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Messages - Sean Locke Photography
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1851
« on: April 24, 2015, 03:14 »
On first, too much white space to left, not enough below. On second, way too much on left. Logo on black plastic part. Both white areas not pure white.
1852
« on: April 22, 2015, 12:02 »
That looks like a consumer-grade auto-everything camera, around $250. You're going to have to figure out what you can do with it within those limitations.
1853
« on: April 21, 2015, 18:33 »
"Hello!
I want to start stock photography, because I became unemployed and I need to make a living fast."
Yeah, that's not how it works.
1854
« on: April 21, 2015, 08:29 »
Oh good, another "my part of the world is more expensive than your part of the world" thread.
1855
« on: April 19, 2015, 09:49 »
1856
« on: April 17, 2015, 14:28 »
I would like to put my stock photos on other sites (like facebook/google+/500px) but with my logo.
Is it ok?
On FB or G+ i can share them, but on 500px I have to upload
"ok" in what way? They're your images, you can do what you like with them.
1857
« on: April 15, 2015, 09:55 »
Is the FTP down? I can't login. I thought, from the mail, the new system didn't start until Friday.
1858
« on: April 11, 2015, 09:22 »
a lot of noise , not enough detail
Heh, ok. Please spotlight the "noise" for me.
1859
« on: April 11, 2015, 08:48 »
1860
« on: April 10, 2015, 15:17 »
Sorry, my FTP window was acting up.
The edge of the bevel and the join don't look razor sharp to you?
1861
« on: April 10, 2015, 15:08 »
I finally got my first bunch of crazy: Focus--Subject is blurry, too soft, or out of focus when viewed at full resolution. Noise--Image contains excessive noise, grain, artifacts and/or is poorly rasterized. Here's a 100% crop of one of the centers where the center of focus is/should be: http://www.seanlockephotography.com/images/examples/sampleFromBG.jpg
1862
« on: April 10, 2015, 10:54 »
1863
« on: April 10, 2015, 07:00 »
I don't try to do both. They require different lighting and a different frame of mind. One or the other.
1864
« on: April 09, 2015, 13:18 »
Nice, but this is like I was saying on the other thread. If we're someplace to relax and vacation, I want the time to be spent having fun, not me giving commands and all.
1865
« on: April 09, 2015, 09:41 »
Stock photo or snapshot, if the photo is good, its good. IMO.
Yes, but that's not really what I said. A trip to "shoot stock" has arrangements made for access to saleable things, models booked, property releases for locations arranged, transportation secured at sunrise to amazing spots, etc., any and all of the above with the intent of creating lots of usable images that will pay back. A vacation where you might get some usable snaps as you go about your travels that are unplanned is more of a crapshoot. I went down to Bonaire in March. I don't usually shoot for business when on vacation because I don't want to bother my family or take up vacation time. But a few days before we left I decided to take a couple of hours to do a planned shoot with a paid model at a secured location. For the costs paid, I'm pretty sure it will pay off. Anyways, just making chit chat. No need to go in depth.
1866
« on: April 09, 2015, 09:23 »
On May 1st I'll be going to Japan for 16 days to shoot stock...I wonder if I'll ever cover the theoretical cost of this trip...especially when a car for the first 10 days costs 970 USD !!! And the flight is another 1100.
One would hope that if you're really going to "shoot stock", then you've planned out your shoots, locations, costs, etc., and have an idea of whether they'll pay off. If you're just going on vacation, and are going to shoot travel snaps to put on SS, well, then ...
1867
« on: April 09, 2015, 09:11 »
Ick, it's built on wordpress. No thanks.
1868
« on: April 08, 2015, 11:56 »
It probably means you get a hundredth of a penny when your images come up in certain searches on Tuesdays in months with Y in them.
1869
« on: April 07, 2015, 08:19 »
"Basically we are into the post production services and company based in USA "
Your writing style doesn't say USA...
1870
« on: April 07, 2015, 07:58 »
April is normally ok for me. Not nearly as good as March of course. It's certainly starting off slow this year, the way the holiday fell and all.
1871
« on: April 03, 2015, 15:50 »
Custom photography they want to pitch to Nike for $250. Sigh.
1872
« on: April 03, 2015, 15:17 »
I agree with you that things like health insurance and education shouldn't be free, but how can a kid just graduating from college afford to pay housing, auto, health insurance, student loans, etc. on $7.00/hr? If he has an education, he should be able to get a better paying job. But that isn't going to happen instantaneously, for most. A huge local ad agency here hires graphic designers, requires a bachelors degree, and pays $25,000/yr. starting salary. That isn't much more over minimum wage. But management all drive BMWs and live in half a million dollar homes.
I graduated from college, and started at Disney making $7.35 working in the parks. I lived with my roommate in a $600 a month 2 bedroom. When I turned full time, 3 months later, I got health insurance. We went to nickel beer night. Eventually I quit my full time to go part time, and had two other part time jobs, until I got into Feature Animation. So, yes, you can do it.
1873
« on: April 02, 2015, 08:29 »
Yes, business owners take risksbut one of the challenges of starting a business is being able to make that business profitable while paying a living wage to your employees. Insurance, equipment and other associated costs have not been kept artificially low while inflation marches on. The minimum wage has remained stagnant for decades while businesses are making record profits. Paying your employees is a business expense, and it should be an expense that keeps up with the cost of living. If you can't operate a successful business paying what you need for the assets required to run that business, employees included, you deserve to have to declare bankruptcy.
It's a minimum wage, not a maximum wage. There is nothing stopping from anyone paying more than minimum, if the market requires it. Like McDonald's and Walmart have been forced to raise their wages in the last few days/weeks. Costco pays more and gets better employees.
1874
« on: April 01, 2015, 16:27 »
I personally know a large pizza store owner that has over $80,000 USD in sales and nets about $25,000 per month and doesn't want to pay his workings over $8 per hour also without any benefits! He drives a fancy 755Li BMW and lives in a 5 million house on the ocean 
Well, good for him.
1875
« on: March 31, 2015, 09:55 »
Out of 2400 downloads in March, I had 2 enhanced downloads.
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