Tag: selling images
Photographing the Landscape When It Really Isn’t Your Thing
Anyone who follows my blog knows that I am not really a landscape photographer. I like to see the man made element in my work, and in front of me when I am taking photos. That doesn’t mean that I can’t take landscape images, just that it is not my subject of choice. Quite a few years ago I went away with a friend to the Grampians, for those that don’t know, the Grampians are a National Park and very mountainous. During this weekend away I was supposed to be getting photos, we drove around and around, but I didn’t get any photos because I didn’t want to photograph anything. I thought it was beautiful, but was not the type of subject that I really wanted to photograph. There are times when you don’t have a choice and you just have to do it. I was asked recently to… | Read the full article
When Does it Belong to Me
Recently I have been getting lots of inquiries about images that I have on my blog and if they are for sale. The easy answer would be that everything is for sale, so I thought I could set up my own stock image library. Then as I was working out what I could put up and what not, it suddenly started to occur to me, what is really mine to sell. I know that I own the copyright on my images, but where is that line on what I can take and what I can sell. I know that if you take photos in any of the parklands in Victoria that are looked after by Parks Victoria then they won’t let you sell the photos. You can’t make money from their parks unless you pay them a lot more money. I don’t know if I agree with this or… | Read the full article
