tethered” with a model.

It was of course the camera connected to a PC not the model that was tethered.

I used a USB extension lead with a repeater built in to get around the issues of a long USB cable. It worked flawlessly. I used a D300 with Nikon Capture.
 

First the upside. Today’s shoot was with a new model in my home studio. The model was not just new to me but new to modelling. Being able to see the result instantly of changes to hair, facial expressions, looking in different directions etc was great and really helped in the “coaching” of a new model.

It also helped me in seeing exactly the result too. Yes, the screen on the back of the camera is great but it’s no substitute for a monitor. Using my own monitor I was also able to more accurately judge the colour output of the shot. Another benefit was a time saving one. Straight after the shoot I could point photoshop to the folder and import the images straight from the folder instead of from a memory card – much much quicker.

The downside was of course being tethered. Even with a fairly long USB lead and a small studio there were moments that I felt I was pulling on the USB socket on the camera. I’m not sure how long it would last to being pulled at.

So all in all a great experience and something I’ll definitely try again. I have some still life shots to do which would benefit even more I think, especially as the camera is fixed on a tripod.

Hope the experience helps someone!

This post will track the progress of our 1000 Image challenege in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Our website shows the current number of images uploaded and the current royalty amount, but this post will track the milestones so we can look aback and hopefully see how it grew and took off big time, from a small beginning to a big end!

Date                 Images        Royalty
21/10/2008       28              $1.44

On 1st October we launched a year long project to produce 1000 stock images. All the royalties for one year from upload date of each image will be donated to Cancer Research UK.

I’m proud that Richard Hobson Photography as a business can give something back.

We’re still in our first year of business so sometimes there are moments when you think “Will the phone ring?”, “Will we break even?” and even “Will this be a success”. So there’s no better time for us to focus on something that should benefit us and Cancer Research UK.

You can check our progress on our “Pink” page of our website

www.richardhobsonphotography.co.uk/pink

I’d like to say a big thank you in advance to everyone who donates their time to help us produce the images.

In particular so far we have worked with Sam Hudon and Becci Jewell to produce “Pink” images for the project.

If you would like to be involved then please let us know!

Click here to see examples of the images we have created so far for the project.