moo.com  is an excellent source you can print different images per order rahter than getting 150 - 5000 of the same image

Take a look at these, http://www.vistek.ca/store/ProPhotoElinchrom/242256/elinchrom-ranger-quadra-rx-to-go-speed-a-case-set.aspx
the ranger quadra lights, portable but can be used in studio- plugged in.

with an adapter you can put any elinchrom soft box on them.

Since you mentioned you did outdoor work as well these might be of interest to you.

A week is a bit longer than normal for MR reviews. You might want to check out your release manager to make sure there were no problems with the releases you submitted by going to My portfolio > Unfinished > Release Manager.  If issues were discovered with your release they  will appear there in red.

If there are no red flags, U might want to post a support ticket on CanStockPhoto

heres a great article about isolation http://www.zarias.com/white-seamless-tutorial-part-1-gear-space/

Part 2 talks about exposure methods  ie overexposing backdrop 2 + stops


Duhh sorry didnt see this posted above lol

isnt that cool! - I'd love to get one of those helicopters shown on the same page lol

Adorama is starting a series of dslr video tuts on vimeo its a good introduction and the fisrts video addresses the 180 rule and describes jello effect etc.

If your doing video for stock definately shut off as many in camera effects as possible ie sharpening

The stock-video sites I submit to take my 7d (same as 5dmll basically - h.264 1080p)  clips just as they are out of camera. I dont alter anything but the sound, I often strip the sound, I use quicktime pro to export the h.264 7d clips without soundnbut leave the codec as h264.   Thats on pond5 and canstock

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Me too , now before they close i have to upload 1000 of images

If wonder if it is ok  for sites with limits like veer or stockfresh to upload tons of images and than adding little by little as limit allows u

you can do that on canstock as well

havent seen a price yet I guess it will touch 1000 it was just announced about 45 min ago

A really interesting course in wedding photography has begun it is streaming live at http://www.creativelive/live  featuring Jasmine Star  they are streaming a live wedding and providing a high energy course its free to watch.

I was in a similar situation to you when my old desktop crashed, I bought a laptop with the intention to get a desktop later on..  I am still using the laptop and put the desktop $$ toward a camera upgrade.

I have a few regrets, and some thank goodness i did this's..

1. make sure you check your video processing software's required specifications for -processing to determine what you need and try to exceed the minimum..my laptop video card has  just enough ram to process some video - I wished i had purchased the more powerful card dont skimp on video card processing.

2. make sure your laptop has hdmi output  I connect a 24" external monitor via the hdmi to dvi with an adapter cable it really is a charm.

3. as was mentioned above get the fastest hard drive you can mine is 7200 rpm and its ok - but my laptop has an esata drive so i capture to it

4 get an external drive so you can back up your entire system - i use windows home server and back up automatically - this may not be your ideal situation traveling but definately plan for disastor recovery.

5 Make sure your laptop has the correct inputs that match your cameras video output

6. if you cant afford to start off with more than 4 gb of ram make sure your laptop is at least capable of expansion - if you have to make a sacrifice i suggest less ram to start ,smaller hard drive and then add on an external esata drive,

7. bells and wistles - I love my backlit keyboard and bluetooth capability.

hope that helps,

oh ps I got mine from Dell my whole family shops d
dell and thier service has been exceptional for us.

Thanks all.  The answers are helping.

It HAS to be a laptop.  This will be my ONLY computer.  Our trips often extend into several weeks and even months.  This computer will be for EVERYTHING.   Video will be the most demanding part of the work but we are just getting started ... don't even have the camera yet.   

try this it might lead you to what you want http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/exif_reader.aspx

I use this one on my blog and on my clients' blogs with great success.

http://yoast.com/wordpress/google-analytics/

Although george is correct, one nice thing about using the plugin is is that when either the template, wp files or plugin are upgraded you can upgrade all your files automatically.

I wouldnt do it any other way.