Aloha friends! If you weren't one of the many following along on Instagram during Wendy VonSosen's latest vacation to Hawaii, have we got a tropical treat for you this morning. We can hardly contain our excitement over the adventurous story she captured, all framed by the cool blue refreshing water of paradise. Beware, you're bound to catch a case of the wanderlust! Here are the details from Wendy: Maui has always been one of my favorite places to visit. I went there as a kid with my family,

It goes without saying that it is essential to use the correct ISO, shutter speed and aperture settings in your photos, but especially in your stock photos. Since the individuals and companies looking to purchase photos will likely scrutinize the photos they search out, looking for technically correct photos that are in focus with little to no noise, it is smart for you to do the same before your submissions. Zoom in on your photo at at least 100% to clean up any lens dust or other

This workshop was everything to me! I consider myself a beginning intermediate and I learned so much. The feedback was really amazing and Carey was so helpful and kind and a true inspiration. She thoroughly answered all of my questions and gave me such awesome feedback. For the price especially, I cannot recommend this class enough! I went from shooting in a preset mode to manual during this course and I am so grateful! - Crystal Livesay Carey is an amazing workshop leader. She is clear in her expectations

via Keira Grace Photography · Our Quick Pic contest is up and this time we're celebrating those photo were color takes center stage. Share yours and be in the running for a gift card of your choice! · If you have lot of those obnoxious "work in progress" tasks glaring at you around the house or the office, try the Pomodoro Technique! · Uncovering their lives before us through photos, our mothers as we never saw them. · When Murray Fredericks drags a giant mirror out to salt flats, he captures the

While some stock photo platforms charge upwards of 50% commission for purchases of your photos, it is not the only path to selling your microstock images online. If you have a large collection of images you see fit to sell as stock, you can now do so directly from your own site. Plug-ins like Sell Media allow you to create your own shop-like platform within blogsites like Wordpress so that you can skip the commissions and 100% of the purchase price goes directly to you. While you

INTRODUCING MORE AUTHENTICITY INTO YOUR WORK With ASHLEY CRAWFORD July 10th - August 6th, 2017 Registration opens on Wednesday, May 10th at noon CST. Join Ashley in this 4-week course if you have an old camera that was passed down to you and you have no idea how to use it. To read more about what you will be learning in this course, just head on over to The Transition to Film workshop page.