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« Reply #50 on: July 29, 2010, 14:33 »
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Travel ... but I take pictures there too.  ::)

I also occasionally fit in some travel...


« Reply #51 on: July 29, 2010, 14:37 »
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I can't believe I'm posting this here, but here I go. :D
Great!

« Reply #52 on: July 29, 2010, 14:56 »
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I'm a full-time photographer so my life pretty much revolves around hiding behind a camera.  ;D

« Reply #53 on: July 29, 2010, 15:52 »
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Spying sucks.  Too many travel restrictions after you retire.   :P

ha ha ha ha...   Either you are a former,  or you just joked, not knowing how close to truth you came.. LOL    There ARE a boatload of travel restrictions, some lasting years!!  However, in time, it all goes away when what you once had to keep so sacred secret can be found in a simple google search....    LOL    Things I had been debriefed on back in April of 1972...  just turned up declassified in  freedom of information on the www  earlier this year.   Free at last to talk after 38 years...ha ha ha.

I still have a day job, but not for much longer ( 62 yrs old).  We are avid travelers.  Even on weekends, we are never home. Out somewhere, hiking, mt biking, four wheeling... from Maine to Fla, NY to Cali.... and even into the land of our friends in the Great White North. Looking forward in 5 weeks to  14 days in Banff, Jasper and Glacier,  hiking my brains out and burning thru some digital memory. I am the type that could drive my Suburban off road deep into the Canadian woods, and where I run out of gas...  i'll build a shed and live out my life... LOL 8)=tom

lisafx

« Reply #54 on: July 29, 2010, 17:35 »
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Just listened to both youtube links.  I am really impressed! 
IngerAnna, you have a beautiful voice!  Loved your soulful style.

And Ivan, Wow!!  Your music (and voice) were wonderful.  And the video was very professionally done.  In addition to the lovely music it told a story.  Even without understanding the words, the meaning of the song was clear.

I just sing with my church choir and a small band, but we don't have anything on Youtube. 

WarrenPrice

« Reply #55 on: July 29, 2010, 17:51 »
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Spying sucks.  Too many travel restrictions after you retire.   :P

ha ha ha ha...   Either you are a former,  or you just joked, not knowing how close to truth you came.. LOL    There ARE a boatload of travel restrictions, some lasting years!!  However, in time, it all goes away when what you once had to keep so sacred secret can be found in a simple google search....    LOL    Things I had been debriefed on back in April of 1972...  just turned up declassified in  freedom of information on the www  earlier this year.   Free at last to talk after 38 years...ha ha ha.

I still have a day job, but not for much longer ( 62 yrs old).  We are avid travelers.  Even on weekends, we are never home. Out somewhere, hiking, mt biking, four wheeling... from Maine to Fla, NY to Cali.... and even into the land of our friends in the Great White North. Looking forward in 5 weeks to  14 days in Banff, Jasper and Glacier,  hiking my brains out and burning thru some digital memory. I am the type that could drive my Suburban off road deep into the Canadian woods, and where I run out of gas...  i'll build a shed and live out my life... LOL 8)=tom

Tom... we are headed that way too ... Wyoming, Montana.  Should make it to the Tetons first week in September.  Haven't been there or to Yellowstone so may have to spend too much time seeing that to make to to Glacier before the cold sets in.

and yes, I spent way too many years being credited with knowing a lot more than I knew or even wanted to know.  :-)
I think I've made it past the restrictions.  Still can't join the Peace Corps.   LOL

« Reply #56 on: July 29, 2010, 18:31 »
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Thanks Lisa and FD :)

donding

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« Reply #57 on: July 29, 2010, 18:36 »
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I sing and put it on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/IngerAnna


That was beautiful! It seems there is a fair amount of musicians here, mostly singers tho. :) Lisa sings too... I sing and compose.
We could make a band and earn some extra money, lol

I used to fly with paraglider, but I had to sell it to buy a camera. I love playing with my son and my nephew. I'm taking them to the country side very often. We walk there and they always have million questions for me.

Here is the only video of my band that I managed to save and upload to youtube. It was 10 years ago.  ::)
I can't believe I'm posting this here, but here I go. :D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkQs416xUnA [/youtube]


Ingeranna you have a very beautiful voice and quite a talent playing that guitar.

Ivan that was incredible. My husband said "I don't know what he's saying but I really like the song" What was the name of the song....English version... ;) That was really great. Thanks to you both for sharing that.

rubyroo

« Reply #58 on: July 29, 2010, 18:37 »
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OOh!  Spies in the camp!  How exciting.

WONDERFUL videos.  Congrats on your talents and on being unafraid to show them to the world.  I play guitar and sing but only for my own pleasure.  Far too cowardly to perform in public.  Microstock makes up most of my life, I'm either in a productive phase or in a learning phase, but it's all photography and post-production related.

« Reply #59 on: July 29, 2010, 19:11 »
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Ok, I'll try to explain the song in few sentences. But it's really just a simple ballad, lyrics are nothing special.
So, the song title is "Fifth Night" and it's telling about a guy who counts nights after his girlfriend left him. The rain is falling for five nights already and he feels he won't see his sunshine again.

Native English speakers sometimes use the term "sunshine" to say "you are my sunshine"... right??
We use it too.

« Reply #60 on: July 29, 2010, 21:07 »
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I have a full time job.  Does it count as "life"? :D

I also have my dear lovebirds: http://www.mariaadelaidesilva.net/agapornis/


Wow what a Cute chicks
why you dont have them in you port  ;)

« Reply #61 on: July 29, 2010, 21:19 »
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why you dont have them in you port  ;)
I do, but not in micros.

« Reply #62 on: July 29, 2010, 21:34 »
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why you dont have them in you port  ;)
I do, but not in micros.

Time lapse videos from hatching will be cool too  ;)

« Reply #63 on: July 29, 2010, 21:54 »
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I sing and put it on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/IngerAnna


That was beautiful! It seems there is a fair amount of musicians here, mostly singers tho. :) Lisa sings too... I sing and compose.
We could make a band and earn some extra money, lol



Maybe something something like this, Ill be Quasimodo on bells or guy on spoons  ;D

Intro and Outro- Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

« Reply #64 on: July 29, 2010, 22:01 »
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Time lapse videos from hatching will be cool too  ;)

I only witnessed one hatching and I didn't want to be too intrusive, so the video was shot on a low ambient light.
Agapornis: Nascimento de Severiano - Severiano's birth

« Reply #65 on: July 29, 2010, 22:18 »
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Time lapse videos from hatching will be cool too  ;)
I only witnessed one hatching and I didn't want to be too intrusive, so the video was shot on a low ambient light.


With time lapse I mean that you shoot stills from tripod eg every 5 seconds (I think it is minimum for canon timelapse software, or shoot with remote every few seconds) I dont mean to record in video mode in first place.
After that you can import images as image sequence in some video software and woila you have time lapse video.  ;)

« Reply #66 on: July 29, 2010, 22:23 »
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With time lapse I mean that you shoot stills from tripod eg every 5 seconds
I know, but that, along with frequent flash bursts, would have been too intrusive.

« Reply #67 on: July 29, 2010, 23:21 »
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With time lapse I mean that you shoot stills from tripod eg every 5 seconds
I know, but that, along with frequent flash bursts, would have been too intrusive.
You dont need flash at all. Just make normal shoot every 5 seconds whatever are light conditions.
For speed up time lapse images dont need to be sharp as single stock image.
After all they can be on 400 asa/iso too and if there is noise you can make action to reduce it in one action.
For one second of that kind of video you will shoot 25-30 images 5 secs after each other so it will be between 125-150 seconds in real life represented in 1 second of you video, so keep shooting to reach about 10 seconds of video and after that if something is not ok you can crop it to min 5 secons video which stocks accept.
Try to shoot in mid image size to cover up full hd resolution of image after widescreen cropping in action.
Bahh
Send me PM if you want details, because our posts are going in offtopic mode very soon...

« Reply #68 on: July 30, 2010, 00:47 »
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80 hours per week ????

More during the summer.  I'm on a 5 hour sleep schedule right now and sometimes I get so involved I forget to sleep (I was working on some new animations and illustrations and totally lost track of time, ended up sitting at my computer for 26 hours straight, except for bathroom trips).  My daughter's schedule is less hectic this summer and I'm spending a lot of time with her teaching her about photography and story telling.  It lets me spend time with her and get work done at the same time.  ;D

« Reply #69 on: July 30, 2010, 02:33 »
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80 hours per week ????

More during the summer.  I'm on a 5 hour sleep schedule right now and sometimes I get so involved I forget to sleep (I was working on some new animations and illustrations and totally lost track of time, ended up sitting at my computer for 26 hours straight, except for bathroom trips).  My daughter's schedule is less hectic this summer and I'm spending a lot of time with her teaching her about photography and story telling.  It lets me spend time with her and get work done at the same time.  ;D

So your spending time on other than microstock, I assumed that you were spending 80 hours on microstock alone, I just looked at you Istock port and there was 9 photos or something. Not trying to be rude or anything but it seemed you didn't have very much online for 80 hour weeks.

« Reply #70 on: July 30, 2010, 07:12 »
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work full time and 4 great kids :)

finished the PhD late last year so no more official study, now it is just papers and research :)

the kids and I cook a lot, we procrastinate about cleaning (sometimes we actually do it). And we would all happily just go travelling and leave everything else behind.

« Reply #71 on: July 30, 2010, 07:21 »
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I'm a full-time fashion and commercial photographer in the New York City and national market. The bulk of my clients are dress companies who need photography for their ads, catalogs and/or web sites.  They tend to all get their sample dresses and gowns each season at the same time and need the images right away so I find myself tremendously busy Jan-Feb and June-July with clients shooting in New York and out of state.  During these times my micro stock activities take a backseat.

Outside those peak periods I shoot magazine assignments on a less regular basis.  Microstock is somewhat like my babysitter. It keeps me from getting in trouble or wasting my time in-between assignments. I wish there was better synergy between my assignments and micro stock, but my assignment work tends to be with agency models who are not allowed to sign stock releases. I'm hoping to integrate the two bodies of work more closely in the future.

Apart from that I speak at photography workshops that are organized by a friend. Away from photography I'm into road cycling and am currently building up a carbon road bike to replace a bike that was recently stolen. And My colorful circle of friends include actors, musicians and burlesque performers that always have shows to shows going on.

Samples of my fashion and commercial work:
www.danhowellphotography.com

donding

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« Reply #72 on: July 30, 2010, 10:54 »
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I'm a full-time fashion and commercial photographer in the New York City and national market. The bulk of my clients are dress companies who need photography for their ads, catalogs and/or web sites.  They tend to all get their sample dresses and gowns each season at the same time and need the images right away so I find myself tremendously busy Jan-Feb and June-July with clients shooting in New York and out of state.  During these times my micro stock activities take a backseat.

Outside those peak periods I shoot magazine assignments on a less regular basis.  Microstock is somewhat like my babysitter. It keeps me from getting in trouble or wasting my time in-between assignments. I wish there was better synergy between my assignments and micro stock, but my assignment work tends to be with agency models who are not allowed to sign stock releases. I'm hoping to integrate the two bodies of work more closely in the future.

Apart from that I speak at photography workshops that are organized by a friend. Away from photography I'm into road cycling and am currently building up a carbon road bike to replace a bike that was recently stolen. And My colorful circle of friends include actors, musicians and burlesque performers that always have shows to shows going on.

Samples of my fashion and commercial work:
www.danhowellphotography.com


Wow those are some great photos. I love that one on your opening page. You have got great talent....but I guess I don't need to tell you that. Just wanted to let you know I was really impressed.

« Reply #73 on: July 30, 2010, 19:06 »
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I still have a day job, but not for much longer ( 62 yrs old).  We are avid travelers.  Even on weekends, we are never home. Out somewhere, hiking, mt biking, four wheeling... from Maine to Fla, NY to Cali.... and even into the land of our friends in the Great White North. Looking forward in 5 weeks to  14 days in Banff, Jasper and Glacier,  hiking my brains out and burning thru some digital memory. I am the type that could drive my Suburban off road deep into the Canadian woods, and where I run out of gas...  i'll build a shed and live out my life... LOL 8)=tom


Tom... we are headed that way too ... Wyoming, Montana.  Should make it to the Tetons first week in September.  Haven't been there or to Yellowstone so may have to spend too much time seeing that to make to to Glacier before the cold sets in.

and yes, I spent way too many years being credited with knowing a lot more than I knew or even wanted to know.  :-)
I think I've made it past the restrictions.  Still can't join the Peace Corps.   LOL

check out my National Parks pages http://cascoly.com/trav/us/np.asp to whet your appetite - havent been to Yellowstone for awhile, but Tetons and Glacier are excellent, and it's easier to get away from crowds, especially if you can wait til Sep or later for color.  Same for Banff, Jasper area -- the Kananaskis area to the south of banff is great for hiking, and has many fewer people. 

Just outside banff, Johnson creek is a neat little walk with a series of catwalks over a narrow canyon



when in Montana be sure to find a tavern that serves Moose Drool on tap

steve
 

« Reply #74 on: July 30, 2010, 20:36 »
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80 hours per week ????

More during the summer.  I'm on a 5 hour sleep schedule right now and sometimes I get so involved I forget to sleep (I was working on some new animations and illustrations and totally lost track of time, ended up sitting at my computer for 26 hours straight, except for bathroom trips).  My daughter's schedule is less hectic this summer and I'm spending a lot of time with her teaching her about photography and story telling.  It lets me spend time with her and get work done at the same time.  ;D

So your spending time on other than microstock, I assumed that you were spending 80 hours on microstock alone, I just looked at you Istock port and there was 9 photos or something. Not trying to be rude or anything but it seemed you didn't have very much online for 80 hour weeks.

Look at my Pond5 (video) portfolio and you'll see what I've been working on.  Since the beginning of summer I have worked an "average" of 14 hour days, 7 days a week on my MicroStock (mostly video) portfolio.  And I am including travel time as I travel all over in order to get new footage and photos.  My ShutterStock still portfolio has gone from 3 images in late April to 53 images as of yesterday.  And I've increased my Dreamstime still portfolio by 60 new stills.  But mostly I've added over 250 new video clips since April with another 300 waiting for a rainy day to be processed for upload (my submissions slow down as I spend more time outside shooting video and taking photos).  Once school starts back up and both my daughter and wife go back to school at the end of august and I stay home more, I expect to triple my still portfolios (at minimum) and crack 2000 videos online by the end of September (I have 1100 online right now, with 100+ sitting in queue to be reviewed).

So... yes, I've had a busy summer. :)  Once band practice, girl scouts, 4H, and other activities start back up, I'll be back to working a 50 hour week (normal for me) and spending much more time doing parental things.


 

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