The Human Element

It seems that sale-able stock photos typically needs to include a person or persons to have the image appeal to the business-element that are the major purchasers of stock images.

But how does one include people when you are on your own or by yourself because you were unsuccessful at dragging family, wife or kids, friends or neighbors along with you? You use the one person that is always with you -- yourself.

If you shoot your landscapes from a tripod (and you should!) all you need to do is switch on your timer, compose the image, trip the shutter, pop yourself into the frame, hold still and voila, there you have it, a beautiful landscape made stock sale-able with the addition of the "human element".

Evening Light

Driving home the other evening, the sky around Portland was aglow with that rich, warm, evening light that I'm used to seeing in the Fall. A combination of events, dark low clouds to the East, sun breaking through the clouds from the West and clear air from recent rain, all combined to create the most beautiful light I've seen in a while. So inspired by this light and, for once, actually remembering to have my camera with me, I quickly took this picture while stopped at a traffic light.

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