I'm now offering stock video clips on Pond5, Shutterstock and 123RF.
Edward M. Fielding
Photography
Launching the Dogford Studios Greeting Card Line
2013-05-31 12:02:12.0
After months of work, the Dogford Studios line of greeting cards by Edward M. Fielding is now coming online via Greeting Card Universe. GCU has zillions of greeting cards for any occasion you can think of and if they don't have one for your special occation you can even put in a request and one of the artist will design a card for that occasion.
Check out my offerings at:
Video Lights
2013-05-31 09:57:11.0
I've been experimenting with stock video lately. My new Canon EOS 6D is a great full frame camera for still photography AND video. Here is a sample image from one of my first outings:
http://footage.shutterstock.com/video.html?id=3945323
I've ordered a few of these inexpensive LED lights for my studio.
Recent Sales on Fine Art America
2013-05-19 05:47:28.0
I've had a few recent sales on Fine Art America but I want to warn anyone who thinks its easy to sell artwork online - its not!
Its easy to OFFER your artwork online but actually becoming noticed among the hundreds of thousands of pieces of artwork (ranging from amazing to hohum) on these sites it very difficult. Every single day over 2,000 new pieces - paintings, photographs, drawings etc, are added to sites such as Fine Art America.
In my old economics class in college I recall the concept of "barriers to entry" - that is a market that has a hard barrier like producing steel (you need a large expensive factory) is going to have few competitors. But something like a lemon-aid stand which anyone could open is going to have fierce competition.
Print on demand art sites have little or no barrier to entry. The offerings are not even reviewed for quality. So as a result you get everyone from some posting their vacation photos to offerings from established artists.
So if you want to sell your artwork on Fine Art America, Red Bubble or Society 6, realize that it not going to sell on its own. You still have to social media the heck out of it in order for it to be seen.
Post Processing Magic
2013-05-15 12:37:52.0
With the right skills, software and tecnique, one can do a lot in post processing with software such as Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop and OnOne Perfect Effects suite.
These two images of an old rusted out truck in Quechee, Vermont demonstrate what I mean. Both original images were taken on the same day and within minutes of each other, but look at the totally different moods I created. One kind of bright and sunny while the other is dark and moody - which is great because its final market is the murder mystery book cover market.