subscribe via rss

Posts Tagged ‘photographer’

Stock Photo: Educational Montage - education montage with a silhouette of a woman standing and inspirational words and ideasThis post is for all of the young’ins and those that might be at some crossroads in the game of “work life”.  Here’s a little story about a creative boy that liked to play with computers (yours truly).  I wasn’t entirely positive about where I wanted to be in another four years, after high school graduation.  I had a little bit of an idea, and that definitely got me started.  I probably wouldn’t have been able to guess, back then, that I’d be doing what I’m doing right now for work.

Royalty free Stock Photo of street signs at the intersection of education and work career path crossroadsWe all know that education is important.  In most cases, having some sort of training is vital to at least start you off on the direction you’re going to make your move in.  Whether you want to become a tradesman, a creative professional, or even just a general business associate, you usually have to have some form of training in order to even be considered for the job.  My parents always encouraged me to get a college degree, as it was a great feather in your cap, as well as Read the rest of this entry »

20 Oct 2011

Sometimes Choosing a Career Path Takes Some Trial and Error

Author: ArenaCreative.com | Filed under: Graphic Design, Photography

The story of one stolen image here is pretty crazy.  It’s both disturbing, interesting, amazing, scary and infuriating all at the same time.  This type of story always plucks my heart strings, because I can relate to the way he’s feeling.  It just shows the power of the internet in this media age we are living in.  Any image you post online can end up anywhere… period.  Case closed.  I don’t care what you shot it with, how you designed it, digitized it, where you posted it, or what it is.  High res, medium res, or low res.  If the image is something of value to another person, or another person sees the potential value in it, it will be used.  It’s only a matter of time before it ends up all around the world.  Beware of how you share your work online.

Read the rest of this entry »

Do you ever feel like your work is never good enough?  Do you get praise from others about your creations, but deep down inside you don’t feel the same way?  Maybe you feel like you just served up a pile of trash.  To be honest, I feel this way about my own work a lot.  I recently did a few photoshoots and nothing I shot really wow-ed me.  This type of thing happens other creatives I have spoken to, as well.

I Am My Own Worst Critic
I’m definitely my own worst enemy when it comes to criticism. I see the flaws in my work.  Even if they are minor, almost untraceable to others, I still manage to find them.  Am I just being over critical?  Am I bored with what I’m doing?  Is it just because I’m being overly anal?  What’s wrong with me?  I want to be happy with what I’m doing.  I am definitely enjoying it, but I don’t think I’ll ever be 100% proud of where I’m at creatively.  I think we all want to have our own “style” but this is easier said than done.  I’m still trying to figure out what it is, and probably will continue to do so for a very long time.  Read the rest of this entry »

17 Jun 2010

My Own Worst Enemy

Author: ArenaCreative.com | Filed under: Creative Inspiration, Graphic Design, Photography, Stock Photography

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

17 Aug 2009

Separating Your Creativity from STOCK

Author: ArenaCreative.com | Filed under: Creative Inspiration, Photography, Stock Photography