Stock Images Now Available!

Posted by Don Smith (California, United States) on 4 September 2009 in Landscape & Rural.

UPCOMING 2009 / 2010 WORKSHOPS:

After months of planning, I am pleased to announce I will now be selling the majority of my stock library directly from my website! If you would like to take a peak, please click here: Stock Images.

I have been a contributor to Getty Images for the past 3 1/2 years, and will continue to do so, but I am able to offer any image that Getty does not take, or removes from their site. The same images are being offered worldwide via Alamy Images but can be purchased from my site at a reduced rate.

I have just started the upload process which involves keywording every image to aid in Google searches. It is a time-consuming process but one that will be worth it in the long run. I hope to have my entire library of 2500-plus images available by December.

Also starting later this month, I will be offering selected images for prints at a reduced price. I will rotate these "selects" periodically and will offer the buyer a chance to purchase online the print of their choice (at a reduced rate) in various sizes, and all with the security of PayPal. The print(s) will be shipped directly to the buyer from our New York lab. I will be announcing details soon.

By the way, this image is from a winter morning shoot at Death Valley's Zabriskie Point. This is such an iconic location and has been captured by many, but this particular morning dawned with fresh snow on the Panamints, I just waited for the light and compressed the many layers with my 70-200mmL lens!

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Comments (16)

SCOTT F. SCHILLING from San Martin, United States

Fantastic light and colors and I like your Stock Image site also Don! The above image is great with so many layers and wonderful warm tones in the clouds! 5 stars from me! I hope you recovered from your Birthday Celebration!

4 Sep 2009 5:11am

@SCOTT F. SCHILLING: Hi Scott, wanted to let you know i was doing a Google Image search yesterday and some of your images are coming up! Just need some time for the spiders to do their crawl.

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Marvelous. This looks like what we called in Alaska, "termination dust"!

4 Sep 2009 5:19am

@john4jack: Is that terminal dust or dusk? I've spent some time in Alaska in the summer and if you are not used to how light it stays, it gets tough to sleep.

Vitor Martins from Lisboa, Portugal

Superb. The light and the "mountains layers" are amaizing.

4 Sep 2009 8:05am

@Vitor Martins: Zabriske Point is amazing enough, add these snow covered and morning alpenglow and it becomes a can't miss.

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

I'm enchanted by your vision of the world.

4 Sep 2009 8:06am

@Ana Lúcia: Thank you for that nice compliment Ana.

Sergei Z from Türi, Estonia

Wonderful capture. Great timing and fantastic place!

4 Sep 2009 11:23am

@Sergei Z: Like the old press photographer's saying: f/8 and be there!

Victor Lamela from Coruña, Spain

preciosa imagen¡¡¡ perfecta¡¡¡

4 Sep 2009 12:12pm

@Victor Lamela: Thank you Victor.

Eleftheria from Athens, Greece

Another 5 stars from me! It's perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Sep 2009 12:33pm

@Eleftheria: Thank you again Eleftheria.

Judy from Brooksville, Florida, United States

Having stood on this very point myself, I can tell you, you have MARVELOUS light and clouds. The dusting of snow didn't hurt one bit either! :D ... 5 more stars!
Good luck with your new venture ... lots of work as you say, but you'll do well, I'm sure!

4 Sep 2009 2:26pm

@Judy: Thanks Judy, I've got a lot of work ahead of me, time to roll up my sleeves!

LauraS from Chico, United States

Exceptional photo. Wonderfully captured and shared.

4 Sep 2009 5:14pm

@LauraS: Sometimes Mother Nature just cooperates - too bad it wasn't always this easy.

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Don - "termination dust" is the first dusting of snow on the mountains signaling the "termination" of summer.

4 Sep 2009 5:35pm

@john4jack: You've taught me a new term Jack!

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

Amazing

4 Sep 2009 7:27pm

@Alun: Thanks.

Tracy from La Selva Beach, United States

Just spectacular! Even though this scene is a bit compressed by your lens, it still looks like a vast and lonely wilderness...The dusting of snow is beautiful!
Congrats also on your stock images! I'll be sure to check it out :)

4 Sep 2009 11:47pm

@Tracy: Can you imagine this scene at 2 pm on a summer afternoon!

MOHAMMAD from BANDAR ABBAS, Iran

wow really nice

5 Sep 2009 5:15am

@MOHAMMAD: Thanks Mohammad.

Marie LC from Voiron, France

5 Sep 2009 7:11am

@Marie LC: Thank you Marie.

Lambspun from Madison, Maine, United States

Don, you make our U.S. look so beautiful.

6 Sep 2009 10:41pm

@Lambspun: Thanks Lambspun, but I think Mother Nature has a big part in it also!

SCOTT F. SCHILLING from San Martin, United States

Don, I just had to come back and take another look at this image! Still looks great - I like the color in the clouds - again!

7 Sep 2009 4:57am

@SCOTT F. SCHILLING: Thanks Scott, I really enjoy posting and blogging on Aminus3, but I feel their compression of images is just too much - even paying for the higher quality. It is evidenced with this image. If you click on the Stock Images link near the top of the text above, you will arrive at the same image with much more detail becasue the compression is not so great. I find I have trouble with many of my images and many times have to settle for less than optimal.

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