8 hours in front of a computer. Processing pictures and video clips, describing, keywording and submitting to stock agencies. 4pm: My computer is busy uploading videos and I am driving into the Poudre Canyon.
Here I am in my field office on the Poudre River below Mad Dog Rapid. A two days earlier my outdoor studio wast at the Picnic Rock.
Kayak. Packraft. Camera. Drone. One man operation. Paddling in circles. Wet and cold bottom. Interval shooting. Video shooting. Drone shooting. Taking off and landing on rocks under trees. Drone crashed, broken propeller. Light is changing. My dog is barking for attention. Milo doesn’t like to be tied to a tree when I am more than 10 steps away. Too much stuff. Too much action. Fun! Sort of …
8pm: I am back home exhausted. Uploading all images and video to a computer. It’s a lot of stuff from interval shooting which needs to be sorted. And … I am starting to think about my next outdoor photo session. One boat only! Perhaps, drysuit. The self bailing Aire Force kayak is getting wet even on flat water. What to do with Milo? I can take him with me only on a paddleboard or canoe.
As a stock photographer I am making money mostly from my studio work: product, food and conceptual images. But, I need to go outdoors to seek inspiration, recover from computer work, and protect my sanity.
I have more 18,000 still pictures and 400 video clips in my stock portfolio. These days I am focusing on two stock agencies Adobe Stock and Shutterstock which provide together more than 60% of my income. You can find most of my video clips on Pond5 and Shutterstock. Here is my little collection of paddling clips. As you can see I am working hard to grow it.
I’ve got my Aire Force inflatable kayak a couple weeks ago from . It was a little bit cheaper than from NRS. I selected lime green color specifically for photography. It looks pretty good on a river, though, in some situations, it may appear too bright and easy to overexpose.
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