November 13, 2011

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il·lu·sion·ist n. Philosophy. An adherent of the doctrine of illusionism. An artist whose work is marked by illusionism. A magician or ventriloquist. A photographer who wishes to create salable stock…

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November 13, 2011

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In previous lessons on stock, we covered a wide variety of stock photography subjects including People, Nature, Business, Medical and Technology, and Adventure. We have also covered the fundamentals for…

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November 13, 2011

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THE BLINDS Where do you find a space big enough to shoot a business group in front of a window?  An office building with a large meeting room is what…

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November 13, 2011

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Then they were on the phone, looking at a report, etc. Second scenario was to bring in an extra large light box and shoot them in front of the blinds. …

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November 13, 2011

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Asian Business conference room meeting. Here we placed an erasable board on the studio wall and wrote the Korean business information on the board.  There was a large light box…

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November 13, 2011

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Another scenario using the blinds was the concept of ‘customer service’ and I wanted to shoot the smiling representative with a headset on.

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November 13, 2011

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I also wanted to illustrate how shopping by phone, catalog, and on TV (QVC) could be photographed conceptually.

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November 13, 2011

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The next setup was a grocery store and shopping. Stores like Safeway and large chains, I have found won’t allow you in to do this so we headed straight for…

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November 13, 2011

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AGENCY IMAGE: SHOPPING This beautiful image comes from one of the Fogstock photographers we represent. It is beautifully done and highly conceptual.

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November 13, 2011

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The next setup was basically a one light setup where I moved product in and out as I created the shots. Keep in mind that production stock is about creating…

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November 13, 2011

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In this concept photo, I just laid out some blueprints I had and dropped the screws on it randomly for this pattern. The lighting has not changed. These images are…

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November 13, 2011

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Then I moved into people working in their gardens. People photography sells well so it makes perfect sense to capture those images as well.

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November 13, 2011

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Then I used models to pose for home improvement ideas and here they are unloading the van. I also setup and shot removing lumber from the car, then brought a…

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November 13, 2011

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For each house I shot, I made sure and shot as many details as I could. Here you see the roof lines, shakes on a roof, door knobs, windows, and…

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November 13, 2011

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The next concept for my home and garden shoot was Real Estate.  These images are presented based on concept even though they are now dated and old. Without a doubt…

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November 13, 2011

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In the studio, we built The Wall. No, we are not talking about one of Pink Floyds best albums ever. Rather, I had an idea to build a wall in…

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November 13, 2011

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I then changed angles and shot vertically with two women. Lighting was the same and with every person, I also zoomed in and did close ups-vertically and horizontally.

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November 13, 2011

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The models just happen to be husband and wife and when I had exhausted my ideas for him, I outfitted her and shot the same setup with slightly different poses….

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November 13, 2011

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THE LIVING ROOM The next idea I had for our studio wall was to create the living room. Here we inserted the section into the wall to make two windows…

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November 13, 2011

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The idea with this lesson was to give you an idea of how volume stock works. The path to the most profitability with any business is create the most images…

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November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 02

il·lu·sion·ist n. Philosophy. An adherent of the doctrine of illusionism. An artist whose work is marked by illusionism. A magician or ventriloquist. A photographer who wishes to create salable stock…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 03

In previous lessons on stock, we covered a wide variety of stock photography subjects including People, Nature, Business, Medical and Technology, and Adventure. We have also covered the fundamentals for…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 04

THE BLINDS Where do you find a space big enough to shoot a business group in front of a window?  An office building with a large meeting room is what…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 05

Then they were on the phone, looking at a report, etc. Second scenario was to bring in an extra large light box and shoot them in front of the blinds. …

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 06

Asian Business conference room meeting. Here we placed an erasable board on the studio wall and wrote the Korean business information on the board.  There was a large light box…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 07

Another scenario using the blinds was the concept of ‘customer service’ and I wanted to shoot the smiling representative with a headset on.

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 08

I also wanted to illustrate how shopping by phone, catalog, and on TV (QVC) could be photographed conceptually.

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 09

The next setup was a grocery store and shopping. Stores like Safeway and large chains, I have found won’t allow you in to do this so we headed straight for…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 10

AGENCY IMAGE: SHOPPING This beautiful image comes from one of the Fogstock photographers we represent. It is beautifully done and highly conceptual.

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 11

The next setup was basically a one light setup where I moved product in and out as I created the shots. Keep in mind that production stock is about creating…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 12

In this concept photo, I just laid out some blueprints I had and dropped the screws on it randomly for this pattern. The lighting has not changed. These images are…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 13

Then I moved into people working in their gardens. People photography sells well so it makes perfect sense to capture those images as well.

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 14

Then I used models to pose for home improvement ideas and here they are unloading the van. I also setup and shot removing lumber from the car, then brought a…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 15

For each house I shot, I made sure and shot as many details as I could. Here you see the roof lines, shakes on a roof, door knobs, windows, and…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 16

The next concept for my home and garden shoot was Real Estate.  These images are presented based on concept even though they are now dated and old. Without a doubt…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 17

In the studio, we built The Wall. No, we are not talking about one of Pink Floyds best albums ever. Rather, I had an idea to build a wall in…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 18

I then changed angles and shot vertically with two women. Lighting was the same and with every person, I also zoomed in and did close ups-vertically and horizontally.

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 19

The models just happen to be husband and wife and when I had exhausted my ideas for him, I outfitted her and shot the same setup with slightly different poses….

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 20

THE LIVING ROOM The next idea I had for our studio wall was to create the living room. Here we inserted the section into the wall to make two windows…

Read More
November 13, 2011

Lesson 21: Page 21

The idea with this lesson was to give you an idea of how volume stock works. The path to the most profitability with any business is create the most images…

Read More