Six tips for taking your first drone video

I flew my first drone with a camera attached today! Here’s a video of my test footage: What a blast!! I can see why these things are so popular. Besides the fantastic video quality, they’re a lot of fun to fly. Unfortunately, this baby isn’t mine… though now I...

Sell more photos by shooting during Golden Hour

What do these stock photos all have in common? What makes these photos special — and good, saleable stock photos — is the quality of the light in them. Notice that soft, golden glow they all have? That’s because they were all taken during what’s called the...

A quick tip for selling stock photos

Can you spot what’s wrong with this photo? When I first took this image, I loved it. Today, I look at it and I’m a little embarrassed that I cut the flowers off on the sides and there’s more than one bare stem. I could have chosen a hundred different places to stand....

Why did these stock photos get rejected?

“Can you tell me if these photos are good enough for stock?” Often, people want to show me their photos so I can say whether or not they’ll get accepted into a stock agency. For one, I can’t really tell you. I can only make a good, educated guess. But more...

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