mrhitchens

So Im thinking of starting a Photographers club in Bangkok

No Fees, maybe an event every month maybe some location, having some kinda night out on the back end of that.

If interested message me or reply to this thread

@Forehat The old saying goes "Want to spoil a very good hobby, make it your profession" has a point, but I still disagree with it to a point.

I used to backpack quite a lot and needed a work I can do while traveling. I got introduced to diving, which was love affair at the first sight. I did work as divemaster on some locations. The work was the best I have ever done, the pay was next to nothing. I got all the free dives I wanted to do, which was the most important issue. I could not take the same risks, I would have taken when diving alone, when I was diving with the folks whose security I had to take care of. That was the biggest downside. However I could do the silly dives with friends.

I think the same applies to photography. When taking stock photography images, it can still be fun and great way to spend time. If it's not the sole income revenue, then there should be time to take the more artistic photos as well. The photos which are not for stock photos, but for own enjoyment.

Heck, at least for me, getting some money out of my photos, compared to not getting any, is a nice deal. I take my photos as an hobby and will keep on doing that, even if I would take some of the photos as a working DM.

I will post a thread on maybe shooting stock images tips etc, maybe It will explain better, just the tricks and tip I used to use in that would help?

I'd like to try my wings with the stock photography. How much harm can it do? Some work preparing the photos, uploading and tagging those. Then waiting for the 25cent bonuses per downloaded images. At the moment I'm getting nothing from my shots. A Finnish newspaper once paid me EUR50 for a songran shot. It was really nice bonus on top of that I got my image published on a newspaper

Shutterstock is paying $0.25/download at first. When the sales go up to $5000-$10.000, they pay $0.33 per download.

But they also have 1 million customers, so there is a possibility to get some money for the work.

But.. whenever I look at my own photos with 100%, those are far from perfect. There is always some softness, grain, even if I took the shot with ISO80. That annoys the heck out of me. To be able to select 10 photos, which 7 should pass the Shutterstock standars.. I guess I'll just have to give it a try and learn from the feedback.

I got an PRO account on https://www.scoopshot.com/ , but I have known the owner for 25 years, so I don't think it counts too much

Shooting for stock is simple mate, to pass the 10 image evaluation is not difficult, I'm not going to tell you that you will make a fortune, but its possible.

If you wanna shoot for shock then you need to be out shooting directly for stock, look for images that will be shock images, kinda think past what would be a nice composition and think more into wow that would be a great shock image.

Though shooting for stock images is boring and you will lose your creativity^^

Dappled light at Huay Mae Sai, Chiang Rai

Nice shot as always mate, seems Chaing Rai has some interesting places worth visiting^^

Don't forget to do the black temple for us while you're in The Rai, Mr. mrhitchens. I'd really like to see your view on that.

Yep, I will definitely checking this place out, from the images I have seen It is well worth a visit^^

To me it's just computer enhanced nothing.Photography is as Dance,S.J.and most of us post here.WHAT WE SEE ,not dreams.

Photoshop is not just a tool making dreams or playing around with images as below. Its a tool that no serious Photographer would be without, from making corrections to WB, blending exposures, removing distractions from compositions.

Dappled light at Huay Mae Sai, Chiang Rai

Nice shot as always mate, seems Chaing Rai has some interesting places worth visiting^^

Ratchadar Under water

I'm starting a road-trip in a couple of weeks. Gonna spend four or five weeks seeing parts of the country I've yet to visit (including Koh Chang.

Cool mate, I'm going to be taking a week or to off to relax and get things in order in Bangkok, then back on the road, going to Koh Chang and later the north Chaing Mai, Chaing Rai, Pai Etc

If your in Koh Chang when Im there mate drop me a message and we can do some shooting together^^

Cool shot as always, MrH. Looks like your sensor could do with a clean though

Thanks mate, your right mate i've been traveling for over 2 months my camera body's and glass are in at Nikon for some much needed maintenance and cleaning

Looks like you found some good jetties ... Mr H!!!.... ^^^

Safe harbour, Nathon Samui...

It was difficult finding anything in Pattaya as most places have been developed, luckily I was contacted by some of the local Thai photographers who offered to take me around to some interesting places

Now looking for Interesting places in Koh Chang for the next trip

Pattaya's Forgotten Jetty by David Hitchens, on Flickr

Pattaya Rock shadows by David Hitchens, on Flickr

Pattaya Beach by David Hitchens, on Flickr

sooo out of my league ..but on the wish list..

Thanks mate, its a simple shot, low composition, with a wide lens, polarizing filter, plus a neutral density filter.

You can can make these shots so easy mate^^

Jetty Pattaya by David Hitchens, on Flickr

Abandoned Jetty Pattaya by David Hitchens, on Flickr

Pattaya Beach by David Hitchens, on Flickr

Pattaya Krating Lai Beach, does anyone know if the the pier which leads to the abandoned temple is still there?

Playing around with a lightbulb and a flash

Light Bulb by David Hitchens, on Flickr

Phuket 1989 slide scan. Part of my driving a bike around the edge of the island. Not sure where in Phuket this is exactly.

I'm thinking of a visit to Phuket very soon, do you have any recommendations of places to visit for shooting?

This image taken today with a Nikon P900 and a CP , I still am having a lot of noise issues with this camera / lens . Shame it only processes JPEG images .

You could do some post processing and remove the noise, a plugin to remove the noise and then a mask to correct detail etc

I drove to Nathon this evening thinking there would be a great sunset.... it was not truly fantastic !

But I think this might be my "shot of the day"

Nice shot mate^^