Since my grandmother put a camera in my hands at the age of six, I've been hooked. Curiosity and passion for new experiences keep me from narrowing my work to one specialty so I shoot just about everything. My portraits and travel photographs have graced the cover of various local and regional magazines and newspapers and have appeared in national publications here in my native USA to as far away as Russia. Since I started shooting stock photographs a couple of years ago, I have split my t...
Since my grandmother put a camera in my hands at the age of six, I've been hooked. Curiosity and passion for new experiences keep me from narrowing my work to one specialty so I shoot just about everything. My portraits and travel photographs have graced the cover of various local and regional magazines and newspapers and have appeared in national publications here in my native USA to as far away as Russia. Since I started shooting stock photographs a couple of years ago, I have split my time between taking photos for my editorial, advertising and individual clients and giving myself assignments to come up with stock photo concepts, as well as working as a freelance writer. My website and blog http://travelstockphotos.blogspot.com , like my career, are works in progress. I hope you enjoy my photos as much as I have enjoyed taking them!
It's very frustrating and discouraging that people steal our images even those they can license for so little.DT at least sends out a DMCA when you give them the info. Some other agencies are less helpful.If that doesn't work, then you may have to take action on your own. That action would depend upon what country you are from, what country the infringer is from, whether you have already registered your image, and other variables. The ASMP (American Society of Media Professionals) ASMP dot org has a lot of information about copyright infringement in the US on their website. It's a good place to start. posted in a page using watermarked images
Your images are excellent.I think the advice against shooting those things accessible to everyone is aimed primarily at beginners - and often applies to things like flowers - they are all beautiful - or pets - we all think ours are the cutest - or sunsets - where the average person might think their simple snapshot is good enough for stock - because most photos of these things are acceptable - the key for stock is to go beyond what the average person can do with their point and shoot. I've noticed that a lot of these things are big sellers, but coming into stock after there are already thousands of photos of these subjects online, you really have to do something extraordinary.As your photos show, it can be done. Nice work. posted in Pet Photography and Stock