Symbolic Images

One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about photography is the symbolic nature of an image.  Generally speaking there aren’t any words describing what the photographer was trying to convey, occassionally there’ll be an image title and then just the image with it being up to the viewer to see “it”  and possibly add their own interpretation.

Along these lines I’m posting a few of the more  symbolic images I’ve acquired with the Canon EOS 40D this spring…

Broken Promises

Connected Hearts

A Path Less Traveled

These are just a few of my favorite symbolic images I’ve taken over the last couple of years. Feel free to comment on what you see in them.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sean

Fragile World

There used to be a cable show called “Man, Moment, and Machine” that looked at how a given technology at a certain point in time impacted that moment.

I’ve noticed a lot of the photos I take seem to follow that theme. A guy with a camera at a given moment capturing an image that might go unseen or be completely different in an hour, a day, or week.

Given the state of the world and the economy I’d like to present  an image I call “Fragile World” taken with my Canon EOS 40D one evening to reflect our fragile state and hopefully lend appreciation to the moments that make up our days.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sean

Water Colors by Canon

The weather hasn’t been all that nice this past week so I really didn’t get to take my camera out to the Parks much. Instead I took the Canon EOS 40D to the sink, grabbed a blue plastic plate and had some fun taking photos of water drops…

Once I got what I thought was by best one I applied a bunch of different hues as you can see above.

After that I got a little greedy and wanted to see what else my Canon could capture around the house…

As you can see, even on a rainy day, a little water, a few props, and a splash of color can lead to some fun photos.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sean

New Canon Eos 40D images

Back in August I started getting back into my photography hobby with a nice point and shoot camera, the Olympus SP-560UZ. Having totally enjoyed the experience I recently dove a little deeper into my hobby with the purchase of a new Canon Eos 40D.

It’s been awhile since I posted any thumbs, so I figured I’d sneak a few of my favorite recent shots in tonight. Hope you like them. (Click thumbnails to enlarge.) 

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here. I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums with additional photos over at Shutterpoint. Comments are also welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Sell your photos online

Buy my art at Imagekind!

It’s been awhile…

Wow,

   What happened to July, August, and September?

   It seems like I blinked and they were gone.

   Even though the time has been flying by I’ve managed to keep up the photography hobby and have actually gone out and purchased a new camera, the Canon EOS 40D.

   I haven’t had the time to keep the blog up to date, but I have been able to snap some pretty cool photos with the Cannon which can be viewed here at shutterpoint as well as here at 123RF another stock photo agency.

   I’m trying to build up my portfolios at few additional sites as well, dreamstime and fotolio. Once I get a few more photos approved at these sites I’ll start linking them here to the blog.

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here. I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums with additional photos over at Shutterpoint. Comments are also welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Sell your photos online

Buy my art at Imagekind!

Trying to find time…

The last two weeks have been an absolute nightmare. Things have gotten so crazy and I’ve found myself with very little time to do anything besides work at the computer.

Needless to say, I haven’t been able to get out and spend any amount of time taking photos with my Olympus SP-560UZ but I hope to remedy that this weekend.

There has been an upside to the debacle that has been the last two weeks, it’s given me some time to find a nice site called Imagekind that will allow folks to purchase greeting cards and various size prints of some of my photos along with frames and matting so they look like “proper” art.

I opted to sign up for the free account to try them out which provides 1 album for 24 photos or 200MB of space depending on the size of your images. So far I’ve only managed to upload a few photos, which can be found here.

Considering the limited amount of time I have today, I think I’ll re-post me previous photo compilation and see if I can actually get out for a few more this evening. (Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here. I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Sell your photos online
Buy my art at Imagekind!

Buying prints

After having some initial success selling some of my images and getting a lot of very positive feedback a friend of mine suggested that I try and sell prints of the images.

I did some some looking around and found a site called Imagekind that allows you to upload your images and sell them as different sized prints from as small as greeting cards all the way up through large wall sized prints depending on the size of the image you upload. There are alot of customization options for price setting and they also provide different buttons and banners to link to your art work. (See below…)

Buy my art at Imagekind!

These are just a few of the options available, unfortunately my free wordpress blog doesn’t support the other “flash” type scrolling banners, but if you have your own website they would make a nice addition. 

I signed up for a free account last night and have already managed to pick up a few fans. There seems to be a nice community with a wide variety of different artists and would easily recommend them to anyone looking to get their feet wet selling their prints.

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here. I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Sell your photos online

Green Theme Photos…

It seems there’s been a lot of interest lately in all things “green”.  I decided that I would make an effort to take a few “green” themed photos a couple of times a week as part of my regular hobby. The Olympus SP-560UZ makes this pretty easy with a ton of creative shooting options. My efforts to date can be seen below.(Click thumbnails to enlarge.) 

These are hopefully the first of many “green” themed photos to appear on this site and if anyone would like to make a suggestion for future green photos I’d be more than happy to give it a “shot”. (Pun intended )

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here. I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Sell your photos online

Photos I’ve Sold…

The photography hobby is starting to pay dividends as I’ve managed to sell two of the photos I’ve taken with my new Olympus SP-560UZ.

In a previous post I’d indicated a bit of a dilemma between trying to shoot “stock” photos vs. shooting the photos first and considering the audience later. I opted for the shoot first method and it seems, at least for me to have been the route to go.

Here’s the two that I’ve sold (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

A few other fun facts to consider since opening a shutterpoint account…

Since I opened the the account on July 24th of this year I have uploaded 51 images which have received 1600 views with the most viewed being clicked 70 times.

The two photos above have been viewed 34 and 45 times respectively.

It’s been a lot of fun seeing how many times my photos have been viewed and while getting ratings feedback and ideas on how to improve. I have no issues recommending Shutterpoint and their service to anyone. Sell your photos online

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here.  I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Random photo from this weekend…

Just as things were finally starting to settle back down, life got crazy again and truth be told I really only had the opportunity to snap 3 or 4 pictures with the Olympus SP-560UZ. My best shot from this weekend is posted below.

I was on my way home from the gas station when I saw this flash of yellow breaking up an otherwise grey/white scene. Upon further inspection I saw the sunflowers peeping over the top of the privacy fence of a used car lot and grabbed the camera.

(Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here this weekend. I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Friday Fun Picture Post

Thought I’d head into the weekend with a little humor and post up this shot titled “Ooops”. I took it the other day while having some fun with the Olympus SP-560UZ.  I guess the “No Parking” sign was meant for someone else (Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here. I hope you all have a fun and safe weekend.

That’s about all I really have time for tonight. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Sold my first photo !!!

After the last couple of days of looking at stock photos and realizing that I really wasn’t taking a lot of that type of photo, imagine my surprise today when I checked my account and realized that I’d sold my first image. (Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

The above photo that sold today was shot at Veteran’s Park the morning after a storm blew threw. I thought I might get lucky and capture a few cool pictures. Things were pretty hectic at the time and just getting out to the park and taking pictures provided a fair bit of relief.

This photo on the other hand is an actual attempt at a stock photo and was the more difficult of the two to acquire. Took about 20 trial and error shots to get the end result. (Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

 

I think I’ve decided to follow the shoot first and consider the audience later approach as it would seem that I can actually sell this type of photo and enjoy taking them far more.

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Smhphotos Stock Photo Compilation

I’ve had the new Olympus SP-560UZ for about 3 weeks now and by last count have snapped around 1200 photos with it.

After getting to know the camera a bit I realized I really liked some of the photos I’d taken and decided to spend a few bucks and sign up with the micro stock photography service Shutterpoint. I liked that I not only get space to upload photos, there is also an active community that provides ratings and feedback on your pictures.  Who knows, maybe if I get lucky I’ll actually sell a few and that leads me to tonight’s post.

I’ve decided to try a “compilation” post with all the photos I’ve submitted so far and see what if any feedback I get. Hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed taking them. (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

4 Picture Post

Things are finally settling down a bit and with the few minutes I have this evening thought I’d try and sneak in a 4 Picture Post…

Over the past week, while things have been quite hectic, I’ve found myself grabbing the Olympus SP-560UZ to carry with me on the off chance I’d be able to snap a photo or two and I’m happy to report tonight that thankfully, I have.

Tonight’s pictures come from an excursion I made to the county seat this weekend. (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Random Photo of the Day …

Another random photo of the day post as today was a lot more hectic than I had anticipated. This is a shot of the Fairport Harbor Lighthouse early in the morning after a storm had blown through the night before. The combination of sun, clouds, and lighthouse make this photo one of my all time favorites. (Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

And here’s the photo data:

Camera : OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP SP560UZ
F Number : 6.3
ISO Speed : 50
Exposure Program : Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode : Auto
Exposure Compensation : 0
Metering Mode : Multi-segment
Focal Length : 10.3 mm
White Balance : Auto
Date/Time Original : 2008:08:09 20:54:43
Software : Version 1.1
Components Configuration : YCbCr
Compression : JPEG (old-style)
Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
Exif Version : 0221

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Random Shot of the Day…

Things have been very busy today and with the limited time I have I decided to post a “Random Shot of the day” Enjoy. (Click thumbnail for larger image.)

And for something a little different, I’ve decided to add the photo infomation as well…

Camera : OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP SP560UZ
F Number : 3.2
ISO Speed : 125
Exposure Program : Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode : Auto
Exposure Compensation : 0
Metering Mode : Multi-segment
Focal Length : 6.4 mm
White Balance : Auto
Date/Time Original : 2008:08:02 04:43:46
Software : Version 1.1
Components Configuration : YCbCr
Compression : JPEG (old-style)
Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
Exif Version : 0221

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Veteran’s Park early morning…

Snuck out early this morning with the Olympus SP-560UZ to Veteran’s Park just after sunrise, before the day started to get too crazy. It was a windy, slightly chilly morning after a storm the night before. The combination of wind, sun, clouds, and the park made for some nice pictures. Hope you enjoy. (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see here please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

A few quick shots…

Had the opportunity to sneak in a few quick photos with the Olympus SP-560UZ over the last couple of days despite the hectic schedule. Have a little down time this morning so I figured I’d update my photoblog. The following are a combination of creative and still life photos quickly captured on a sunny afternoon. Hope you enjoy. (Click thumbnails for larger images.)

That’s about all I really have time for today. I hope to sneak in another post or two this week, but it might be the weekend or next week before I get to again. If you like any of the photos you see here please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Weekend Wrap Up…

It’s been about 2 weeks since I acquired the Olympus SP-560UZ digital camera and with the next couple of weeks looking hectic at best it seemed like a good time to for a “summary” post.

In regards to the camera, I’ve enjoyed all the additional features Olympus has packed into this camera. The 18x optical zoom is outstanding and at 8 Mega Pixels you’re bound to get some pretty amazing shots.  With a 1 GB XD memory card you can save nearly 500 of those shots with a resolution of 3264 x 2448. It took a little time to figure out which scene modes work best with which light, but over all my initial experience has been satisfying.

It may be a week or two before I get a chance to post again so I figured I’d post my eight favorite shots to date as a testament to the quality of the camera and the fun you can have with it. So without further adieu I present my eight favorite photos since starting my hobby, hope you enjoy… (Click thumbnails for larger image.)

That’s about all I really have time for tonight. I hope to sneak a post or two in this week, but it might be the weekend or next week before I get to again. If you like any of the photos you see here please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Friday Picture Post…

Today was kind of a crazy day at the office and I’m glad to be home. I did manage to explore our office building a bit during and lunch and snap a few more pictures. Here’s today’s photo’s… (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

 

That’s about all I really have time for tonight. If you like any of the photos you see here please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Home Office Fun…

I was doing some work out of my home office this evening and decided to take a break and have a little fun. The results can be seen below. (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

That’s about all I really have time for tonight, back to the ol’ grindstone. If you like any of the photos you see here please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Photos at home…

A friend of mine gave me a bit of advice when I told him that I was going take up photography as a hobby.

He said, “If you’re serious about about taking up photography, no matter what, take at least one picture a day.”

As family health issues have kept me close to home this past week, I’m trying to follow his advice and take a few photographs every day around the house to continue familiarizing myself with the new Olympus camera and rediscover my creative side.

So without further adieu I present tonight’s photos… (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

That’s about all I really have time for tonight. I’ll keep posting additional photos as I become more familiar with the Olympus and attempt to develope a little better skill with different lighting scenarios, objects in motion, and artistic effects, or feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh