If you’re ever in New York City, and want to see a really cool museum, check out the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). The Met is a more classic old school type museum (still amazing to see as well), where the MOMA has a more modern flare with a wide range of exhibits. Here is my favorite painting, Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. The first time I saw it at the MOMA, I was a teenager on a class field trip. I was amazed by the fact that this image which I had seen in my history and art books was sitting there right before my eyes. Not a print, but the original. I was also surprised that it was so small. I had assumed it would have been much larger than it actually is. Here is a high-resolution stock photo of  Vincent Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting from my most recent trip into the city.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I don’t have many images that I say, “Hey, I want to print that really big and frame it – slap it on my living room wall.”  I was talking to a close friend this weekend, and said to me plainly, “That’s because you see dollar signs every time you shoot.  You’re looking too much for stock, and missing out on the rest of the world.”  You know what?  He’s right.  I need to start taking time to shoot my own personal artsy/fartsy stuff, or even street photography, in addition to my normal backgrounds/textures/model shoots.  My friend Tim can spot things that are dying to be captured.  I give him a lot of credit, he just shoots strangers in the streets and takes their dirty or confused looks, if they even give him any.  Maybe once I can get over that fear, I can start to capture some cool street-photography style stuff that I would normally pass by. Sometimes I also reason to myself, “No, I won’t take that shot – I don’t have a model release for that person, so I can’t sell it as stock anyway.”  That’s probably my main problem.

Check out more of Tim’s work here. He is an amazing photographer with a strength in travel, editorial, street photography and lifestyle images. Tim is a busy guy – he has a lot of great images that would even sell great as stock – but no time to sell them.  If you’re interested in purchasing licenses for any of his images for use in stock or prints, by all means contact tsla1124 AT gmail.com

He has photography from Italy, Greece, Panama, San Blas Islands, Mexico, Boston, New York City, and more.

All images Copyright © Tim Sala 2009

All images Copyright © Tim Sala 2009

All images Copyright © Tim Sala 2009

All images Copyright © Tim Sala 2009

All images Copyright © Tim Sala 2009

All images Copyright © Tim Sala 2009

All images Copyright © Tim Sala 2009