Stock Imagery Weekend
This weekend should be a good one for generating some new images for my stock photography portfolio. As an image inspector for iStockphoto, I try to inspect as many images as possible on the weekends. This weekend, however, it looks like iStockphoto is undergoing some server maintenance, so it’ll be a perfect time for me to generate some new portfolio pieces. I don’t have anything scheduled with professional models, however, so I’ll be shooting one of two options:
Option 1: family and self portraiture. Not a bad option, because my son is adorable and my wife is both adorable and very pregnant. That leads to some good photo possibilities. I’m myself neither adorable nor pregnant, but I take direction well.
Option 2: product photography. Some of my best selling images on iStock are product shots. It’s an easy way to generate some assets. There’s no one to hire, no one to get tired of smiling and posing, and I can keep shooting until I get tired. I’ve never had a golf club or basketball ask to “take five”.
There’s a third option, as well, which would be to generate non-photographic assets. I have several 3D renderings and vector illustrations available in my iStock portfolio. Those tend to be rewarding, both artistically and financially, but often take much longer to create than photos.
We’ll see which direction this weekend goes.