Stock Photography

1. It gives you permission to use that person's face/body in your photography. You need it because some people might not be comfortable being exposed.
2. So buyers can find your photos and it helps categorize your photos.
3. So you're not promoting them without their knowledge or associating them with you and they have no idea who you are.
4. Room for text or logos.
5. They don't have to worry about anyone claiming the image.
6. Anyone can use the same image.
7. Rights Managed photos.
8. RF - anyone can use, not all photographers are careful with model releases. RM - you can pay them to do a shoot for you, and they have all their legal ducks in a row.
9. If you can use pro-athletes photos or not
10. It's interesting because you don't think about it as you shooting and also no one thinks to read the fine print.

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Still Life Preview

1. Fruit, furniture, flowers

2. When doing still life, you have to remember that the objects cannot be portrayed as moving or even being alive. You have to also somehow capture the audience's eyes by arranging the scene in interesting way. Lighting is a huge key as well. Your lighting will set the tone, mood, or feeling for these inanimate objects. Shadows can either be an enemy, or a useful technique.

3. Determining the amount of light you will expose.

4. Allows in a lot of light.

2. The train tracks by my home, the woods, the river, graffiti

3. Companies

4. $$$$$$$$$$$$ You get paid for the simplest photos.

PLANNING

1.  Keys, vases, train tracks, paths,books

2. Traveling or busy life.

3. Bright sunset or sunrise

First Free Shoot

 The subject is the flowers.

 The subject is the center of the flower.

 The subject is the eye/pupil/iris.

The subject is the petals of this flower.

1. I'm happy with the lighting and texture in these photos.
2. Next time I'll try to find more presets that fit my shoot.
3. I learned how detail matters and so does the weather(it was windy).