Microstock Photography
106 Equipment microstocks. For microstock use, it is game over—my advice is to use a digital camera and don’t look back! The Bes ...
camera or full-frame digital camera in the 35-mm format. A typical compact camera sensor will be no larger than the two-thirds-i ...
108 Equipment FIGURE 6.4 Digital camera cutaway. This is also a stock shot from Fotolia. © Stephen_Sweet/Fotolia Fixed lenses on ...
blown dSLR; they do have electronic viewfi nders and live view capabilities using their rear screen, which may swivel, a bit lik ...
110 Equipment FIGURE 6.6 Images like this great surfi ng shot taken from Fotolia are ideal material for dSLRs. This shot was tak ...
THE BEST DIGITAL CAMERA FOR YOU 111 ...
112 Equipment used in some other manufacturers’ cameras. dSLRs are true system cameras, with a range of accessories useful to th ...
THE BIG GUNS: MEDIUM-FORMAT DIGITAL 113 The Four Thirds system If you take another look at the Figure 6.3, you’ll see a yellow b ...
114 Equipment outlay is not unreasonable given the savings in fi lm and development costs and the superb quality of which these ...
SCANNING FILM 115 FIGURE 6.8 A medium-format back is a separate image-capturing device that replaces the fi lm holder on a mediu ...
116 Equipment stock. Or you might just prefer the look and feel of fi lm images. Either way, you have to convert analogue fi lm ...
Whatever scanner you choose, you should bear the following in mind as rough guidance (I generalize here; there are always except ...
118 Equipment After purchase, join one of the great online scanning support groups for assistance and further tips. Summary Ther ...
Setting up a Home Studio While you can take plenty of great microstock shots in the great outdoors, many of the best-selling ima ...
120 Setting up a Home Studio FIGURE 7.1 Studio fl ash. For the more serious studio, professional lighting is a must. Here we see ...
FIGURE 7.2 “Fruit.” © Douglas Freer out—use it. If you think they are or are not sure, reduce the exposure using your camera’s e ...
122 Setting up a Home Studio on iStockphoto here: http://www.istockphoto.com/fi le_closeup/ object/3884376_fruit_bowl.php?id=388 ...
and useful. For studio work, a lens with a good macro capability is essential, so either buy one or make sure your zoom lens has ...
124 Setting up a Home Studio a fl ash head, providing lots of nice, soft backlighting. The camera is slightly above the object a ...
FIGURE 7.6 “Chinese Meal.” © Douglas Freer/Dreamstime PEOPLE SHOTS 125 slightly and I did not use a fi ll-in card refl ector in ...
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