Visited an antique book bindery today -- many opportunities for stock shots.  Here are a few samples.

A re-bound ledger book from 1885.

This is two shots put together with the photomerge feature in Photoshop.  I often do this instead of cropping because it effectively increases the quality by increasing the total megapixels used to make the shot.

I took a number of shots from the plane window of a beautiful sunrise on the trip over.  Later I plan to combine them to make some conceptual images.

Changed some dollars into pounds.

I will begin traveling today for a week.  I will continue to photograph the entire time and post whenever I have an opportunity.

One of the things I have learned from this project is how many stock opportunities exist just in your daily life.  The photos this past week are a good example.  Each one relates to something that occurred during my normal routine. The Daily Stock Shot Project is working as a catalyst for images that otherwise would not have seen the light of day.

On this trip I will be taking my Leica M9 outfit, equipped with everything from 21mm to 135mm lenses.  Last minute I threw in the new Nikon D7000 with the 18-200mm zoom and a fast 35mm f2 Nikkor with some close-up filters.

Checked in online and printed my boarding pass.  Now it's off to the airport.

It's snowing in New York!

 

Shot this with a Nikon D700 set for 1600 ISO to bring in the background.  The snowflakes were lit with the on-camera pop up flash.  I used the 80-400mm Nikkor zoom set to around 100mm.

Merry Christmas!

I always grab some shots when the children are around for holidays.

The Empire State Building on Christmas Eve 2010.

Now this is what I call "bokeh" -- Christmas tree lights out of focus using the 135mm defocus Nikkor at f/2.

Both images were done with the 135mm f/2 de-focus Nikkor lens to emphasize the out-of-focus areas.

Toasting to a friend's birthday last night with champagne and a fine Brunello.

The photos were lit primarily by candle light at ISO 1600, and taken with a Nikon D7000 with 50mm f/1.4 lens plus close-up attachment.

Happy Birthday, Neale!

The sun was shining through this giant flag as it was hanging near an intersection where I was walking on Broadway -- a ready-made concept.  Since beginning this project, I always have a camera with me to take advantage of opportunities just like this one.

Two of my favorite lenses are the 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor (used for this shot), and the new 85mm f/1.4 Nikkor.  Both produce a delicate bokeh in the out-of-focus areas when used wide open.

Blur images like these are used a lot as backgrounds in advertising.  I did a number of variations to allow for various type placements.